Wells Fargo

Lead UI Engineer - Front Office Trading Platforms

Wells Fargo • $159K — $254K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience
  • 5+ years of experience with HTML5, JavaScript, CSS
  • 5+ years of experience with Typescript
  • 5+ years of experience with Angular/React
  • 5+ years of experience with JSON, REST, XML

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex initiatives in selected domains
  • Monitor systems to enhance operational efficiency and manage risk
  • Maximize resource utilization and improve processes to reduce costs
  • Design, develop, test, and implement applications and tools using advanced technologies
  • Resolve challenging coding, testing, and platform issues
  • Ensure compliance and risk management requirements are met
  • Mentor less experienced software engineers
  • Collaborate with professionals at all levels across the organization
  • Guide the team towards achieving objectives
  • Partner effectively with production support and platform engineering teams

Benefits

  • 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
Full Job Description
About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Specialty Software Engineer to join our Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking Technology organization, supporting the Fixed Income Spread Technology team. In this role, you will help shape the next generation of low-latency trading technology by designing and delivering real-time micro UI solutions that support pricing, risk management, and electronic trading across Fixed Income markets. This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of technology and global financial markets, partnering closely with traders, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to build scalable, high-performance applications that drive critical business outcomes. You will play a key role in advancing innovative trading capabilities, improving operational efficiency, and delivering technology solutions that help our clients and businesses navigate dynamic market environments. As a technical leader, you'll influence architecture, mentor engineers, and contribute to the continued evolution of a modern engineering culture focused on quality, reliability, and continuous improvement.

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In this role, you will:

  • Lead complex initiatives on selected domains
  • Ensure systems are monitored to increase operational efficiency and managed to mitigate risk
  • Define opportunities to maximize resource utilization and improve processes while reducing cost
  • Lead, design, develop, test and implement applications and system components, tools and utilities, models, simulation, and analytics to manage complex business functions using sophisticated technologies
  • Resolve coding, testing and escalated platform issues of a technically challenging nature
  • Lead team to ensure compliance and risk management requirements for supported area are met and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
  • Mentor less experienced software engineers
  • Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including managers
  • Lead team to achieve objectives
  • Partner with production support and platform engineering teams effectively


Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
  • 5+ years of experience with HTML5, JavaScript, CSS
  • 5+ years of experience with Typescript
  • 5+ years of experience with Angular/React
  • 5+ years of experience with JSON, REST, XML


Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience deploying and supporting applications using web server technologies such as Apache Tomcat, IIS, or NGINX
  • Experience with automated UI testing and performance testing practices using tools such as Selenium and browser developer tools
  • Knowledge of Fixed Income products and trading workflows within capital markets
  • Understanding of bond pricing, risk, P&L, and position management concepts
  • Understanding of trade lifecycle processes and end-of-day valuation activities
  • Experience building and supporting real-time user interfaces using streaming or event-driven technologies
  • Experience with desktop interoperability and container frameworks such as OpenFin, Glue42, Finsemble, or similar technologies


Job Expectations:

  • This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
  • Relocation assistance is not available for this position
  • This position offers a hybrid work schedule


Posting Locations:

  • 300 S Brevard St.- Charlotte, North Carolina 28202


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.$159,000.00 - $254,000.00

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:

30 Oct 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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