Design, develop, and deliver scalable software solutions for regulatory reporting in capital markets. Lead technical initiatives, design architectures (event-driven/cloud-native), implement data governance and reconciliation controls, mentor engineers, collaborate with business and tech stakeholders, and ensure auditability and compliance.
About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a high-impact technology team supporting critical initiatives within our Capital Markets and regulatory landscape. This is an opportunity to work on complex, business-critical systems where you'll design and deliver scalable solutions that directly support trading, risk, and compliance functions. You'll be part of a collaborative environment that values innovation, engineering excellence, and continuous learning.
In this role, you'll take ownership of key technical deliverables while contributing to broader strategic initiatives across the platform. You'll work closely with business and technology stakeholders to solve challenging problems, influence design decisions, and help drive modern engineering practices including event-driven architectures, data governance, and cloud-native solutions. This is an ideal role for someone looking to deepen their technical expertise while making a tangible impact in a highly regulated, fast-paced financial environment.
In this role, you will:
27 Aug 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.
Applicants with Disabilities
To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo .
Drug and Alcohol Policy
Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a high-impact technology team supporting critical initiatives within our Capital Markets and regulatory landscape. This is an opportunity to work on complex, business-critical systems where you'll design and deliver scalable solutions that directly support trading, risk, and compliance functions. You'll be part of a collaborative environment that values innovation, engineering excellence, and continuous learning.
In this role, you'll take ownership of key technical deliverables while contributing to broader strategic initiatives across the platform. You'll work closely with business and technology stakeholders to solve challenging problems, influence design decisions, and help drive modern engineering practices including event-driven architectures, data governance, and cloud-native solutions. This is an ideal role for someone looking to deepen their technical expertise while making a tangible impact in a highly regulated, fast-paced financial environment.
In this role, you will:
- Lead moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within technical domain environments
- Contribute to large scale planning of strategies
- Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs associated with technology domain, including upgrades and deployments
- Review moderately complex technical challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of technologies and procedures
- Resolve moderately complex issues and lead a team to meet existing client needs or potential new clients needs while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, or compliance requirements
- Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to resolve technical challenges and achieve goals
- Lead projects and act as an escalation point, provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff
- Implement strong data governance, lineage, and reconciliation controls to ensure accuracy and completeness of reported data
- Experience in Software Engineering, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, education
- Strong technical experience in Java 8 or higher, Spring Boot / Spring Framework, MS SQL Server, Git, Mave/Gradle
- Strong understanding of capital markets products such as derivatives, securities financing transactions, equities, and fixed income.
- Experience in regulatory reporting, risk, compliance, or audit-driven environments
- Knowledge of non-financial regulatory domains
- Familiarity with data governance tools and metadata management platforms
- Experience with event-driven architectures or streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka, Flink)
- Exposure to containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong understanding of controls, auditability, and regulatory expectations in large financial institutions
- Ability to influence and collaborate across business and technology teams
- Familiarity with responsible AI principles and understanding of how AI can augment software engineering
27 Aug 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.
Applicants with Disabilities
To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo .
Drug and Alcohol Policy
Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
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