Wells Fargo

Lead Graph Data Engineer

Wells Fargo$119K — $224K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Database Engineering experience
  • 4+ years of experience with enterprise-scale data architecture and governance
  • 2+ years of experience with Graph database design (Neo4j or similar)
  • Familiarity with hybrid or cloud data environments
  • Strong analytical and evaluation skills for technical improvements

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex initiatives impacting data engineering
  • Design and develop tooling to identify data issues
  • Review and analyze software enhancements for operational improvements
  • Make data-driven decisions in multifaceted engineering situations
  • Collaborate with internal partners to address risky engineering challenges

Benefits

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Critical caregiving leave
  • Commuter benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Scholarships for dependent children
  • Adoption reimbursement
Full Job Description
About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Graph Data Engineer within the Fraud and Claims Technology organization. This role is central to building and expanding our enterprise graph database platform, which is used to uncover complex relationships that strengthen fraud detection and claims insights.

You will lead the design and engineering of secure, compliant, and high performing data solutions. Your work will focus on graph data modeling, large scale data pipelines, and platform optimization across hybrid or cloud environments. With your background in database engineering and experience with graph technologies, you will help shape our analytics architecture, improve data governance, and turn connected data into meaningful intelligence that supports the bank's fraud defense strategy.

In this role, you will:
  • Lead complex initiatives with broad impact and act as key participant in large scale software planning for the Technology area
  • Design, develop, and run tooling to discover problems in data and applications and report the issues to engineering and product leadership
  • Review and analyze complex software enhancement initiatives for business, operational or technical improvements that require in depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors
  • Make decisions in complex and multi-faceted data engineering situations requiring understanding of software package options and programming language and compliance requirements that influence and lead Technology to meet deliverables and drive organizational change
  • Strategically collaborate and consult with internal partners to resolve highly risky data engineering challenges


Required Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of Database Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
  • 4+ years of experience with enterprise-scale data architecture and governance, including designing secure, compliant, and optimized data analytics platform across hybrid or cloud environments
  • 2+ years of experience with Graph database design Neo4j or similar


Desired Qualifications:
  • Fraud Technology experience
  • Strong technical background across: PySpark, Spark, Hadoop, Hive, ETL/ELT tools (Informatica, Ansible etc.)
  • SQL & NoSQL databases (SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)


Job Expectations:
  • Must be able to work onsite in one of the posted locations


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.
$119,000.00 - $224,000.00

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.
  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Critical caregiving leave
  • Discounts and savings
  • Commuter benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Scholarships for dependent children
  • Adoption reimbursement


Posting End Date:

7 Jun 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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