Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Wells Fargo

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On-site
Location
Charlotte, NC
Posted
4 days ago
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Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 2, 2026

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Similar $184k
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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 42 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Software Engineering

As a Software Engineering Senior Manager, you will lead, coach, and develop a team of specialty-domain engineers while managing both people and financial resources. You will oversee the full software development cycle, ensuring adherence to banking platform architecture, security standards, and non-functional requirements. Your daily responsibilities include removing technical roadblocks, conducting peer reviews, and collaborating with product managers to influence roadmaps and advocate for agile and DevOps practices. The role involves navigating complex domain architectures to support application modernization, cloud readiness, and data strategy. You will work with big-data architecture, specifically utilizing Hadoop to deliver ETL, data warehouse, and data analytics capabilities. Key technical competencies include experience in metadata, lineage, data governance, and data quality. This position addresses the challenge of maintaining stable, scalable systems within a highly regulated financial services environment.

What does a Software Engineering Manager earn?

Median $223750 from 116 postings across 39 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Manage, coach, and develop a team of engineers and junior managers to build high-quality technical capabilities.
  • Ensure all software releases adhere to Banking Platform Architecture and meet non-functional requirements.
  • Execute technology strategies including cloud readiness, application modernization, and data management initiatives.
  • Resolve technical roadblocks related to code, builds, deployments, and security standards.
  • Act as an escalation partner for scrum masters to remove impediments and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Conduct peer reviews and provide guidance on design, quality, and alignment with technical direction.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers to influence requirements, priorities, and the product roadmap.
  • Manage the allocation of people and financial resources while overseeing performance management for the team.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 6 years of experience in software engineering or a related occupation.
  • 4 years of technology engineering experience.
  • 4 years of agile experience.
  • 4 years of leadership and people management experience in a technology environment.
  • 3 years of technology management experience.
  • 3 years of compliance and regulatory systems experience.
  • 3 years of experience delivering ETL, data warehouse, and data analytics capabilities on big-data architecture including Hadoop.
  • 3 years of experience in data management areas such as metadata, lineage, governance, or quality.

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