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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Wells Fargo
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £41,000.0 - £81,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Data Governance, Software Debugging, Gradle, Spring Framework, Apache Maven, Meta-Data Management, Microsoft SQL Server, Standard Sql, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Spring-boot, Git, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Kubernetes, Collibra, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Docker
- **Published:** August 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5859603260

## About the Role

* Experience in Software Engineering, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, education, or a combination of these.
 * Strong technical experience in Java 8 or higher, Spring Boot / Spring Framework, MS SQL Server, Git, and Maven/Gradle.
 * Strong understanding of capital markets products such as derivatives, securities financing transactions, equities, and fixed income.
 * Experience in regulatory reporting, risk, compliance, or audit-driven environments.
 * Knowledge of non-financial regulatory domains.
 * Familiarity with data governance tools and metadata management platforms.
 * Experience with event-driven architectures or streaming platforms such as Kafka or Flink.
 * Exposure to containerisation and orchestration such as Docker and Kubernetes.
 * Strong understanding of controls, auditability, and regulatory expectations in large financial institutions.
 * Ability to influence and collaborate across business and technology teams.
 * Familiarity with responsible AI principles and how AI can augment software engineering.

## Description

* We lead moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within technical domain environments.
 * We contribute to large-scale planning of strategies.
 * We design, code, test, debug, and document projects and programs associated with our technology domain, including upgrades and deployments.
 * We review moderately complex technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of technologies and procedures.
 * We resolve moderately complex issues and lead a team to meet existing client needs or potential new client needs while leveraging our understanding of the function, policies, procedures, or compliance requirements.
 * We collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to resolve technical challenges and achieve goals.
 * We lead projects and act as an escalation point, providing guidance and direction to less experienced staff.
 * We implement strong data governance, lineage, and reconciliation controls to ensure accuracy and completeness of reported data.

Technologies:

 * AI
 * Cloud
 * Docker
 * Flink
 * Git
 * Gradle
 * Support
 * Java
 * Kafka
 * Kubernetes
 * LESS
 * Maven
 * SQL
 * Spring
 * Spring Boot


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