Lead Trading Full Stack Software Engineer jobs at Wells Fargo in United States, Saint Louis

The Lead Software Engineer will work with a highly talented and energized team of Engineers to take care of design, development and unit testing for WIM Advisor Platform applications. You will work closely with business partners and stakeholders to provide solutions for business requirements. You will be responsible for working with integration partners to establish application integrations with internal and external applications.
The Lead Software Engineer will develop an Internal Intranet application for the Financial Advisors and Associates with heavy integration into RWS Tridion Content Manager. This Lead Software Engineer will be working on a scrum team that will be working within a .NET Architecture.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact

• Act as a key participant in developing standards and companywide best practices for engineering complex and large scale technology solutions for technology engineering disciplines

• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs

• Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors

• Make decisions in developing standard and companywide best practices for engineering and technology solutions requiring understanding of industry best practices and new technologies, influencing and leading technology team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives

• Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals

• Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor

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

• 5+ Years of .NET development and Microsoft Technologies

• 5+ Years of Angular Development experience

• 5+ Years of Lead developer experience

• 5+ API Development Experience

• 4 +Experience in automated testing (such as Selenium)

• 4+ Years of experience working in an agile environment

• 4+ Years of financial services experience

• 4+Experience in leading Cloud Development and migration to Azure/Openshift

• 4+ Apigee Development Experience

• 4+ Working creating architectural diagrams and facilitating infrastructure setup

• 1+ Tridion Development Experience

• 1+ Github Copilot Experience

Locations:

• 2801 Market St., F&L Building, St. Louis, MO

• 300 S. Brevard St., Charlotte, NC

Job Expectations:

• Ability to work on-site at approved location

• Relocation assistance is not available for this position

Pay Range

$119,000.00- $187,000.00Annual

Posting End Date:

30 Sep 2025

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

About this role:

The Lead Full Stack Software Engineer will support the design, development, testing, documentation, and analysis of specific modules or features of new or upgraded fixed income and equity trading software systems and products, which require knowledge in a niche area.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex initiatives on selected domains
• Ensure systems are monitored to increase operational efficiency and managed to mitigate risk
• Define opportunities to maximize resource utilization and improve processes while reducing cost
• Lead, design, develop, test and implement applications and system components, tools and utilities, models, simulation, and analytics to manage complex business functions using sophisticated technologies
• Resolve coding, testing and escalated platform issues of a technically challenging nature
• Lead team to ensure compliance and risk management requirements for supported area are met and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
• Mentor less experienced software engineers
• Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including managers
• Lead team to achieve objectives
• Partner with production support and platform engineering teams effectively

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
• 3 years of .NET and/or C# development experience

Desired Qualifications:

• 3 years of Angular development experience
• FIX protocol (Financial Information eXchange) experience
• MongoDB development experience
• Experience working with Cloud based platforms, Openshift preferred
• Trading experience and knowledge of Equities, Options, Fixed Income, Syndicates, etc.

Job Expectations:

• Ability to work on-site at posted location

• Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Demonstrate knowledge of Boomberg TSOX, SSOX, and TOMS platforms. Understanding fixed income trading flows, including Alternative Trading Systems (ATS) such as ICE Bonds TMC, and the processing and settlement of fixed income securities.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

Job Role and Responsibility:

Lead moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within technical domain environments; Contribute to large scale planning of strategies; Design, code, test, debug and documents for projects and programs associated with technology domain, including upgrades and deployments; Review moderately complex technical challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of technologies and procedures; Resolve moderately complex issues and lead a team to meet existing client needs or potential new clients needs while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, or compliance requirements; Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to resolve technical challenges and achieve goals; and Lead projects and act as an escalation point, provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff. Telecommuting is permitted up to 2 days a week. Position must appear in person to the location listed as the work address.

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Degree required:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related technical field. Will accept a 3-year or 4- year bachelor's degree.

4 years of software engineering experience.

Specific skills required:

Experience with Cloud Services such as AWS or Azure; Experience with Java, Boostrap, Javascript, Microservices, Performance Testing, REST, Splunk, Kubernetes, MongoDB, SOAP, and REST web services; Experience with Apache Tomcat; Experience with JQuery; Experience in SQL; and Experience with Harness, SDET, UDeploy, Kafta, and Apigee, API.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

About this Role:

Wells Fargo is seeking ato join the
This high-impact role blends strategic initiative leadership with oversight of pricing and agreements functions. You will administer advisor incentive programs, manage a $100M+ working capital loan facility for advisors, and ensure supervisory controls for accurate financial operations. You will also lead select strategic projects that enhance FiNet’s value proposition in the independent advisor marketplace.

