Lead Software Engineer

• Provide hands-on technical leadership across design, development, containerization, DevOps, and production implementation .
• Modernize and migrate applications to OCP/Kubernetes-based container environments .
• Develop and maintain containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift .
• Lead and participate in critical debugging, testing, validation, data quality check, and performance tuning of application written in Java/Python, PySpark and SQL/NoSQL
• Collaborate with business, architecture, infrastructure, and QA teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines to automate build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
• Partner with architecture, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to drive solutions through development, UAT, production readiness, and deployment .
• Develop APIs, microservices, integrations, and backend services as required.
• Troubleshoot complex application, container, deployment, and production issues.
• Drive engineering best practices around code quality, resiliency, scalability, security, automation, and observability .
• Conduct code/design reviews and provide technical guidance to other engineers.
• Take ownership of production deployments and post-production stabilization/support.
• Drive code reviews, technical standards, and development best practices.
• Support application modernization, cloud adoption, and DevOps initiatives.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production and performance issues.
• Assure quality, security and compliance for supported systems and applications
• Provide technical support, advice, and consultation with the issues relating to supported applications
• Create test data and conduct interfaces and unit tests
• Design, code, test, debug and document programs using Agile development practices
• Understand and participate to ensure compliance and risk management requirements for supported area are met and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
• Conduct research and resolve problems in relation to processes and recommend solutions and process improvements
• Assist other individuals in advanced software development
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

In this role, you will:

• Resolve moderately complex issues to meet existing/new client needs while leveraging understanding of the function, policies, procedures, or compliance requirements.
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to resolve technical challenges and achieve goals.
• Lead projects and act as an escalation point, provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff.
• Partner/engage with architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies.
• Ensure adherence to the Banking Product & Platform Architecture and meeting non-functional requirements with each lifecycle.
• Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning, 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.

Wells Fargo is seeking an experienced hands-on Lead Software Developer with financial services experience and strong expertise in full-stack development, application design, containerization, and DevOps. The role will provide end-to-end technical ownership, from design and development through CI/CD, containerized deployment, and production readiness, while leading technical delivery, mentoring engineers, and building secure, scalable, resilient, and high-performing enterprise applications., * Strong hands-on software engineering experience with Java/Spring Boot, Python, or comparable enterprise development technologies .

• Strong experience with OpenShift (OCP), Kubernetes, Docker and containerized application deployment .
• Hands-on experience designing and developing REST APIs, microservices, and distributed applications .
• Strong experience with CI/CD and DevOps tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub/GitLab, Harness, or equivalent.
• Experience with automated build, test, deployment, and release pipelines.
• Strong understanding of Linux, networking, application configuration, certificates, secrets, and container troubleshooting .
• Experience with databases and application integration patterns.
• Experience implementing logging, monitoring, observability, and production support capabilities .
• Strong understanding of the complete SDLC and path-to-production process .
• Ability to independently drive technical solutions from requirements through production deployment.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• 4+ years of experience with infrastructure automation tools and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Ansible/Puppet/Terraform)

Desired Qualifications:

• Exposure to e-Communication Surveillance/Compliance functions
• Cloud experience using Dockers, Kubernetes, Azure / AWS / GCP is a plus
• Working knowledge of APM tools such as Splunk, ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, ITRS etc.
• Experience migrating legacy/on-prem applications to OCP or cloud/container platforms.
• Ability to work effectively in virtual environment where key team members and partners are in various time zones and locations
• Experience with API gateways and enterprise integration platforms.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architecture and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• A BS/BA degree or higher in information technology

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