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About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Java Software Engineer to join the Equity Derivatives Technology organization within Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking Technology. This role sits at the heart of the frontu2011office risk and pricing platform, supporting missionu2011critical trading and risk workflows across the equity derivatives business. You will play a key role in modernizing and scaling Wells Fargou2019s strategic Risk & Pricing platform, enabling realu2011time and intraday risk analytics for a broad set of derivative desks, including Index and Singleu2011Stock Flow, Deltau20111, Equity Finance & Futures, Convertibles, Corporates, and Structured OTC / Notes. This is a handsu2011on senior engineering role with strong architectural ownership. You will design and build cloudu2011compliant, lowu2011latency, highu2011throughput platforms while partnering closely with frontu2011office stakeholders, quants, and production teams. If you thrive on solving complex problems at scale and want to influence the next generation of risk technology using modern engineering, cloud, and GenAIu2011assisted practices, this role offers both depth and impact. In this role, you will: + Lead and influence strategic technology initiatives across the Equity Derivatives Risk domain, partnering with frontu2011office, quantitative, and platform stakeholders to deliver highu2011impact outcomes. + Architect, design, and build scalable, lowu2011latency applications and microservices supporting realu2011time pricing, risk, analytics, and simulations for complex derivative products. + Own and evolve core risk and pricing frameworks, ensuring performance, resiliency, and extensibility across multiple trading desks and products. + Champion engineering excellence, establishing and driving best practices around system design, clean code, testing, observability, and operational resilience. + Drive automation in testing, documentation, and deployment to improve reliability, scalability, and speed to market. + Collaborate closely with production support and platform engineering teams to ensure smooth dayu2011tou2011day operations, rapid incident resolution, and continuous improvement. + Ensure compliance with enterprise risk management, security, and regulatory requirements, particularly for frontu2011office and risku2011critical systems. + Mentor and develop engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous learning. Required Qualifications: + 5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education + 5+ years of handsu2011on Core Java development, with deep expertise in memory management, garbage collection tuning, multithreading, concurrency models, native I/O, and JNI + 3+ years designing and building distributed systems, with experience delivering lowu2011latency, highu2011throughput, highly available, and faultu2011tolerant architectures using eventu2011driven and microservices patterns + 2+ years of experience with inu2011memory data grids (e.g., Oracle Coherence, Apache Ignite, GemFire) + 2+ years working with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or Cassandra, including schema design and query optimization + 1+ years of solid experience in modern AI development tooling, including AIu2011assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) and contemporary IDEs Desired Qualifications: + Bacheloru2019s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field + Strong experience in capital markets workflows, including trade capture, lifecycle management, pricing, and risk analytics, with hands-on exposure to equity derivatives products u2013 options, futures, swaps, exotics, synthetics, convertibles, prime brokerage + Deep understanding of derivative pricing, valuation, and risk methodologies, including Greeks, VaR, CCAR, FRTB, DV01, and PnL attribution + Proven ability to design, build, or integrate scalable front office risk and analytics components with trading platforms + Demonstrated experience developing GenAI solutions, including LLM-based applications and autonomous/agentic systems, applied to risk analytics, decision support, anomaly detection, or surveillance + Strong software engineering fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, performance optimization, clean code, and scalable system design across environments + Effective communicator able to work directly with front office and business stakeholders in fast-paced, high-pressure environments Job Expectations: + Must be able to work on-site at the listed location(s) + Relocation assistance is not available + Visa sponsorship is not available 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. $191,000.00 - $305,000.00 Benefits Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs ( for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees. + 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 Posting End Date: 26 Mar 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 unitu2019s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements. 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. Req Number: R-522363