Wells Fargo

Software Engineering Senior Manager Chief Development Office

Wells Fargo$130K — $160K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in Software Engineering or relevant experience
  • 3+ years in management or leadership roles
  • 6+ years leading company-wide technology initiatives
  • 6+ years working with Java, .NET, Node.js, C, C++, and Kubernetes
  • 5+ years with CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps and GitHub
  • 5+ years with Source Code and scanning tools
  • 3+ years deploying in Kubernetes public cloud environments

Responsibilities

  • Manage and develop teams of engineers and engineering managers
  • Ensure compliance with Banking Platform Architecture
  • Collaborate with architects to incorporate technical strategies
  • Act as a technical representative during cross-team efforts
  • Resolve technology roadblocks and manage software development cycle
  • Guide design through peer reviews and coding
  • Promote user satisfaction and influence product strategy

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule available
  • Focus on continuous improvement and talent development
  • Emphasis on innovative solutions and team collaboration
  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology
  • Involvement in large-scale, impactful projects
Full Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Software Engineering Senior Manager to join our Chief Development Office (CDO).  You will bring your experience with Continuous Improvement/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline across multiple vendors to scale NextGen capabilities and implement compliance controls across the enterprise. You will build and strengthen teams, facilitate cross-functional communication and alignment, partner with Product Managers/Owners to drive user satisfaction, and influence technology requirements and priorities.  You will make an impact by delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale, and require vision, creativity, innovation, and advanced analytical and inductive thinking.


In this role, you will:

  • Manage, coach, and develop a team or teams of experienced engineers and engineering managers in roles with moderate complexity and risk, responsible for building high quality capabilities with modern technology
  • Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release
  • Partner with, engage and influence architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture and enable application migration paths to target architecture; for example cloud readiness, application modernization, data strategy
  • Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning
  • Identify and recommend opportunities for driving escalated resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
  • Determine appropriate strategy and actions to act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to meet moderate to high risk deliverables and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement
  • Build engineering skills side-by-side in the codebase, conduct peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction, and guide design, as needed
  • Interpret, develop and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
  • Collaborate with, partner with and influence Product Managers/Product Owners to drive user satisfaction, influence technology requirements and priorities in the product roadmap, promote innovative and intelligent solutions, generate corporate value and articulate technical strategy while being a solid advocate of agile and DevOps practices
  • Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers
  • Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives in technology engineering
  • Hire, build and guide a culture of talent development to have the skills required to effectively design and deliver innovative solutions for product areas and products to meet business objectives and strategy, as well as conduct performance management for engineers and managers
  • Demonstrate proficiency in using AI‑assisted development and analysis tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot and approved code‑centric agents)
  • Leverage AI to accelerate system design, coding, testing, analysis, and troubleshooting
  • Apply strong technical judgment when validating and integrating AI‑assisted outputs into solutions
  • Understand and account for model limitations, security risks, and operational considerations
  • Apply AI responsibly in development and production environments
  • Ensure AI usage aligns with security, compliance, privacy, and ethical standards

Required Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
  • 3+ years of management or leadership experience
  • 6 + years of experience leading complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact
  • 6+ years of experience with applications that run Java, .NET, Node.js, C, C++, Kubernetes, SaaS, Commercial Off the Shelf products from a CI/CD perspective
  • 6+ years of experience with software architectures including traditional n-tier and containerized Kubernetes microservices
  • 5+ years of experience with code sign tools like Venafi, Artifactory, Blackduck, Checkmarx, ThreadFix, Prisma Scans, IBM Urban Code Deploy, Harness, Azure DevOps (ADO), Team Foundation Server (TFS)
  • 5+ years of experience with Source Code management tools like GitHub, GitHub SaaS, TFS
  • 5+ years of experience with scanning tools like GitHub Secrets and TruffleHog and build tools like Maven, Gradle, and MS Build
  • 5+ years of experience with Software Application Programming Interfaces (API) Test Automation like REST Assured or Karate and concepts such as contract testing and service virtualization
  • 3+ years of experience on the CI/CD next gen tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure pipelines, Harness CD, Spinnaker, and Argo CD
  • 2+ years of experience in CI/CD pipeline that deploys to a managed Kubernetes public cloud environment
  • 3+ years of experience with different landing zones for deployments to Windows, Linux, Virtual Machines (VM), Tanzu Application Service (TAS), Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated (TKGI), and Public Cloud with Azure and Google Cloud environments
  • 3+ years of experience with Automated Testing Framework

Desired Qualifications:

  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills
  • Good understanding of product construct and product development life cycle
  • Experience with Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or OpenShift including services like compute, storage, databases, and networking
  • Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible
  • Experience in creating and managing Docker containers
  • Experience with deploying and managing applications on Kubernetes clusters
  • Experience with Agile software development methodologies, Scrum preferred
  • Certification in Cloud Engineering or Architecture for Cloud Service Provider such as Azure, Google, or Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Knowledge of solution design leveraging Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • Experience with modern monitoring and logging systems such as Azure Monitor, Dynatrace, or Splunk

Job Expectations:

  • Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening
  • This position offers a hybrid work schedule
  • This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship​
  • Relocation assistance is not available for this position

Posting End Date:

12 Jun 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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