About This Role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Specialty Software Engineer – AI Engineering to drive the development and integration of AI‑powered solutions across complex, business‑critical systems. This role combines hands‑on engineering with technical leadership, mentoring, and cross‑team collaboration. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in backend and frontend development, modern AI/Generative AI frameworks, and a proven ability to lead initiatives while ensuring operational excellence, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

In This Role, You Will

Lead complex technical initiatives within assigned domains, delivering scalable and resilient AI‑enabled solutions

Design, develop, test, and implement applications, system components, tools, utilities, and services leveraging modern technologies

Build and integrate AI and Generative AI capabilities into enterprise applications, including LLM‑driven features

Ensure systems are effectively monitored to improve operational efficiency and proactively mitigate risk

Identify opportunities to optimize resource utilization, enhance processes, and reduce operational costs

Troubleshoot and resolve complex coding, testing, and escalated platform issues

Lead teams to ensure compliance with security, risk, and regulatory requirements, and partner with stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives

Mentor and coach less experienced software engineers, promoting best practices and technical growth

Collaborate with and influence stakeholders across engineering, product, platform, and production support teams

Lead teams to successfully meet project objectives, milestones, and delivery expectations

Partner closely with production support and platform engineering teams to ensure system stability and continuity

Required Qualifications

5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, education, or military service

2+ years of hands‑on experience developing backend applications using Python and/or Java, including RESTful services and frameworks such as Spring Boot

2+ years of experience building modern user interfaces or chatbot applications using React and/or Angular, with a solid understanding of component‑based architecture

2+ years of experience working with AI or Generative AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph) to build or integrate AI‑enabled application features

Desired Qualifications

Experience participating in LLM evaluation or validation activities, including testing, quality assessment, or performance analysis of model outputs

Demonstrated knowledge of prompt engineering techniques, including prompt design, experimentation, iteration, and optimization

Practical experience using AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to improve developer productivity and code quality

Experience contributing to reusable components, libraries, or shared frameworks within an enterprise application environment

Familiarity with AI observability, evaluation, or monitoring tools to support reliability, performance, and governance

Job Expectations

This position offers a hybrid work schedule

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship

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.

$159,000.00 - $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 benefits401(k) PlanPaid time offDisability benefitsLife insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insuranceParental leaveCritical caregiving leaveDiscounts and savingsCommuter benefitsTuition reimbursementScholarships for dependent childrenAdoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:

12 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.

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.