UI/UX Lead Software Engineer

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to support Enterprise Functions Technology with a focus on UI/UX design for enterprise workflow, dashboard, reporting, and business-facing web applications. The role emphasizes cross-team partnership across product, engineering, and business to deliver intuitive, accessible, scalable, user-centered digital experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex technology initiatives, including efforts with companywide scope and broad impact.
• Contribute to standards and companywide best practices for engineering complex, large-scale solutions across technology engineering disciplines.
• Design, code, test, debug, and document projects and programs.
• Review and analyze large-scale solutions to support tactical and strategic business objectives, the enterprise technology environment, and technical challenges that require evaluation of multiple factors.
• Make decisions that shape standard and companywide best practices by applying industry knowledge, evaluating new technologies, and influencing teams to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives.
• Collaborate and consult with senior technical experts, internal teams, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals.
• Lead projects or teams and serve as a peer mentor.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military experience, and education.
• 5+ years of professional UI/UX design experience, creating intuitive, user-centered digital experiences for web and/or mobile applications.
• 2+ years hands-on experience with Figma for wireframing, prototyping, design systems, and collaborative product design.
• 2+ years experience developing or partnering on front-end applications using React and TypeScript.
• 3+ years experience conducting user research, usability testing, and translating findings into actionable improvements.
• 3+ years designing responsive web applications across devices, screen sizes, and platforms.
• Experience applying accessibility standards and best practices, including WCAG, to create inclusive digital experiences.
• Experience working in Agile and Scrum environments.
• 2+ years using AI-powered design-to-code tools (for example, translating Figma designs into DEV-ready front-end code) to accelerate workflows.
• 1+ years integrating existing RESTful APIs and backend services into front-end applications to ensure seamless, data-driven user experiences.
• Ability to bridge design and engineering by converting user-centered designs into scalable, maintainable React/TypeScript implementations.

Technologies

Figma, React, TypeScript, WCAG, Agile, Scrum, RESTful APIs, AI-powered design-to-code tools, HTML, CSS

Job Expectations

• Ability to work on-site at the approved location in Charlotte, NC.
• This position is not available for visa sponsorship.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise workflow applications, dashboards, reporting tools, or operational analytics.
• Experience contributing to design systems, reusable component libraries, or enterprise design standards.
• Experience collaborating with front-end engineering teams using React, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, or modern web application frameworks.
• Experience simplifying complex data, processes, or workflows into intuitive user experiences.
• Experience presenting design concepts, research findings, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Experience with AI-powered tools, chatbots, large language model capabilities, automation, or agentic workflows.
• Experience in financial services.
• Strong analytical skills to identify, analyze, and resolve complex design and technology challenges.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools to generate, optimize, and refine front-end code from design artifacts and prototypes.
• Experience owning the end-to-end workflow from design conception through implementation, including API integration, testing, and deployment.
• Experience working as a UX Engineer, Design Technologist, or similar hybrid role combining UX design, front-end development, and AI-assisted delivery.