Senior Software Engineer - AI

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer
In this role, you will:

• Lead moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within technical domain environments
• Contribute to large scale planning of strategies
• Design, code, test, debug, and document 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
• Lead projects and act as an escalation point, provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:
Core Java Development

• Strong understanding of Java SE (Java Standard Edition) and Java EE (Enterprise Edition).
• Proficiency in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles.
• Experience with multithreading and concurrent programming.
• Familiarity with Java collections, streams, and functional programming.

Apache Flink

• Knowledge of stream processing and batch processing concepts.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Flink for real-time data processing.
• Understanding of Flink APIs (DataStream, DataSet, Table API).
• Familiarity with stateful processing and event time processing in Flink.
• Ability to optimize Flink jobs for performance and fault tolerance.

Apache Kafka

• Proficiency in Apache Kafka for distributed messaging and event streaming.
• Understanding of Kafka producers, consumers, and topics.
• Experience with Kafka Streams or Kafka Connect.
• Knowledge of partitioning, replication, and offset management.
• Familiarity with schema management using Confluent Schema Registry or Avro.

Python for Gen AI

• Basic to intermediate knowledge of Python programming.
• Familiarity with Gen AI frameworks like LangChain, Hugging Face Transformers, or OpenAI API.
• Ability to integrate Python-based Gen AI models with Java applications (e.g., via REST APIs or gRPC).
• Understanding of data preprocessing and model inference workflows.

Big Data and Distributed Systems

• Knowledge of distributed systems and data pipelines.
• Familiarity with Hadoop, Spark, or other big data frameworks (optional but helpful).
• Understanding of data serialization formats like Avro, Parquet, or JSON.

DevOps and CI/CD

• Experience with containerization tools like Docker.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes for deploying and managing distributed applications.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.

Cloud Platforms

• Experience with cloud services like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with managed Kafka services (e.g., AWS MSK, Confluent Cloud).
• Knowledge of serverless computing and cloud-native architectures.

General Skills

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools like JIRA.
• Good understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.

Bonus Skills

• Knowledge of machine learning pipelines and data engineering.
• Familiarity with Python-Flask or FastAPI for building lightweight AI services.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus or Grafana for Kafka and Flink

Posting End Date:
16 Nov 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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