Software Engineering Manager

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Software Engineering Manager. We believe in the power of working together because great ideas can come from anyone. Through collaboration, any employee can have an impact and make a difference for the entire company. Explore opportunities with us for a career in a supportive environment where you can learn and grow.

In this role, you will:

Manage, coach, and develop a team of individual contributor engineer roles with low to moderate complexity and less experienced managers who are responsible for building high quality capabilities with modern technology

Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release

Engage with architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture to enable application migration paths to target architecture; for example, cloud readiness, application modernization and data strategy

Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning

Identify and recommend opportunities for driving resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards

Act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to make decisions and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement culture

Build engineering skills side-by-side in the codebase, conduct peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction, and guide design, as needed

Interpret, develop, and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with low to moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk

Collaborate and consult with the Product Managers/Product Owners to drive user satisfaction, influence technology requirements and priorities in the product roadmap, promote innovative and intelligent solutions, generate corporate value and articulate technical strategy while being a solid advocate of agile and DevOps practices

Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers

Manage allocation of people and financial resources for technology engineering including career development and performance management for engineers and managers on the team

Hire, mentor and guide talent development of direct reports to build the skills required to effectively design and deliver innovative solutions for the supported product areas/products

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

2+ years of Leadership experience

Desired Qualifications:

Should be strong on Java concepts and Spring implementation, Java Microservices and Distributed systems

Expertise on Cloud Databases (preferably Azure), Open Shift, Kubernetes

Applied understanding of AI and ML methodologies - including model lifecycle, inference patterns, prompt engineering basics, vibe coding and integrating AI services into enterprise applications

Ability to drive innovation in AI product areas, contributing to solution modernization, automation, AIOps adoption, and continual service improvement across the SDLC.

Good Exposure to Cloud Adoption Framework, Well Architected Framework.

High level understanding and exposure to Infrastructure as Code

Drive innovative solutions for the cloud product areas/products and contribute towards continual service improvement activities related to the delivery of cloud services

Good experience in leading large to medium projects.

Exposure to Distributed modernization

Should have experience working with Waterfall and Agile development methods

Job Expectations:

Sound analytical skills

Excellent communication & organizational skills

Proactive and can work independently

Provide technical leadership to the team & mentor junior team members to help them deliver the work assigned to them and train them to uplift the capability.

Provides functional & technical consultation and support in the development of computer applications and programs.

Analyzes business requirements, designs and writes technical specifications to design or redesign computer solutions.

Develops original and/or complex code - assists in preparing programming specifications and completes programming tasks to maintain or modify current programs or to develop less complex computer programs using Java and Microservices.

Leads and/or performs modeling, simulations and analysis efforts for assigned projects.

Verifies program logic by overseeing the preparation of test data, testing and debugging of programs.

Participates in overall systems testing during the development SDLC phase.

Confirms the migration of application code to the production environment after releases are installed.

Develops new documentation, participates in the development of department technical procedures and designs user guidebooks as needed. These documents include restart instructions and flow diagrams.

Posting End Date:

4 Aug 2026

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

We Value Equal Opportunity

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.

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Drug and Alcohol Policy

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