Wells Fargo

Gen AI - Senior Software Automation Engineer

Wells Fargo$120K — $145K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 4+ years of software engineering experience
  • Strong programming skills in Python, TypeScript, or JavaScript
  • Experience with REST APIs and microservices
  • Familiarity with cloud-native technologies and Kubernetes/OpenShift
  • Knowledge of CI/CD practices and DevOps
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain cloud-native applications and microservices
  • Build scalable backend services using best practices
  • Develop reusable integration patterns for various enterprise systems
  • Contribute to platform architecture and performance improvements
  • Create AI-powered workflows leveraging LLM platforms and orchestration frameworks
  • Enhance AI governance and security controls
  • Implement intelligent routing and workflow execution capabilities

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technologies
  • Focus on scalable and reliable solutions
  • Engagement in operational excellence and incident management
  • Potential for professional growth and development within the company
Full Job Description

About this role:

This Senior Software Engineer will help design, build, and evolve next-generation AI-powered operational platforms. In this role, you will drive the development of scalable microservices, agentic AI capabilities, integration frameworks, and automation solutions that enable intelligent incident triage, operational workflow automation, and self-service engineering experiences.

You will collaborate closely with platform engineers, product owners, SRE teams, architects and operational stakeholders to deliver secure, reliable and scalable solutions that improve engineering productivity and reduce operational toil.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native applications, APIs, and microservices supporting the IPE platform.
  • Build scalable backend services using modern development frameworks and engineering best practices.
  • Develop reusable integration patterns for ServiceNow, observability platforms, knowledge repositories, databases, and enterprise systems.
  • Contribute to platform architecture, scalability, resiliency and performance improvements.
  • Develop AI-powered workflows leveraging enterprise LLM platforms, MCP integrations, vector search, and agent orchestration frameworks.
  • Build and enhance agent capabilities that support incident triage, root cause analysis, automation recommendations and operational insights.
  • Implement multi-agent orchestration patterns, intelligent routing and workflow execution capabilities.
  • Enhance AI governance, traceability, security controls and responsible AI implementation.


In this role, you will:

  • Lead moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within technical domain environments
  • Contribute to large scale planning of strategies
  • Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs associated with technology domain, including upgrades and deployments
  • Review moderately complex technical challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of technologies and procedures
  • Resolve moderately complex issues and lead a team to meet existing client needs or potential new clients needs while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, or compliance requirements
  • Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to resolve technical challenges and achieve goals
  • Lead projects and act as an escalation point, provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff


Required Qualifications:

  • Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or related field.
  • 4+ years of software engineering experience developing enterprise-scale applications and services.
  • Strong programming experience in one or more languages such as Python, TypeScript, JavaScript.
  • Experience designing and developing REST APIs, microservices and distributed systems.
  • Experience working with cloud-native technologies, containers and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift).
  • Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, source control, automated testing and DevOps practices.
  • Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience working within Agile development teams.
  • Ability to participate in production support, incident analysis and operational readiness activities.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience building AI/ML-enabled applications, Generative AI solutions, RAG architectures or agent-based systems.
  • Experience integrating with enterprise AI platforms, LLMs, vector databases and MCP-based ecosystems.
  • Experience with ServiceNow APIs, workflows, and enterprise automation platforms.
  • Working knowledge of SRE principles, operational excellence, incident management and reliability engineering.
  • Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as
  • Experience designing event-driven architectures and messaging solutions (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).
  • Experience with workflow orchestration and automation platforms.
  • Experience building highly available, scalable, and resilient enterprise platforms.

Posting End Date:

11 Sep 2026

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

About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo Careers

Joining Wells Fargo means becoming part of a distinguished financial institution that has been a cornerstone of innovation and leadership in the banking industry. At Wells Fargo, we offer a plethora of job opportunities designed to empower your career growth and development in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Work You’ll Do

At Wells Fargo, you will be part of a team that values diversity and is committed to fostering an inclusive culture. We are looking for professionals who are eager to drive innovation and lead with integrity. Our employees are our greatest asset, and we invest in their professional growth through comprehensive leadership and diversity training programs that are recognized industry-wide.

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Whether you're interested in a position in finance, IT, customer service, or management, Wells Fargo has career opportunities in various fields. Our team members benefit from job stability, competitive benefits, and a culture that values and rewards performance and dedication.

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We believe in nurturing the potential of our employees. Wells Fargo offers robust training programs and resources to help every team member excel in their current roles and prepare for future challenges. Growth at Wells Fargo is not just about climbing the career ladder but expanding your skills and expertise to add value to our team and customers.

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Wells Fargo is committed to the well-being of our team members. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes health care, retirement plans, and generous paid time off. Additionally, we provide unique perks like employee discounts, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement.

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1852
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