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Wells Fargo

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About this role:Wells Fargo is seeking a lead software developer to provide technical leadership across complex software initiatives, ensuring high‑quality design and delivery of scalable solutions aligned to business and enterprise objectives. You will be responsible for providing technical leadership across complex software initiatives, ensuring high‑quality design and delivery of scalable solutions aligned to business and enterprise objectives. This role serves as a hands‑on technical leader, standard bearer, and mentor, influencing engineering direction and execution across teams. In this role, you will:<ul><li>Lead complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact</li><li>Act as a key participant in developing standards and companywide best practices for engineering complex and large-scale technology solutions for technology engineering disciplines</li><li>Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs</li><li>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</li><li>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</li><li>Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals</li><li>Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor</li><li>Act as a technical leader in establishing, evolving, and enforcing engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices for software development</li><li>Own solution design and implementation, including hands‑on coding, testing, debugging, and documentation for critical components, projects, and programs</li><li>Review and evaluate complex software solutions to ensure alignment with strategic business goals, enterprise architecture, performance, security, and scalability requirements</li><li>Influence engineering teams through technical direction, code reviews, and design guidance to ensure delivery quality and consistency</li><li>Promote a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle</li></ul> Required Qualifications:<ul><li>5&#43; years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education</li><li>5&#43; years of experience building and managing enterprise‑scale infrastructure using automation</li><li>5&#43; years of advanced coding or scripting skills, with a focus on infrastructure automation</li></ul> Desired Qualifications:<ul><li>6&#43; years of experience with programming SQL for database technologies such as Microsoft SQL, MySQL, Postgres</li><li>6&#43; years of strong development proficiency in PowerShell, Bash, Python, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS technologies</li><li>In-depth knowledge of RESTful API design</li><li>Familiarity with markup languages such as XML, JSON, YAML, and HTML</li><li>Experience with testing tools such as Playwright, Pester, PyUnit</li><li>Experience with IDE’s such as VS Code, IntelliJ, PyCharm, Visual Studio, etc.</li><li>Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)</li><li>Experience with orchestration such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions</li><li>Experience with artifact repositories such as Artifactory</li><li>Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and BigPanda</li><li>Experience with logging tools such as Splunk</li><li>Experience with performance testing tools such as LoadRunner</li><li>Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift).</li><li>Experience with Agile/scrum methodologies and tools like Jira, etc.</li></ul>Job Expectations:<ul><li>This position offers a hybrid work schedule</li><li>This position does offer Visa sponsorship</li></ul>Pay Range  Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.$119,000.00 - $206,000.00<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Benefits Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/life-at-wells-fargo/benefits">Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs</a> for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.<ul><li>Health benefits</li><li>401(k) Plan</li><li>Paid time off</li><li>Disability benefits</li><li>Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance</li><li>Parental leave</li><li>Critical caregiving leave</li><li>Discounts and savings</li><li>Commuter benefits</li><li>Tuition reimbursement</li><li>Scholarships for dependent children</li><li>Adoption reimbursement</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Posting End Date:8 May 2026*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.We Value Equal OpportunityWells 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.Applicants with DisabilitiesTo request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit <a href="https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/diversity/disability-inclusion/" target="_blank">Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo</a>.Drug and Alcohol Policy Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace.  Please see our <a href="https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/wells-fargo-drug-and-alcohol-policy" target="_blank">Drug and Alcohol Policy</a> 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.

Lead Software Engineer

Lead software development with 5+ years of experience, enterprise infrastructure automation, and advanced coding/scripting skills.