In this role, you will:

• Administer and manage FiNet incentive programs and working capital loan program

• Lead strategic initiatives that drive growth, efficiency, and advisor satisfaction

• Ensure compliance and accuracy in financial transactions and agreement documentation

• Partner with internal stakeholders to implement business strategies

• Analyze data and performance metrics to identify opportunities and recommend solutions

• Develop and maintain supervisory controls and reporting mechanisms

• Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership and cross-functional teams

• Multitask effectively across diverse topics—from initiative execution to pricing analysis to conversations with advisors

• Adapt quickly to shifting priorities and business needs in a dynamic environment

• Mentor junior team members and contribute to a collaborative team culture

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning (or equivalent experience through work, training, military service, or education)

DesiredQualifications:

• Experience in financial services, wealth management, or independent financial advisory practices

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage complex projects

• Strong understanding of incentive programs and pricing models

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

• Strong communication and presentation abilities with senior stakeholders

• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualization tools

• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance standards in financial services

• Demonstrated ability to shift seamlessly between strategic thinking, operational execution, and stakeholder engagement

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule

Job Location:

• 2801 Market St. Saint Louis, MO 63103

• 90 S 7th St. Minneapolis, MN 55402

• 550 S Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202

• 150 E 42nd St. New York, NY 10017

Pay Range

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

In this role, you will:

• Provide vision, direction and expertise to leadership on what outcomes we need to strive for and what solutions exist to get there
• Articulate product vision, define scope, prioritize epic and feature backlogs, establish goals, and provide direction for teams to design, develop, and deliver on the proposed outcomes
• Engage with leaders, stakeholders, subject matter experts, team members within the Trading and Capital Markets ecosystem and broadly across the enterprise
• Provide oversight and leadership to vendors and internal support teams to ensure continual lifecycle management and to implement new solutions when required
• Provide subject matter expertise to peer support teams
• Develop business requirements and prepare business cases for new initiatives and products
• Maintain productive, collaborative relationships with key business stakeholders

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Product Management, product development, strategic planning, process management, change delivery, or agile product owner experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience and understanding of trading tools for Equities, Fixed Income and Syndicate products

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience articulating and capturing requisite data needed to determine measurable business impact (in the form of OKRs/KPIs) for the business area
• Knowledge of QA best practices
• Experience with retail brokerage platform delivery and/or support
• Knowledge and understanding of brokerage trading and position- and portfolio-management platforms (Bloomberg, BETA, and Fixed Income Trading platforms)
• Self-motivated and ability to lead peer teams and vendors
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, problem solving and critical thinking required
• Demonstrated ability to assess and identify complex issues and to formulaterecommendations.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple responsibilities and tasks simultaneously

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
• This position is subject to FINRA Background Screening Requirements, including successful completion and clearing of a background check. Internal transfers are subject to compliance with 17 CFR 240.17f-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and FINRA Bylaws, Article III, Section 3, which states that Associated Persons should not be subject to statutory disqualification. Successful candidates must also meet ongoing regulatory requirements including additional screening and are required to report certain incidents
• Specific compliance policies may apply regarding outside activities or personal investing; affected employees will be expected to provide information to the Wells Fargo Personal Account Dealing Team and abide by applicable policy requirements if hired. Information will be shared about expectations during the recruitment process

Posting Locations:

• 2801 Market Street - St. Louis, MO
• 550 South Tryon Street - Charlotte, NC
• Required location listed above

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

About this role:

First Clearing provides services to independently-owned and licensed broker dealers and investment advisors. The primary services provided are transaction processing (trading and settlement), custody of securities and funds, and generation of client trade confirmations and monthly statements. They also can include a variety of other offerings including technology tools, supervisory tools, reporting tools, practice management support and FA recruiting assistance. First Clearing also makes available, to these broker dealers and investment advisers, WFA/WFCS products such as advisory programs, and margin and lending products

In this role, you will:

• Support implementation and maintenance of various order entry controls

• Focus on maintaining strong business controls, ensuring policies and procedures are appropriately documented and executed

• Represent the line of business for various regulatory and operational initiatives specific to First Clearing firms

• Draft client communications related to operational and/or regulatory changes

• Participate in audit activities

• Provide exceptional customer service, promptly responding to clients' emails and phone calls

• Lead complex initiatives for business development including those that are cross-functional with broad impact and act as key participant in large scale planning initiatives and growth opportunities

• Ensure client firm adherence with certain First Clearing policies

• Strategically collaborate and consult with First Clearing mid-level to senior managers, colleagues, stakeholders, and business leaders, including internal or external customers, to resolve issues and meet customer needs

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Business Relationship experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• 5+ years of demonstrated experience managing the life cycle of a trade (specifically related to equity and fixed income transactions)

• 5+ years experience with order entry systems

• Understanding of Financial Information Exchange (FIX) protocol and experience in FIX connectivity testing

• Experience in risk consulting, with the ability to influence and partner with business executives, leadership, internal partners and peers

• Brokerage operations and/or regulatory compliance experience

• Strong interpersonal and communications skills, including a demonstrated ability to summarize and present complex information in a simple and easy format.

• Ability to work on multiple projects, adjusting priorities as needed to meet deadlines

• Demonstrated ability to listen, ask questions and comprehend new or complex matters

• Ability to proactively manage and mitigate issues

• Advanced skills, proficiency, and experience with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Word

• Series 7 license

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

• Specific compliance policies may apply regarding outside activities or personal investing; affected employees will be expected to provide information to the Wells Fargo Personal Account Dealing Team and abide by applicable policy requirements if hired. Information will be shared about expectations during the recruitment process.

• This position is subject to FINRA Background Screening Requirements, including successful completion and clearing of a background check. Internal transfers are subject to compliance with 17 CFR 240.17f-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and FINRA Bylaws, Article III, Section 3, which states that Associated Persons should not be subject to statutory disqualification. Successful candidates must also meet ongoing regulatory requirements including additional screening and are required to report certain incidents.

Posting Locations:

• 2801 Market Street, F & L Building - Saint Louis, MO 63103

• Required location listed above. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.