Lead Software Engineer (GenAI) for Global Payment and Liquidity Technology

About the position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer, as part of the Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking Technology. As a GenAI engineer, you will lead the development of cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence solutions using large language models, agentic frameworks, retrieval augmented generation and other innovative technologies. The ideal candidate will have experience in designing, developing, and deploying applications leveraging LLM models and systems, with a strong focus on prompt engineering, RAG implementations, evaluations and agentic frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact
• Act as a key participant in developing standards and companywide best practices for engineering complex and large scale technology solutions for technology engineering disciplines
• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs
• Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors
• Make decisions in developing standard and companywide best practices for engineering and technology solutions requiring understanding of industry best practices and new technologies, influencing and leading technology team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
• Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals
• Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor

Requirements

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 4+ years of Java, Python and other relevant technologies
• 3+ years of Experience with SDLC and Agile tools such as JIRA, GitHub, Jenkins, Confluence etc

Nice-to-haves

• 1+ year of GenAI and ML concepts, including Evaluations, Fine Tuning and Prompt engineering
• Knowledge of agentic design patterns
• Prompt Engineering concepts such as Zero-Shot, Few-shot, self-consistency and chain of thought prompting
• 5+ years of experience in Test Automation
• 5+ years of experience on Software Development
• 4+ years of experience in automation using BDD and Selenium
• Understanding of application development methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)
• Knowledge on Java 8 or later, spring boot, REST, Micro Services, Kafka, NoSQL
• Knowledge on NoSQL (MongoDB/Cassandra)
• Experience in DevOps - CI/CD tools
• Strong analytical, interpersonal skills and troubleshooting skills in resolving technical problems
• End to End knowledge on Payments ISO 20022 & US payments

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