Lead Specialty Software Engineer

Wells Fargo

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Work type: On-site
Location: New York, NY · Charlotte, NC · Iselin, NJ
Salary: $159,000–$305,000 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Closes: Jun 11, 2026 (soon)

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $232k

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This role pays more than 89% of similar roles. Most pay $160,000–$217,725 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $232k versus about $189k 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 91 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Lead Specialty Software Engineer

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Wells Fargo is hiring a Lead Specialty Software Engineer to join its Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking Technology team, focusing on the Prime Brokerage and Equity Finance & Futures (EF&F) Technology division. This senior developer role involves architecting and building scalable microservices for high-throughput market maker clearing and financing workflows using Java, with an emphasis on memory management, multithreading, and concurrency models. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in designing distributed systems and working with SQL databases, as well as a solid understanding of equity derivatives and their lifecycle. Additionally, proficiency in AI-assisted development tools and modern SDLC frameworks is desired, along with strong communication skills for effective collaboration within the fast-paced capital markets environment.

Skills

Java SQL Oracle SSLServer Agile CI/CD GitHub Copilot Solace messaging GenAI Kafka Docker Spring Boot RESTful APIs PostgreSQL Maven Git Jenkins JUnit SonarQube Swagger

What you'll do

Write high-quality, performant Java code using object-oriented principles and design patterns.
Solve complex business domain problems requiring deep technical expertise.
Ensure the quality, maintainability, and extensibility of supported systems and risk applications.
Resolve technically challenging coding, testing, and platform issues independently.
Leverage AI tools to enhance code quality and maintain high productivity levels.

What we're looking for

5+ years of hands-on Core Java development with expertise in memory management, garbage collection tuning, multithreading, concurrency models, native I/O, and JNI integration
3+ years designing and building distributed, multi-tiered systems with high-throughput, high availability, fault tolerance, and event-driven & microservices-based architectures
2+ years working with SQL databases like Oracle or SSL Server, including schema design and query optimization
Solid understanding of equity derivatives (options, futures, swaps) and their full lifecycle in the securities industry
Experience leveraging AI tools for code generation, maintenance, and process improvement in technology development

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