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Wells Fargo Lead Equities Data Platform Engineer 
United States, New York, New York 
839106740

17.09.2025

About this role:

The Lead Equities Data Platform Engineer will support the Equities Low Touch Technology group to drive the continued build out of the Low Touch Data Hub and next generation Equity Data Analytics platform for all Equities Front Office trading groups.

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
  • 2+ years of Java development experience
  • 2+ years of python experience
  • 2+ years of kafka experience


Desired Qualifications:

  • Kafka Streaming subject matter experience
  • Equities Data Analytics experience
  • Docker/Kubernetes experience
  • Data Pipeline buildout
  • Experience with Data querying, extracting, reporting
  • Experience in other database platforms (e.g., Time Series DBs like DeepHaven, kdb+, OneTick, etc., MongoDB, Hadoop, NoSQL, etc.) would be helpful
  • Advanced experience in capital markets business and processes
  • Experience developing multi-tiered, low latency, highly reliable, applications
  • Experience in Core Java development with expert understanding of memory management, concurrency, native I/O.
  • Cash Equities, Global Markets trading - trade workflow knowledge, FIX experience (if no Equities, FX or FIC trading data experience would also help)


Job Expectations:

  • Ability to work on-site at posted location
  • Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
  • Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Pay Range

$191,000.00 - $305,000.00

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

16 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.