Software Engineering Senior Manager Chief Development Office

About this role:Wells Fargo is seeking a Software Engineering Senior Manager to join our Chief Development Office (CDO).  You will bring your experience with Continuous Improvement/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline across multiple vendors to scale NextGen capabilities and implement compliance controls across the enterprise. You will build and strengthen teams, facilitate cross-functional communication and alignment, partner with Product Managers/Owners to drive user satisfaction, and influence technology requirements and priorities.  You will make an impact by delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale, and require vision, creativity, innovation, and advanced analytical and inductive thinking.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 technologyEnsure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each releasePartner 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 strategyFunction as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planningIdentify and recommend opportunities for driving escalated resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standardsDetermine 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 improvementBuild engineering skills side-by-side in the codebase, conduct peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction, and guide design, as neededInterpret, develop and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise riskCollaborate 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 practicesInteract directly with third party vendors and technology service providersManage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives in technology engineeringHire, 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 managersDemonstrate proficiency in using AI‑assisted development and analysis tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot and approved code‑centric agents)Leverage AI to accelerate system design, coding, testing, analysis, and troubleshootingApply strong technical judgment when validating and integrating AI‑assisted outputs into solutionsUnderstand and account for model limitations, security risks, and operational considerationsApply AI responsibly in development and production environmentsEnsure AI usage aligns with security, compliance, privacy, and ethical standardsRequired Qualifications:7+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education3+ years of management or leadership experience6 + years of experience leading complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact6+ years of experience with applications that run Java, .NET, Node.js, C, C++, Kubernetes, SaaS, Commercial Off the Shelf products from a CI/CD perspective6+ years of experience with software architectures including traditional n-tier and containerized Kubernetes microservices5+ years of experience with code sign tools like Venafi, Artifactory, Blackduck, Checkmarx, ThreadFix, Prisma Scans, IBM Urban Code Deploy, Harness, Azure DevOps (ADO), Team Foundation Server (TFS)5+ years of experience with Source Code management tools like GitHub, GitHub SaaS, TFS5+ years of experience with scanning tools like GitHub Secrets and TruffleHog and build tools like Maven, Gradle, and MS Build5+ years of experience with Software Application Programming Interfaces (API) Test Automation like REST Assured or Karate and concepts such as contract testing and service virtualization3+ years of experience on the CI/CD next gen tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure pipelines, Harness CD, Spinnaker, and Argo CD2+ years of experience in CI/CD pipeline that deploys to a managed Kubernetes public cloud environment3+ years of experience with different landing zones for deployments to Windows, Linux, Virtual Machines (VM), Tanzu Application Service (TAS), Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated (TKGI), and Public Cloud with Azure and Google Cloud environments3+ years of experience with Automated Testing FrameworkDesired Qualifications:Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skillsGood understanding of product construct and product development life cycleExperience with Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or OpenShift including services like compute, storage, databases, and networkingKnowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, AnsibleExperience in creating and managing Docker containersExperience with deploying and managing applications on Kubernetes clustersExperien