Lead Specialty Software Engineer - Capital Markets Reference Data

Wells Fargo

Charlotte, NC, US
5+ years specialty software engineering experience
Distributed systems design with java memory management
Java 17+ modern features and concurrency expertise
This strategic role centers on modernizing and expanding the Reference Data Platform to support Capital Markets business and trading operations

Job Summary

  • This strategic role centers on modernizing and expanding the Reference Data Platform to support Capital Markets business and trading operations.
  • The ideal candidate will accelerate development velocity by leveraging agentic AI tools across the team's engineering workflows while ensuring operational excellence.
  • Candidates must lead complex initiatives to deliver scalable and resilient solutions while mentoring less experienced software engineers.

Matching Summary

This strategic role centers on modernizing and expanding the Reference Data Platform to support Capital Markets business and trading operations.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years specialty software engineering experience
  • Distributed systems design with Java memory management
  • Java 17+ modern features and concurrency expertise
  • Microservices implementation using Spring ecosystem
  • Complex SQL query optimization skills
  • Event-driven architectures with Kafka or Solace

Nice-to-have

  • Cloud-ready solutions on Azure GCP or OpenShift
  • LLM knowledge and prompt engineering techniques
  • Low-latency high-reliability trading platform experience
  • Front-end development with React framework
  • Python data transformation and mastering workflows
  • Agile strategies and Test Driven Development practices

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years Specialty Software Engineering experience
  • 3+ years Java 17+ experience
  • 3+ years microservices with Spring ecosystem
  • 3+ years SQL experience
  • 2+ years event-driven architecture experience

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