Wells Fargo

Lead Software Engineer – Application Performance Engineering & Resiliency

Wells Fargo$119K — $206K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering or related fields
  • 5+ years of experience in performance engineering, reliability engineering, or platform engineering
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and API architectures
  • 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, or similar cloud-native platforms
  • 3+ years of troubleshooting experience in production container workloads, including JVM diagnostics
  • 3+ years of experience with observability tools like Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or Prometheus
  • 3+ years of experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka) and enterprise databases.

Responsibilities

  • Lead performance engineering and resiliency initiatives for large-scale applications
  • Define performance, scalability, reliability, and observability standards for cloud-native platforms
  • Collaborate with development teams to integrate performance and resiliency into the software lifecycle
  • Design and execute comprehensive testing strategies for performance and resiliency
  • Identify performance bottlenecks across various application components
  • Drive capacity planning and predictive scaling strategies
  • Lead chaos engineering and resiliency validation efforts for high-availability assessments

Benefits

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Commuter benefits
Full Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer – Application Performance Engineering & Resiliency to lead performance, scalability, reliability, and resiliency initiatives for business-critical, cloud-native applications. This role combines hands-on software engineering expertise with technical leadership across distributed systems built on Java, Kubernetes/OpenShift, microservices, APIs, messaging platforms, and modern cloud technologies.


As a trusted technical leader, you will partner with engineering, architecture, platform, and SRE teams to ensure applications are designed, tested, and validated for performance, resilience, and operational excellence. You will drive performance-by-design practices, lead resiliency validation efforts, and establish engineering standards that enable highly scalable and reliable systems supporting millions of transactions in a regulated, high-availability environment.


This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving complex scalability challenges, influencing enterprise architecture decisions, and driving continuous improvements in reliability and engineering excellence.


In this role, you will:

  • Lead performance engineering and resiliency initiatives across large-scale, distributed application ecosystems.

  • Define and implement performance, scalability, reliability, and observability standards for cloud-native platforms.

  • Partner with development teams to embed performance and resiliency requirements throughout the software development lifecycle.

  • Design and execute performance, load, stress, endurance, failover, and resiliency testing strategies.

  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across applications, JVMs, APIs, Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms, databases, messaging systems, and infrastructure.

  • Drive capacity planning, workload modeling, and predictive scaling strategies to support future business growth.

  • Lead resiliency validation efforts through chaos engineering, fault-injection testing, disaster recovery validation, and high-availability assessments.

  • Establish and govern Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and production readiness criteria.

  • Advance observability practices through monitoring, logging, distributed tracing, and performance analytics.

  • Integrate automated performance and resiliency validation into CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows.

  • Serve as a technical advisor and mentor, helping engineering teams adopt modern performance engineering and SRE best practices.

  • Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, architecture, infrastructure, operations, and vendor organizations to deliver reliable, high-performing solutions.


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 significant experience in performance engineering, reliability engineering, or platform engineering.

  • 5+ years of strong hands-on experience developing and supporting enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and API-based architectures.

  • 3+ years of experience with containerized applications running on Kubernetes, OpenShift, or similar cloud-native platforms.

  • 3+ years of experience troubleshooting production container workloads with deep expertise in JVM and/or CoreCLR diagnostics, including container memory limits, thread dumps, and automated heap dumps.

  • 3+ years of strong experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, OTEL, or similar tools.

  • 3+ years of experience working with messaging technologies such as Kafka and enterprise databases (RDBMS and/or NoSQL).

  • 3+ years of experience integrating testing and validation into CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps workflows (Harness EPLx or similar tools).

Desired Qualifications:

  • Familiarity with functional testing, browser performance analysis (HAR files), and automation frameworks such as Playwright or Selenium is highly desirable.

  • Knowledge of SRE principles, production operations, resiliency testing, and chaos engineering practices.

  • Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives and influence engineering decisions across multiple teams.

  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

  • Experience working in financial services or other highly regulated, mission-critical environments is preferred

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Job Expectations:

  • This position offers a hybrid work schedule

  • This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship or transfer of visa

  • Relocation assistance is not available for this position

Locations :

  • 2600, S Price Rd. Building B, Chandler, AZ

  • 550 S 4th St., Minneapolis, MN

  • 300 S Brevard St., Charlotte, NC

  • 800 S Jordan Creek Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA

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.

For above posted locations - 119,000.00 - 187,000.00 USD Annual

Benefits:

Posting End Date:

31 Jul 2026

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

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 - $206,000.00

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit 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:

30 Jul 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.

Explore a Multitude of Career Paths

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.

Internship Programs

Kickstart your career with a Wells Fargo internship. Our programs provide invaluable industry exposure, professional skills development, and networking opportunities that often lead to full-time employment offers. Interns at Wells Fargo work on real projects, solve actual challenges, and gain the mentorship of seasoned professionals.

Professional Growth and Development

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.

Benefits and Rewards

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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Networking and Innovation

At Wells Fargo, networking and innovation go hand in hand. We encourage our employees to connect across departments and roles to foster new ideas and strategies that lead to groundbreaking solutions.

Empower Your Career

Step into a role at Wells Fargo where your skills will be honed, your achievements recognized, and your career can flourish. We're not just filling positions; we're building leaders who are equipped to navigate the complexities of the financial world. Join Wells Fargo today and be part of a team that’s redefining the future of banking.
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246,577 employees
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1852
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