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Lead Payments Full Stack Java Developers

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 9 Feb 2026

💰 $224,000/yr

About the role

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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking Lead Payments Full Stack Java Developers to join the Global Payments and Liquidity Technology team within Corporate & Investment Banking Technology (CCIBT). In this role, you will bring deep hands-on engineering expertise, strong architecture knowledge, and experience with CI/CD to lead the design and delivery of complex technology solutions supporting key Payment Transformation initiatives.

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
5+ years of Full Stack Software Engineering experience
5+ years of J2EE experience (including RESTful or SOAP web services)

Desired Qualifications:

5+ years of JMS (Java Message Service) experience
5+ years of experience with Spring boot and ReactJS
3+ years of Kafka Platform experience, Confluent Platform experience, or a combination of both
3+ years of MongoDB experience
3+ years of experience with secure DevOps and deployment automation to cloud environments
3+ years of Test Automation experience
Experience with Financial Services/Banking/Payment Applications
Understanding of technology architecture: distributed and client server technologies
Understanding of AI technology
Proficiency in Microservices architecture
Proficiency in monitoring and observability tools like Splunk and Grafana
Strong understanding of middleware and application server concepts like Integration, Transactions and XA transaction, Security, Connection pooling, Load balancing, and Messaging; clustered server environment and familiar with system performance related-tasks
Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills
An industry-standard technology certification
Excellent communication and teamwork skills, be self-directed, self-motivated, committed, and a quick learner