Job Description

About the vision:

This is an exciting time to be in Wealth Management Technology. AI is transforming every aspect of our business. Markets are moving to tokenized, on-chain and 24x7. Our customers are expecting seamless and compelling end-to-end digital wealth solutions. The Digital & Trading Technology team is at the center of enabling this; join us in shaping the future of wealth

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Digital Assets Software Engineer with full stack knowledge.

Our team includes 300+ engineers across the US and India, with primary hubs in New York/New Jersey, Charlotte (NC), and St. Louis (MO). This industry award winning team has a strong track record of delivering business value through innovative, cutting-edge solutions. Our engineers are passionate about AI and use AI‑driven development tools as part of a modern, full‑stack engineering culture. We leverage both Kubernetes based on-prem cloud and public cloud infrastructure to deploy our solutions. Our full stack engineers have the flexibility to collaborate with peers in the office three days a week and stay focused on delivery through partnership with a dedicated first‑line support organization. Our Agile product model promotes close collaboration and shared ownership with the business, offering meaningful opportunities to deepen business expertise while delivering highly impactful solutions.

Winner of Best Use of Tech in Private Banking/Wealth Management, Winner of Gold Stevie Award for Technology Excellence New Product of the Year, Winner of Best Mobile Strategy Initiative for the American Financial Technology Awards.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact

• Act as a key participant in developing standards and companywide best practices for engineering complex and large-scale technology solutions for technology engineering disciplines

• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs

• Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors

• Make decisions in developing standard and companywide best practices for engineering and technology solutions requiring understanding of industry best practices and new technologies, influencing and leading technology team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives

• Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals

• Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of 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 software development experience with Java or .NET/C#

• 2+ years of experience designing, building, and supporting APIs and microservices

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting trading, market data, or FIX-based systems

• Experience conducting code reviews, ensuring code quality, and supporting production readiness

• Hands‑on experience with E2E/UI testing frameworks like Playwright, Cypress and Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber/Gherkin (BDD)

• Experience building RESTful services using Spring Boot etc.

• Experience with cloud‑native architectures, including container platforms such as Kubernetes

• Working knowledge of software architecture and solution design principles

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitHub‑based workflows, and modern developer tooling like Visual Studio Code

• Knowledge of application security practices, including identifying and addressing vulnerabilities using tools like SonarQube

Job Expectations:

• Ability to work onsite at one of the posted locations

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

Posting End Date:

11 Jun 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.