**About this role:** Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer. **In this role, you will be:** Responsible for designing, modernizing, and governing the engineering toolchain, IDE ecosystem, and cloud-based development environments used across the enterprise. This role ensures developers have fast, secure, scalable, and friction‑free tooling—from provisioning IDEs to managing 3rd‑party tooling lifecycles, enabling GitHub Copilot adoption, and driving technical risk management across the DTE product area. **Key Responsibilities** **1. Developer Tools & Environment Engineering** Design and evolve modern development workspaces, including standardized IDE bundles, plugins, debugging/profiling tools, and multi-language developer tooling. Lead GitHub Copilot rollout, GitHub Codespaces enablement, and AI-assisted development tooling adoption.Own lifecycle management of 1,000+ third‑party developer tools, ensuring compatibility, stability, and minimized version conflicts. **2. Environment Provisioning & Automation** Streamline end‑to‑end developer environment provisioning, access management, and automation including AIMS‑based tool access and secure workspace setup. Implement cloud‑based development environments and secure, scalable workspace provisioning for multiple personas (Java, .NET, UI developers, etc.). **3. Technical Governance & Risk Management** Lead technical risk management for developer tools—govern configurations, assess vulnerabilities, manage version upgrades, and enforce compliance timelines. Drive proactive remediation of DevTools vulnerabilities and ensure N‑2 version compliance before audit deadlines. **4. Productivity & Developer Experience Acceleration** Reduce developer friction by simplifying tooling onboarding, minimizing setup issues, and ensuring consistent tool availability and performance. Improve developer flow state with standardized tool delivery, productivity aides, and accelerators. **5. Cross‑Team & Product Area Leadership** Collaborate with Product Managers, Enterprise Architecture, InfoSec, and Engineering Enablement teams to define toolchain strategy and technical direction. Lead engineering strategy for DTE product area (Nebula, Skyler, Gryffin Coders, Nimble Nimbus) and ensure alignment with L2 goals and roadmap.Guide junior engineers, foster innovation, and drive cultural adoption of modern DevEx tooling and best practices. **6. GenAI & AI‑Augmented SDLC Enablement** Integrate GenAI patterns (Copilot, code generation, automated defect prediction) into developer tooling. Partner with EFU teams to ensure toolchain alignment with framework upgrades, AI-assisted testing, and SDLC automation. **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 **Posting End Date:** 10 Feb 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 unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements. Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process. **Applicants with Disabilities** To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo (https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/diversity/disability-inclusion/) . **Drug and Alcohol Policy** Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy (https://www.wellsfargojobs.com/en/wells-fargo-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-517262