Lead UI Engineer, Front Office Trading Platforms

Wells Fargo

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Charlotte, NC
Salary
$159,000–$254,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
7 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 31, 2026

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Similar $187k
This role $206k
$130k most similar roles pay here $267k

This role pays more than 63% of similar roles. Most pay $151,356–$222,125 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $206k versus about $187k 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 34 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,000–$224,000 across 17 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead UI Engineer, Front Office Trading Platforms

Lead UI Engineer - Front Office Trading Platforms joins the Fixed Income Spread Technology team to shape next-generation low-latency trading technology. This role involves designing and delivering real-time micro UI solutions that support pricing, risk management, and electronic trading across Fixed Income markets. The engineer will lead complex initiatives, mentor less experienced software engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to build scalable, high-performance applications. Key responsibilities include resolving technically challenging platform issues, ensuring compliance, and managing system monitoring for operational efficiency. Required technical skills include HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, TypeScript, Angular or React, and experience with JSON, REST, and XML. The role addresses the challenge of navigating dynamic market environments by providing tools for bond pricing, risk management, and trade lifecycle processes using streaming or event-driven technologies to manage complex business functions within capital markets.

What you'll do

  • Design and deliver real-time micro UI solutions for pricing, risk management, and electronic trading.
  • Lead the development, testing, and implementation of complex system components and analytics tools.
  • Resolve high-level coding, testing, and platform issues of a technically challenging nature.
  • Mentor less experienced software engineers to foster a modern engineering culture.
  • Ensure systems are monitored for operational efficiency and managed to mitigate risk.
  • Drive compliance and risk management requirements across all supported areas.
  • Identify opportunities to maximize resource utilization while reducing costs and improving processes.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience or equivalent through work, training, military service, or education.
  • 5+ years of experience with HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, and TypeScript.
  • 5+ years of experience with Angular/React.
  • 5+ years of experience with JSON, REST, and XML.
  • Experience deploying and supporting applications using web server technologies such as Apache Tomcat, IIS, or NGINX (preferred).
  • Experience with automated UI testing and performance testing tools like Selenium and browser developer tools (preferred).
  • Knowledge of Fixed Income products, trading workflows, bond pricing, risk, P&L, and position management concepts (preferred).
  • Experience with real-time user interfaces, streaming technologies, or container frameworks like OpenFin (preferred).

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