Assistant Vice President - Software Engineer - Finance Technology

Wells Fargo
London, UK
5 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Agile Methodology Artificial Intelligence Automation of Tests Command-Line Interface Cloud Computing Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration Information Engineering Extract Transform Load (ETL) Data Structures Relational Databases
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Software Debugging DevOps Python (Programming Language) Machine Learning Object-Oriented Software Development Software Engineering SQL Databases Scripting Large Language Models Multi-Agent Systems Prompt Engineering Git Code Testing Performance Monitor Software Version Control Data Pipelines

Job description

Join Wells Fargo’s Enterprise Functions Technology (EFT) team and help deliver innovative technology solutions that support critical business functions across the enterprise. As a Software Engineer within Finance Technology, you will play a key role in enhancing and supporting Axiom ControllerView and associated regulatory reporting platforms used by the Finance Controllers organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Python developer with data engineering experience to work at the intersection of technology, finance, and regulatory reporting. You will design and deliver scalable solutions, contribute to platform enhancements, improve data processes, and collaborate with business and technology partners across a global organization.

The ideal candidate will have strong Python development skills, ETL/data engineering experience, and a passion for solving complex business challenges through technology. Experience with SQL, cloud and DevOps practices, Agile delivery, and emerging AI technologies such as machine learning and large language models would be advantageous.

At Wells Fargo, you’ll be part of a collaborative team that values innovation, continuous improvement, and professional growth while helping to deliver secure, resilient, and high-quality technology solutions that support our global business and regulatory commitments.

In this role, you will:

  • Participate in low to moderately complex initiatives and projects associated with the technology domain, including installation, upgrades, and deployment efforts
  • Identify opportunities for service quality and availability improvements within the technology domain environment
  • Design, code, test, debug, and document for low to moderately complex projects and programs associated with technology domain, including upgrades and deployments
  • Review and analyse technical assignments or challenges that are related to low to medium risk deliverables and that require research, evaluation, and selection of alternative technology domains
  • Present recommendations for resolving issues or may escalate issues as needed to meet established service level agreements
  • Exercise some independent judgment while also developing understanding of given technology domain in reference to security and compliance requirements
  • Provide information to technology colleagues, internal partners, and stakeholders, Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Requirements

  • Experience in software engineering, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
  • Proficient In Python development.
  • ETL/Data engineering experience.

Desired Qualifications:

  • A good understanding of core coding concepts like data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming (OOP).
  • A grasp of modern engineering practices, DevOps principles, version control systems (e.g. Git), automated testing and exposure to Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
  • Basic understanding of relational databases and SQL and ability to write and optimise simple SQL queries.
  • Familiarity with applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques to optimise data pipelines, data quality monitoring or reporting processes.
  • Exposure to Large Language Models (LLMs) and ability to experiment with fine-tuning or prompt engineering to solve business problems.
  • Familiarity integrating AI/ML solutions into existing applications and workflows using APIs, SDKs or agent frameworks.
  • Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in Agile teams.
  • Careful and methodical approach to writing and testing code.
  • Basic to intermediate proficiency with Linux/Unix systems, command-line tools and scripting.

About the company

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy (https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/wells-fargo-drug-and-alcohol-policy) to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

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