Lead Specialty Software Engineer - Capital Markets Reference Data

The Lead Specialty Software Engineer will modernize and expand Wells Fargo's Reference Data Platform for Capital Markets, guiding the architecture, design, and development of high-performance data ingestion, mastering, and distribution of financial instruments reference data. The role emphasizes distributed systems, governance, risk management, and AI-enabled delivery, and is based onsite in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Responsibilities

• Direct complex initiatives within designated domains, delivering scalable and resilient solutions.
• Increase development velocity by applying agentic AI tools across engineering workflows.
• Promote data quality and governance practices, including golden-source determination, cross-vendor reconciliation, and data lineage tracking across the reference data platform.
• Ensure systems are monitored to improve operational efficiency and are managed to mitigate risk.
• Identify opportunities to optimize resource utilization, streamline processes, and reduce costs.
• Lead the end-to-end design, development, testing, and implementation of applications, system components, tools, utilities, models, simulations, and analytics for managing complex business functions using advanced technologies.
• Troubleshoot coding, testing, and escalated platform issues of substantial complexity.
• Guide the team to meet compliance and risk-management requirements, coordinating with stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives.
• Mentor junior software engineers and foster professional growth.
• Collaborate with professionals at all levels, including managers, to influence decisions and outcomes.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military service, or education.
• 5+ years designing and implementing distributed Java-based systems with expertise in memory management, concurrency, JMS, and native I/O.
• 3+ years using Java 17+ with modern features such as the Streams API, records, and enhanced concurrency.
• 3+ years building microservices, preferably within the Spring ecosystem (Boot, Batch, Data).
• 3+ years of SQL experience including complex query optimization.
• 2+ years of experience constructing event-driven architectures using Kafka, Solace, or similar technologies.

Technologies

• Java, Java 17+, Streams API, records, enhanced concurrency
• Spring (Boot, Batch, Data)
• JMS, SQL, Kafka, Solace
• Cloud and orchestration: Azure, GCP, OpenShift
• CI/CD and automation: Harness, GitHub Actions
• Testing: JUnit, Mockito
• Artificial intelligence helpers: LLMs, prompt engineering, context engineering
• Data and analytics: Python, pandas, PySpark
• Frontend: React
• In-memory data grids and caching: Apache Ignite, Redis, Coherence
• API gateways

Job Expectations

• Contribute as a hands-on software developer delivering components for the Reference Data platform.
• Partner with Product Owners and business users to translate requirements into functional and technical specifications.
• Analyze and refactor legacy systems to align with a scalable microservice architecture.
• Document current-state and target-state architectures for platform modernization initiatives.
• Produce high-quality, performant Java code applying object-oriented principles and established design patterns.
• Perform thorough unit and functional testing and document development activities per team standards.
• Ensure quality, maintainability, and extensibility of supported systems and risk applications.
• Build resilient applications that require minimal production support.
• Quickly ramp on new Capital Markets business domains within the technology stack.
• Utilize agentic AI tools to accelerate delivery and sustain high code quality.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering processes and propose AI-driven solutions.

Posting Location

300 S Brevard St., Charlotte, NC 28202

Posting End Date

30 Jun 2026. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements

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