Lead Specialty Software Engineer

Wells Fargo

Closes in 4 days Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Charlotte, NC
Posted
3 days ago
Closes
Jun 24, 2026 (soon)

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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 90 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Lead Specialty Software Engineer

Wells Fargo seeks a Lead Specialty Software Engineer to join its FX Core Technology team within Corporate & Investment Banking Technology, focusing on trading processing and platform integrity. This senior role involves leading the development of Trade Capture, Regulatory, and Approval frameworks, ensuring robust solutions for traders and regulatory teams. The engineer will architect scalable services supporting strategy deployment and analytics while embedding risk management controls directly into the platform to ensure compliance with regulatory standards. Key responsibilities include resolving complex technical issues, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating across various stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives. Ideal candidates have over five years of experience in designing low-latency trading systems and hands-on expertise with real-time pricing STP integration, performance-critical components, and cloud computing platforms like AWS or Azure. Strong knowledge of AI tools and proficiency in Java or Python are essential for this role, which demands leadership skills and the ability to drive technical initiatives effectively.

What you'll do

  • Lead the development and optimization of Trade Capture, Regulatory, and Approval frameworks for robust solutions.
  • Design and implement scalable services supporting strategy deployment, monitoring, and analytics in trading systems.
  • Embed risk management controls into platforms to ensure real-time exposure monitoring and compliance with regulatory standards.
  • Resolve complex technical issues related to coding, testing, and platform performance in a challenging environment.
  • Mentor less experienced software engineers and drive the team towards meeting compliance and risk management requirements.
  • Collaborate with production support and platform engineering teams to enhance operational efficiency and mitigate risks.

What we're looking for

  • - 5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience or equivalent
  • - Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming
  • - 5+ years of experience with Java and Python programming languages
  • - Experience in designing and building low-latency, highly stable, and scalable trading systems
  • - Hands-on expertise with real-time pricing STP integration and performance-critical components
  • - Knowledge of electronic trading protocols, order types, and exchange connectivity

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