Software Engineering Senior Manager - Payments Architecture

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Software Engineering Senior Manager
In this role, you will:
Manage, coach, and develop a team or teams of experienced engineers and engineering managers in roles with moderate complexity and risk, responsible for building high quality capabilities with modern technology
Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release
Partner with, engage and influence architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture and enable application migration paths to target architecture; for example cloud readiness, application modernization, data strategy
Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning
Identify and recommend opportunities for driving escalated resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
Determine appropriate strategy and actions to act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to meet moderate to high risk deliverables and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement
Build engineering skills side-by-side in the codebase, conduct peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction, and guide design, as needed
Interpret, develop and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
Collaborate with, partner with and influence Product Managers/Product Owners to drive user satisfaction, influence technology requirements and priorities in the product roadmap, promote innovative and intelligent solutions, generate corporate value and articulate technical strategy while being a solid advocate of agile and DevOps practices
Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers
Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives in technology engineering
Hire, build and guide a culture of talent development to have the skills required to effectively design and deliver innovative solutions for product areas and products to meet business objectives and strategy, as well as conduct performance management for engineers and managers
Required Qualifications:
6+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
3+ years of management or leadership experience
5+ years of experience in Stakeholder management
Strong hands-on experience in design/architecting fundamentals
Must have hands-on experience in Observability, Grafana, Kafka etc.,
Desired Qualifications:
Experience in Software Engineering, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Management or leadership experience
Expertise US domestic payments
Expertise in building complex and 24x7 available payment solutions
Good hands on with latest technology stack
Have exposure in developing scalable solutions on cloud platforms
Exposure in handling platforms and L2/L3 support
Expertise with best engineering practices
We are looking for strong tech profile in java, kafka, mongo, envent-driven-architecture with design & solutioning background, and mandatory payments domain.
Good understanding on US Domestic & Cross boarder payments
Must have worked on one or more of the payment rails Wires, ACH, Real Time Payments, Zelle, Card
Fair understanding on ISO 20022 payment message specs
Knowledge on SWIFT cross boarder payments
Knowledge on payment regulations like OFAC, Dodd-Frank, SEPA etc..
Strong hold on NFRs in building resilient & scalable payment solutions
Posting End Date:
10 Oct 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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