Software Engineering Manager - Java, GenAI
Wells Fargo
- Location
- Bengaluru South, Karnataka, India
- Job type
- Full-time
Required skills
- Agile
- automated testing
- banking
- compliance
- cross-functional
- customer value
- data architecture
- data strategy
- DevOps
- end-to-end
- Java
- JVM
About the role
Wells Fargo
Website:
wellsfargo.com
Job details:
About This Role
Wells Fargo is seeking a Software Engineering Manager
In This Role, You Will
- Manage, coach, and develop a team of individual contributor engineer roles with low to moderate complexity and less experienced managers who are responsible for building high quality capabilities with modern technology
- Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release
- Engage with architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture to enable application migration paths to target architecture; for example, cloud readiness, application modernization and data strategy
- Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning
- Identify and recommend opportunities for driving resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
- Act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to make decisions and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement culture
- 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 low to moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
- Collaborate and consult with the 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 for technology engineering including career development and performance management for engineers and managers on the team
- Hire, mentor and guide talent development of direct reports to build the skills required to effectively design and deliver innovative solutions for the supported product areas/products
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
- 2+ years of Leadership experience
Desired Qualifications
- 15+ years of Strong hands-on software engineering background with deep expertise in Java, modern JVM frameworks (Spring / Spring Boot), and enterprise application development
- Practical experience designing, developing, and deploying AI including:
- Use of LLMs, prompt engineering, embeddings, and orchestration frameworks
- Integration of AI capabilities into enterprise applications and workflows
- Experience delivering enterprise-grade platforms with high standards for security, scalability, resiliency, and regulatory compliance
- Proven ability to lead and contribute to cloud-ready and cloud-native architectures, including application modernization and migration strategies
- Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and secure build and deployment practices
- Familiarity with data architecture and data engineering concepts, especially as they relate to AI/ML model consumption and governance
- Experience evaluating and adopting AI-enabled developer productivity tools and AI platforms to accelerate delivery
- Strong understanding of banking or financial services technology, including risk management, audit requirements, and non-functional controls
- Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional engineering teams and influencing technical direction across product and platform stakeholders
- Ability to balance hands-on technical contribution with people leadership, coaching, and delivery accountability
Job Expectations
- Drive end-to-end engineering delivery for the Servicing Platform, ensuring solutions meet functional, non-functional, security, and regulatory requirements
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, including:
- Designing and reviewing Java-based services and APIs
- Contributing to AI/GenAI-enabled features and architectural decisions
- Performing code reviews and guiding engineering best practices
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers and engineering managers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and engineering excellence
- Partner closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to shape the product roadmap, translate business needs into scalable technical solutions, and maximize user and customer value
- Ensure alignment with Wells Fargo Technology standards, Banking Platform Architecture, and long-term modernization strategies (cloud readiness, AI adoption, data strategy)
- Act as the technical escalation point for delivery issues, architectural trade-offs, and engineering risks, proactively removing blockers and driving resolution
- Champion Agile and DevOps practices, enabling faster, safer, and more predictable delivery cycles
- Identify and mitigate technology, operational, and enterprise risks, ensuring platform stability, performance, and compliance
- Collaborate with architects, security teams, and third-party vendors to evaluate and integrate new technologies and services
- Manage resource planning, budgeting, hiring, performance management, and career development for the engineering organization
- Drive adoption of AI tools and intelligent automation to improve engineering productivity and delivery outcomes across the platform
Reference Number
R-529933
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