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Lead Software Engineer - Observability Events Management

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Jul 2026

💰 $224,000/yr

About the role

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Technology as part of our CTO organization. Learn more about our career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com.

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to play a key role in delivering technology-driven solutions at enterprise scale. This role will contribute to the modernization of Telemetry, Monitoring, and Observability capabilities across on-premises platforms, as well as private and public cloud environments.

Our vision is to deliver best-in-class observability capabilities that provide consumer-grade insights at a competitive cost by leveraging open-source technologies and open standards. Through this modernization, we aim to reduce the cost of failure, improve platform availability, and enhance engineering efficiency across the enterprise.

In this role, you will:

Lead complex technology initiatives, influencing the design and development of innovative, high-quality, and resilient application and database solutions to address sophisticated business and technical requirements across multiple teams.
Drive the delivery and resolution of complex technical challenges by performing in-depth analysis across systems and domains, implementing scalable and sustainable solutions aligned with enterprise standards and strategic objectives.
Apply and promote industry best practices and emerging technologies, contributing to the evolution of engineering standards and recommending enhancements that improve platform capabilities, efficiency, and reliability.
Translate business and technical requirements into effective engineering solutions by leveraging a deep understanding of the organization’s technology landscape, architecture patterns, and strategic priorities.
Collaborate and consult with engineering teams, senior technologists, and key stakeholders to influence outcomes, align priorities, and successfully deliver complex initiatives.
Lead projects, initiatives, or workstreams while mentoring less experienced engineers, fostering team development, ensuring delivery against commitments, and driving continuous improvement.

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 experience with distributed streaming and event-driven architectures, utilizing technologies such as Kafka.
2+ years of experience in database design and data architecture, including relational and/or NoSQL systems, data modeling, and high-throughput data access patterns.
5+ years of programming experience in Python, Java, and/or C#, developing scalable, production-grade backend systems and APIs.

Desired Qualifications:

Demonstrated expertise in AIOps and Events Management, including alert ingestion, correlation, enrichment, and AI-driven incident analysis within large-scale enterprise observability platforms.
Experience with AI/ML technologies, including Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, model integration, and the application of machine learning in production environments.
Proven ability to design and integrate APIs and microservices, including REST and gRPC services, as well as service orchestration patterns.
Strong understanding of API security, including OAuth, authentication and authorization frameworks, and reverse proxy or API gateway architectures.
Experience working with cloud-native platforms such as OpenShift (OCP), including containerization, distributed systems, and scalable deployment models.
Experience in incident and problem management, technology change management, and performance testing and tuning.
Strong background in system design and architecture for high-scale applications, including performance optimization, fault tolerance, and resiliency.
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to influence and build effective relationships with line-of-business stakeholders, technology leadership, external service providers, and architecture teams.
Experience with modern software development practices, including TDD, CI/CD, pair programming, build automation, automated testing, Agile practices, and chaos engineering.
Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and product operating models.
Knowledge of application and software security practices, including web application penetration testing, secure code review, and static code analysis.
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