About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Quantitative Developer, Vice President (Lead Securities Quantitative Analytics Specialist) to join our quantitative implementation team. The front office financial quant developer will be involved in the implementation of various financial models, including interest rate, mortgage prepayment and default, derivative valuation, hedging, and horizon forecast models, with a primary focus on implementing mortgage prepayment models.
This role emphasizes translating mortgage prepayment model specifications into robust, production-ready C++ code within the firm's proprietary analytics library. The position requires expertise in software engineering best practices to deliver performant, modular, and well-tested implementations.
You will work across the full development lifecycle—from understanding prepayment logic and edge cases to ensuring seamless API integration, backward compatibility, and comprehensive documentation.
The Wells Fargo Investment Portfolio (IP) manages the Company's Available-For-Sale (AFS) and Held-To-Maturity (HTM) securities and loan portfolios, and the Reinsurance and Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) businesses as part of the Finance group. IP also provides strategic and analytical balance sheet support to the bank, as well as a centralized, street-facing trade execution and hedging function and centralized mortgage modeling for the enterprise.
In this role, you will:
Implement and integrate mortgage prepayment models into the firm's proprietary analytics library using C++
Grasp prepayment logic end-to-end, reason through functional logic and edge cases, and implement efficient, production-grade code that meets library standards
Integrate models with existing APIs as well as upstream and downstream systems
Develop and maintain comprehensive unit and integration tests with solid coverage across core flows and edge cases
Manage versioning, configuration, and backward compatibility across releases
Write clear documentation, examples, and runbooks to support users, operators, and validators
Collaborate effectively with business, model development, model validation, and technology teams
Required Qualifications:
5+ years of Securities Quantitative Analytics experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, or education
2+ years of hands-on programming experience with C++17 or later
Desired Qualifications:
Master's degree or PhD in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, statistics, engineering, physics, economics, or computer science
3+ years of hands-on programming experience with C++17/C++20 and Python 3
3+ years of quantitative analytics library software development experience in a buy-side or sell-side institution or a quant solution vendor
Experience implementing mortgage prepayment models
Experience working with cash-flow and pricing engines
Experience with mortgage analytics platforms and tools
Experience in software development cycle and agile technologies, e.g. Git, Jira, Confluence
Experience in or passion for Agentic AI
Excellent analytical, interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills with strong attention to detail across multiple audiences (Technology, Quants, Senior Management)
Job Expectations:
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
This position is eligible for Visa sponsorship
Must be able to work on-site
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Pay Range
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$185,000.00 - $300,000.00
Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.
Posting End Date:
26 Jul 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.
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Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with approximately $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through more than 7,300 locations, 12,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in over 40 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 250,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 41 on Fortune’s 2022 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories.
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