Wells Fargo is hiring a Lead Software Engineer (Python) for Secured Network Services in Irving, TX with a hybrid schedule.

Lead complex technology initiatives with broad, companywide impact
Design and build API-driven integrations between network platforms and internal systems
Develop and maintain Python-based automation frameworks to improve reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency
Convert manual operational processes into automated, repeatable, and maintainable workflows
Create automation solutions that meet performance, security, reliability, and maintainability standards
Collaborate with network engineering, platform, and other technology teams to align automation with architecture and infrastructure strategies
Drive automation work that supports product deployments, service delivery, customer journeys, and API development
Use approved AI-assisted development tools, including GitHub Copilot and code-focused AI agents, to support engineering tasks
Apply AI capabilities to accelerate solution design, development, testing, analysis, and troubleshooting
Use technical judgment to review, validate, and integrate AI-assisted outputs into production solutions
Lead projects and teams, or act as a peer mentor

5+ years of software engineering experience (or equivalent via work experience, training, military experience, or education)
4+ years of Python development experience, including building automation tools, system integrations, APIs, or workflow orchestration
Experience designing, developing, testing, and supporting software solutions in an enterprise environment
Experience with REST APIs, including authentication, schema validation, error handling, and versioning
Source control and modern software development practices, preferably GitHub

Network engineering concepts and network infrastructure automation
Nautobot experience for network source-of-truth, automation, or infrastructure management
API-driven integrations between network platforms and enterprise systems
Experience with FastAPI, Django, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL databases, React, and OAuth
Model Context Protocol (MCP) experience and integrating applications with enterprise AI models or model APIs
Experience using OpenAI API specifications or similar API-based AI integrations
Microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven architectures
Container and cloud-native platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift, Cloud Foundry, and Kubernetes
Working knowledge of Unix/Linux, MongoDB, and Postman
Experience with legacy infrastructure as well as modern cloud and container-based infrastructure
Enterprise experience with structured change management, security, risk, and release processes aligned with broader Senior Software Engineer expectations
Experience using GitHub Copilot or other approved AI-assisted development tools for design, coding, testing, troubleshooting, and analysis
Ability to evaluate AI-generated code or recommendations for accuracy, maintainability, security, and operational risk

Lead Software Engineer - Python

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