About this role:
This individual will be a senior systems engineer and technical expert in the development of very highly sophisticated and complex trading applications for a major functional and/or product area within the FX businesses. They will analyze highly complex business requirements. Write functional documents and design technical specifications. Design and/or redesign existing complex computer platforms and applications.
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
- 5+ years of Java experience
- 5+ years of FX e-trading experience
- 5+ years ofalgorithmic/electronic-tradingdevelopment experience
- 3+ years of Low Latency systems development or implementation experience
- 3+ years of multicast messaging framework development experience
- 5+ years of multi-threading experience
Desired Qualifications:
- Knowledge and understanding of all FX Products including Spot, Forwards, NDFs and Swaps for pricing construction and risk management
- Strong knowledge of JDK 1.8+ programming paradigms
- Strong knowledge of multi-core / multi-threading concepts and paradigms
- Strong knowledge of UNIX/LINUX
- Strong knowledge of core computer science design concepts, algorithms, and data structures
- Background in e-trading(SOR/Algo/EMS/MarketData)and (electronic market making products)
- Experience in low latency/real-time development and optimization
- Working knowledge with market data / ECN connectivity / FIX protocol development
- Low-latency JAVA experience (GC tuning, etc.)
- Working knowledge of quantitative modeling
- Working knowledge with tools required for regression test automation
- Advanced experience in capital markets business and processes
- Basic knowledge and understanding of SEC, FINRA and international regulations
- Working knowledge on Agile best practices
300 S Brevard Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
150 E 42nd St. New York, NY 10017
Metro Park, 194 Wood Avenue South, Iselin, New Jersey 08830
Pay Range
$120,400.00 - $287,600.00
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.
- Health benefits
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid time off
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
- Parental leave
- Critical caregiving leave
- Discounts and savings
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Scholarships for dependent children
- Adoption reimbursement
2 Mar 2025
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.