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About this role:

The Chief Operating Office Technology (COO Tech) organization, provides technology services for the Chief Operating Office. This includes operations, control executives, strategic execution, business continuity and resiliency, data solutions and services, regulatory relations, customer experience, enterprise shared services, supply chain management, and the corporate properties group. COO Technology provides technology solutions and manages application portfolios for these groups to support modernization and optimization. CAO Technology is the dedicated technology team supporting Corporate Properties, Corporate Security, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resiliency, Privacy, CAO Data and Insights technology needs.

Within COO Technology we are seeking a Lead Specialty Software Engineer who is a technology product and systems professional to support the Workplace Service Delivery (WSD) platform and associated workplace technology initiatives. This role serves as a key liaison between platform architects, business stakeholders, technology teams, operations, and vendors to drive product strategy, roadmap execution, process optimization, requirements management, testing, and production support.

In this role, you will:

Serve as the end-to-end owner for assigned WSD capabilities, ensuring alignment between business objectives, technology strategy, and execution

Demonstrate strong technical acumen to effectively partner with engineering, architecture, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams

Proactively identify delivery, technical, operational, and dependency risks before they impact project timelines or business operations

Maintain clear visibility into application health, production issues, integration performance, technical debt, and upcoming platform changes

Drive resolution of complex technical and business challenges by facilitating collaboration across multiple teams

Provide leadership during incidents, production support events, and major releases, including issue triage, root-cause analysis, prioritization, and communication

Partner with engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable, supportable, and secure technical solutions

Ensure quality through active participation in solution reviews, test planning, validation activities, release readiness assessments, and post-implementation reviews

Continuously monitor industry trends, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and platform optimization

Proactively look ahead to roadmap commitments, capacity constraints, dependency risks, compliance requirements, and future business needs rather than reacting to issues after they occur

Develop and maintain strong relationships with product owners, business stakeholders, technology teams, operations partners, and vendors to ensure successful delivery outcomes

Champion operational excellence through data-driven decision making, service metrics, adoption monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives

Mentor less experienced software engineers

Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including managers

Lead team to achieve objectives

Partner with production support and platform engineering teams effectively

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

5+ years of hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot

4+ years of SQL Server development experience, including complex queries and stored procedures

3+ years of experience with software & system architecture

2+ years of front-end development experience using Angular and/or React

1+ years of experience in AI-related development

Desired Qualifications:

Advanced oral, written and presentation communications including the ability to present technical information in a way that non-technical audiences will understand

Experience with hands-on ServiceNow development and implementation experience

Experience with SDLC tools and CI/CD pipelines, including GitHub, Jenkins or GitHub Actions, Artifactory, Sonar, Maven, Gradle, or comparable toolchains

Knowledge of OpenShift Container Platform and deployment tools such as Harness

Experience designing and supporting microservices based architecture

Experience with Python

Knowledge and practical application of test-driven development (TDD)

Experience working in Agile / Scrum development environments

Experience with Kafka or event driven architectures

Experience with observability and monitoring tools, such as Elastic, Kibana, Grafana, AppDynamics, Splunk, or Dynatrace

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose complex issues and make sound, risk-aware decisions

Knowledge of operational dashboards, reporting, and adoption metrics.

Experience supporting large-scale enterprise technology deployments.

Proven experience with enterprise data and integrations, including real estate canonical data models, platform integrations, APIs, microservices, service-to-service communication, and modern data platforms

Job Expectations:

This position offers a hybrid work schedule

Must be able to work on-site at the listed location

Posting End Date:

22 Oct 2026 *Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo .

Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.