Software Engineering Manager

Wells Fargo is seeking a Software Engineering Manager.

• Manage, coach, and develop a team of individual contributor engineer roles with low to moderate complexity and less experienced managers who are responsible for building high quality capabilities with modern technology
• Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release
• Engage with architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture to enable application migration paths to target architecture; for example, cloud readiness, application modernization and data strategy
• Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning
• Identify and recommend opportunities for driving resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
• Act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to make decisions and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement culture
• Build engineering skills side-by-side in the codebase, conduct peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction, and guide design, as needed
• Interpret, develop, and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with low to moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
• Collaborate and consult with the Product Managers/Product Owners to drive user satisfaction, influence technology requirements and priorities in the product roadmap, promote innovative and intelligent solutions, generate corporate value and articulate technical strategy while being a solid advocate of agile and DevOps practices
• Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers
• Manage allocation of people and financial resources for technology engineering including career development and performance management for engineers and managers on the team
• Hire, mentor and guide talent development of direct reports to build the skills required to effectively design and deliver innovative solutions for the supported product areas/products

• 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 Leadership experience

• Lead and mentor 1525 software engineers across two Agile teams.
• Build a high-performing engineering culture focused on accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Drive hiring, onboarding, career development, and performance management of team members.
• Foster collaboration across Product, Architecture, Security, Operations, and Business stakeholders.
• Act as the technical leader for Java-based distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Review and approve application architecture, design patterns, and implementation approaches.
• Drive modernization of legacy platforms into cloud-ready microservices solutions.
• Establish engineering standards, coding practices, and design governance.
• Design scalable, secure, resilient, and highly available systems.
• Lead architecture reviews, technology evaluations, and proof-of-concepts.
• Promote API-first design and event-driven architecture patterns.
• Identify opportunities for automation, platform simplification, and operational efficiency.
• Ensure production stability, performance, availability, and observability.
• Lead incident management, root-cause analysis, and remediation activities.
• Drive DevSecOps adoption, CI/CD maturity, and engineering productivity improvements.
• Own end-to-end delivery of features and programs from concept through production deployment.
• Partner with Product Managers and Architects to define roadmaps and delivery plans.
• Ensure predictable execution, risk management, and delivery quality.
• Drive Agile best practices including sprint planning, backlog management, and release planning.

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3+ years managing engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in:
  • Java 17/21
  • Spring Boot
  • REST APIs
  • Microservices Architecture
  • Event-Driven Architecture
  • Kafka or equivalent messaging platforms
• Strong experience with:
  • SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Distributed systems design
  • Application security and authentication patterns
  • Performance tuning and scalability engineering
  • Experience building cloud-native applications on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Git, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Leadership Skills
• Experience managing multiple Agile teams.
• Strong stakeholder and executive communication skills.
• Ability to influence architecture and technology decisions across organizations.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale enterprise applications.

• Experience leading modernization from monolithic applications to microservices.
• Knowledge of Identity & Access Management (IAM), Security, or Banking platforms.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, or Azure Kubernetes Services.
• Exposure to Domain-Driven Design (DDD), SRE, and DevSecOps practices.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.