About this role:Wells Fargo is seeking an independent and self-starting analytics professional who will focus on data engineering, modeling, and AI deployment to enable identification and mitigation of current and emerging risks, including employee misconduct, employee-enabled fraud, regulatory, and reputational risks.  This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the transformation of our analytics team as we move into an AI-assisted analytics environment.In this hands-on individual contributor role, you will acquire, model and prepare data used to operationalize data-driven detection strategies and will take AI/machine learning solutions from prototype to production. This position within Consumer Banking and Lending (CBL) will be required to partner across risk functions to provide operational support that helps deliver products and services to customers. Successful candidates bring strong data engineering, programming and analytical skills, paired with excellent communication, to translate complex real-world problems into practical, scalable solutions.Are you looking for more? Find it here. At Wells Fargo, we believe that a meaningful career is much more than just a job. It’s about finding all the elements that help you thrive, in one place. #LivingTheWellLife means you’re supported in life, not just work. It means having a competitive salary, a robust benefits package, and programs to support your work-life balance and well-being. It means being rewarded for investing in your community, celebrated for being your authentic self, and empowered to grow. And we’re recognized for it! Wells Fargo ranked in the top three on the 2024 LinkedIn Top Companies List of best workplaces “to grow your career” in the U.S. Learn more about the career areas and business divisions at wellsfargojobs.com.In this role, you will:<ul><li>Act as an advisor to senior leadership to develop or influence analytical strategies for highly complex business and technical needs</li><li>Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring analytical application of industry techniques and advanced data from multiple sources across the enterprise</li><li>Deliver solutions that are long-term, large-scale, and require vision, innovation, and coordination of highly complex activities</li><li>Provide vision, direction, and expertise to senior leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions that align to the enterprise</li><li>Ensure adherence to compliance and legal regulations and policies on all projects managed</li><li>Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership</li></ul>Required Qualifications:<ul><li>7&#43; years of Analytics, Reporting, Financial Modeling or Statistics experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education</li></ul>Desired Qualifications:<ul><li>Proficiency in Python for data analysis, machine learning, and production-grade development.</li><li>Experience taking AI/ML systems from prototype to production, including monitoring and lifecycle management</li><li>Practical experience applying GenAI and AI assisted or agentic tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) for analytics or automation and to establish scalable, repeatable monitoring solutions.</li><li>Experience with data acquisition, modeling, and preparation for analytics and machine learning workflows.</li><li>Familiarity with data quality practices, schema design, metadata management, and documentation standards.</li><li>Ability to guide teams on data cleaning, validation, and exploratory analysis.</li><li>Practical experience with model selection, training, evaluation, and iteration.</li><li>Familiarity with model evaluation techniques, including designing custom evaluation approaches when standard metrics are insufficient.</li><li>Experience analyzing unstructured and large-scale datasets with complex processing requirements.</li><li>Demonstrated risk detection or anomaly and pattern identification experience in analytics or monitoring use cases.</li><li>Familiarity with modern development practices (e.g., reusable patterns, configuration driven or cloud native approaches).</li><li>Experience building, testing, and automating production ready analytics pipelines.</li><li>Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex analytics into clear, actionable insights.</li><li>Comfortable working in fast-paced, exploratory environments typical of proof of concept and innovation work.</li></ul>Job Expectations:<ul><li>This position offers a hybrid work schedule.</li></ul>This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.Posting Locations:<ul><li>401 S Tryon St - Charlotte, North Carolina 28202</li><li>2700 S Price Rd - Chandler, Arizona 85286</li><li>550 S 4th St - Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415</li><li>4014 Las Colinas Blvd Bldg B - Irving, Texas 75039</li><li>800 S Jordan Creek Pkwy - West Des Moines, Iowa 50266</li></ul>Required locations listed above.Salary range is determined by location of the job. May be considered for a discretionary bonus.Please note: Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.Pay Range  Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.$139,000.00 - $239,000.00<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Benefits Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/life-at-wells-fargo/benefits">Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs</a> for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.<ul><li>Health benefits</li><li>401(k) Plan</li><li>Paid time off</li><li>Disability benefits</li><li>Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance</li><li>Parental leave</li><li>Critical caregiving leave</li><li>Discounts and savings</li><li>Commuter benefits</li><li>Tuition reimbursement</li><li>Scholarships for dependent children</li><li>Adoption reimbursement</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Posting End Date:28 Apr 2026*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.We Value Equal OpportunityWells 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.Applicants with DisabilitiesTo request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit <a href="https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/diversity/disability-inclusion/" target="_blank">Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo</a>.Drug and Alcohol Policy Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace.  Please see our <a href="https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/wells-fargo-drug-and-alcohol-policy" target="_blank">Drug and Alcohol Policy</a> 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.

Senior Lead Analytics Consultant

7+ years analytics, reporting, modeling or statistics; Python for data analysis; AI/ML production deployment; experience with GenAI tools; data pipeline and analytics development; strong communication.

