Lead Software Engineer

Wells Fargo

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Irving, TXCharlotte, NC
Posted
3 days ago
Closes
Jun 27, 2026

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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 91 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Lead Software Engineer

Wells Fargo is hiring a Lead Python Software Engineer for its Secured Network Services team, focusing on delivering automation solutions in a large-scale enterprise environment. In this role, you will create API-driven integrations between network platforms and internal systems, develop and maintain automation frameworks to improve reliability and reduce operational overhead, and translate manual procedures into automated workflows. You will ensure that all automation artifacts adhere to best practices for performance, security, and maintainability while collaborating with network engineering teams to align automation efforts with broader architectural strategies. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in Python development, proficiency in building automation tooling and REST APIs, and hands-on experience with tools like GitHub, Ansible, and Kubernetes. Additionally, familiarity with cloud-native technologies such as OpenShift and Kubernetes is essential for this role within a large-scale enterprise setting.

What you'll do

  • Create API-driven integrations between network platforms and internal systems.
  • Develop and maintain automation frameworks that improve reliability and reduce operational toil.
  • Translate manual operational procedures into codified, repeatable automation.
  • Ensure automation artifacts follow best practices for performance, maintainability, and security.
  • Lead the automation of product deployments, customer journeys, and creation of APIs.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of Python development experience
  • Proficiency in building automation tooling, integrations, and workflow orchestration with Python
  • Experience with REST APIs, including authentication, schema validation, error handling, and versioning
  • Hands-on experience with source control systems like GitHub
  • Extensive expertise in microservices, event-driven architectures, and cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes)
  • Demonstrated ability to work in large-scale enterprise environments with change control processes
  • Experience leading the automation of product deployments and API creation

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