Lead Software Engineer

Wells Fargo · Hyderabad, India · Posted 9 days ago

About this role

About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a seeking a Lead Software Engineer to lead the design and development of modern, cloud‑native applications and services. At the Lead level, the engineer is expected to drive complex technical delivery, provide strong technical leadership, and influence engineering outcomes through design quality, mentoring, and cross‑team collaboration. In this role, you will: Lead end‑to‑end design and delivery of Spring Boot microservices and APIs, ensuring scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions. Build and optimize data persistence layers using MongoDB, including schema design, indexing, and performance tuning. Deploy and operate services on Kubernetes, applying best practices for containerization, resilience, and scalability. Design and deliver modern web user experiences using React or Angular, partnering closely with product and UX. Implement event‑driven and asynchronous integration patterns using Kafka to support high‑throughput, decoupled architectures. Review and analyze technical challenges, evaluate alternatives, and recommend solutions to meet engineering and service expectations. Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, reusable patterns, documentation, and mentoring across the team. Ensure solutions align with enterprise security and compliance requirements and contribute to availability and service quality improvements. Required Qualifications: 5 years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through