We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.Purpose:Athene is seeking a technical leader to drive the direction and delivery of an AI-native, event-driven platform powering insurance workflows. This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on designing and building distributed systems, ensuring production reliability, and advancing how AI is applied across the software development lifecycle. In this role, you will shape both the platform architecture and the engineering practices that support it, serving as a go-to technical leader and mentor. You will help establish a spec-driven, AI-augmented development approach that enables faster, higher-quality delivery on a scale.Accountabilities:What You’ll Own <ul><li>End-to-end platform architecture across workflow, document, intake, and data model services</li><li>Reliability and performance of business-critical production systems</li><li>Technical strategy, roadmap, and engineering standards</li><li>Adoption of AI-driven, spec-first development practices</li></ul><div></div>What You’ll Do<ul><li>Lead design and delivery of event-driven, distributed systems with a focus on simplicity and scalability</li><li>Establish and model spec-first, AI-augmented development workflows</li><li>Ensure production excellence through strong observability, incident response, and operational practices</li><li>Drive automation across testing, deployment, and operational processes</li><li>Mentor engineers and help scale team capabilities and standards</li></ul><div></div>How You Think<ul><li>Systems-oriented and pragmatic, balancing scale, reliability, and simplicity</li><li>Spec-first and AI-native in your development approach</li><li>Operator-minded, with a focus on production readiness</li><li>Focused on reducing complexity and enabling team effectiveness</li></ul> Qualifications and Experience:<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience, with 6&#43; years of experience building and delivering software or data-driven solutions, including recent work applying AI in real-world use cases</li><li>Experience designing and operating complex, distributed systems at scale</li><li>Strong foundation in building reliable, secure, and well-observed production systems</li><li>Ability to define and drive technical direction while mentoring and guiding other engineers</li><li>Hands-on experience applying AI in development workflows, with a spec-driven approach to building and delivering solutions</li><li>Product-oriented mindset with the ability to rapidly iterate, test, and deliver business value</li><li>Focus on automation, simplicity, and long-term health</li><li>Strong communication skills, with the ability to align teams around technical decisions and architecture</li><li>Experience working in regulated or enterprise environments (preferred)</li></ul>Drive. Discipline. Confidence. Focus. Commitment.  Learn more about <a target="_blank" href="https://www.athene.com/careers">working at Athene</a>.Athene is a Military Friendly Employer!  Learn more about how we support our <a target="_blank" href="https://www.athene.com/our-veterans">Veterans</a>.Athene is committed to inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

Software Developer Lead

6+ years in software or data-driven solutions; distributed systems; AI in workflows; leadership; production reliability.

We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.Purpose:Athene is accelerating its AI initiatives to transform how we serve our customers, agents, and business partners. As a leader in the insurance and annuities space, we are committed to leveraging advanced AI technologies including Generative AI, Agentic AI, and Machine Learning to drive innovation and deliver meaningful business impact. We’re hiring in our Strategy &amp; Innovation team, which leads Athene’s AI Strategy and experimentation efforts. Our work centers on shaping the enterprise AI vision and strategy, identifying high-value use cases, and running structured experiments that validate ideas quickly. You’ll join a small, collaborative group that partners closely with business units, IT, and Apollo to align priorities and ensure AI adoption moves forward in a coordinated, business-driven way. This is a high-impact role where you’ll help translate strategy into action, test new capabilities, and guide promising solutions toward implementation. As the Lead AI Engineer, you'll play a key role in shaping Athene's AI future through technical leadership in our experimentation initiatives, vendor evaluations, and strategic assessments.Accountabilities:<ul><li>Lead technical experimentation by designing and executing targeted, short-cycle tests to validate AI ideas and vendor tools before they move toward production.</li><li>Bridge technical gaps by translating complex AI concepts between business stakeholders and IT teams.</li><li>Assess AI readiness by evaluating data quality, accessibility, governance requirements, and technical infrastructure.</li><li>Develop strategic prototypes that demonstrate business value and highlight implementation considerations.</li><li>Support vision and blueprint development by contributing technical expertise to long-term AI direction-setting.</li><li>Evaluate vendor solutions with rigorous technical assessments of AI platforms and tools (e.g., Writer, Shelf, Glean, Claude).</li><li>Drive data strategy by identifying requirements, gaps, and integration needs across business units.</li><li>Document experiment findings through comprehensive technical documentation.</li><li>Partner across teams, working with business units, IT, and Apollo on readiness, governance, and validation activities.</li><li>Shape technical standards for AI experimentation, prompt engineering, data preparation, and evaluation methodologies.</li></ul> Qualifications and Experience:<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field, plus 7&#43; years of experience in AI, data science, or software engineering, including 2&#43; years building GenAI/LLM/Agentic AI solutions; advanced AI/ML certifications (AWS, DeepLearning.AI, etc.) highly desirable.</li><li>Deep expertise in GenAI frameworks and techniques (LangChain, RAG architectures, prompt engineering), modern LLMs (Claude, GPT-4o/5, Gemini), strong Python skills, and hands-on experience with AWS AI services (Bedrock, SageMaker, Lambda).</li><li>Experience designing targeted tests to validate technical hypotheses and business assumptions, evaluating AI platforms/tools against business and technical requirements, and ensuring data quality, integration, governance, and compliance in regulated environments.</li><li>Strong ability to translate business challenges into technical approaches, connect experimentation to broader strategic goals, and clearly communicate complex concepts to executives and technical specialists, with a proven track record of cross-functional collaboration.</li></ul>Drive. Discipline. Confidence. Focus. Commitment.  Learn more about <a target="_blank" href="https://www.athene.com/careers">working at Athene</a>.Athene is a Military Friendly Employer!  Learn more about how we support our <a target="_blank" href="https://www.athene.com/our-veterans">Veterans</a>.Athene is committed to inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

AI Engineer Lead

Lead AI experimentation, evaluate platforms, translate between business and IT, and drive data strategy.

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