Lead Foreign Exchange Ai Java Software Engineer

Wells Fargo

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY · Charlotte, NC · Iselin, NJ
Salary
$159,000–$305,000 / yr
Posted
10 days ago
Closes
Jun 28, 2026

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $194k
This role $232k
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This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $161,750–$226,425 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $232k versus about $194k for comparable roles.

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About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company is one of the largest banks in the United States, providing banking, investment, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance products and services nationwide. Industry: Banking & Financial Services

Wells Fargo currently has 74 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $159,000–$260,000 across 47 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Foreign Exchange Ai Java Software Engineer

Wells Fargo is hiring a Lead Foreign Exchange AI Java Software Engineer for its Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking Technology team, focusing on Electronic Trading. This senior role involves providing technical leadership in designing and developing high-performance trading platforms, collaborating closely with product partners, traders, quants, and platform engineers to ensure solutions are scalable and compliant with enterprise risk standards. The engineer will lead complex initiatives, drive modernization through process optimization and microservices adoption, and apply AI-assisted development techniques while ensuring alignment with Wells Fargo’s security and compliance requirements. Required skills include extensive experience in high-performance programming languages like Java or Python, handling market data, and working with FIX protocol implementations. Domain expertise in Foreign Exchange electronic trading flows and position/risk management is highly desirable.

What you'll do

  • Lead the design, development, and support of high-performance electronic trading platforms.
  • Drive modernization through process optimization, platform standardization, and microservices adoption.
  • Ensure all systems meet enterprise risk, compliance, and regulatory controls.
  • Collaborate with product partners, traders, quants, and technology teams to deliver scalable solutions.
  • Apply AI-assisted development techniques for code generation, test automation, diagnostics, and observability.
  • Support the adoption of standardized, auditable LLM integrations in line with security standards.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in specialty software engineering for capital markets businesses
  • Extensive background in architecting high-performance ECN/Exchange gateways and electronic trading platforms
  • Proficiency in handling high-speed market data and troubleshooting production issues related to trading flows
  • Experience working with traders, business partners, and technology teams to diagnose and resolve complex technical problems
  • Strong skills in high-performance programming using Java, Python, or C++
  • Established testing methodologies for functional, integration, and performance testing of electronic trading systems
  • Expertise in Foreign Exchange electronic trading flows and venue interaction

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