Lead Software Engineer

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a...

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact
• Act as a key participant in developing standards and companywide best practices for engineering complex and large scale technology solutions for technology engineering disciplines
• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs
• Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors
• Make decisions in developing standard and companywide best practices for engineering and technology solutions requiring understanding of industry best practices and new technologies, influencing and leading technology team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
• Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals
• Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• 5+years of software Engineering experience, such as design, analysis, development, testing, and documentation of general modules or features of new or upgraded software systems and products
• 5+years’ experience leading one or more software development scrum teams
• 5+years of software development experience with microservices and orchestrating services to process high volume transactions running on PCF, Kubernetes, Cloud
• 5+years of hands on experience designing and developing systems using MongoDB and PostgreSQL databases
• 5+years’ experience with software development and building systems from the ground up, adopting well-design patterns, best coding practices, automation, reusable modularization, test and business driven development, etc.
• 5+years of hands on leadership experience working with individual developers to plan, deliver, and provide technical guidance for each his own microservice development effort
• 5+years’ experience working in agile environment on 2-weeks sprint cycles, knowledgeable with agile ceremonies, scrum, Jira, Confluence, etc.
• Candidate must have hands-on experience developing new software using the current technology stack running on the cloud such as those mentioned in the Project Environment. This includes Microservice development, Kafka with AVRO, distributed processing orchestration on cloud (PCF &/or TKGI cloud) MongoDB,  SQL database like PostgreSQL, SQLServer databases, Java, Spring, Hibernate, JPA, Apigee, Orchestra, TDD, BDD, Angular, React, Circuit Breaker, Feature Toggle / Harness, Grafana, Apigee, Liquibase, Blue-Green deployment, Test Automation knowledge (  Junit, Karate, Cucumber, TDD, BDD), performance monitoring (App Dynamics, Grafana)

• Candidate will lead 1-2 scrum teams of java developers to build a new enterprise software application.

• Candidate must have excellent analytical skills to understand the functional and technical requirement to build this software application.
• Candidate must have hands-on experience developing new software using the current technology stack running on the cloud such as those mentioned in the Project Environment.
• Candidate must have hands-on experience with developing new software adopting industry best practices, such as 15-factor methodology, feature toggle, circuit breaker, etc.
• Candidate is expected to define design pattern, provide high and low level design direction, and collaborate with individual developers to develop concurrent components and microservices.
• Candidate must be adept and nimble in adopting new technology
• Candidate will work with other technology leaders and stakeholders to ensure the delivery commitment for the scrum team.
• More than 80% of the team's capacity will focus on building the new enterprise software application.
• The system being built is highly complex in functionality and expected to process large transactions in extremely high volume.
• This application is designed for modularization, as components and microservices, and orchestration of these services will based on configurable processing workflows.
• It will have MongoDB and PostgreSQL databases and run on PCF and TKGI cloud.
• Components and microservices environment includes Kafka, AVRO, Java, Spring, Hibernate, JPA, Orchestra, Apigee,
• Test automation is extremely important using Junit, Karate, Cucumber, TDD, BDD.
• High availability environment is with Circuit Breaker, Feature Toggle using Harness, Blue-Green deployment, Grafana, AppDynamics, Liquibase.
• Applications are continuously scanned for outdated software and vulnerabilities so attention to secure coding practices are extremely important.

Posting End Date: 

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

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