Wells Fargo · 7 hours ago
Lead Software Engineer - AI Gateway & Agentic AI
Concord, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$119K/yr - $224K/yr
5+ years expWells Fargo is seeking a Lead Engineer - AI Gateway & Agentic AI within Digital Technology's AI Capability Engineering organization. In this role, you will drive the evolution of the GenAI platform by leading the design and operation of the AI Gateway and the canonical LLM API layer, ensuring secure, reliable access to multi-model AI backends across both on-prem and cloud environments.
BankingFinancial ServicesFinTechInsurancePayments
No H1B
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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 experience building modern web UI for developer/ops workflows, including dashboards, wizards, and prompt/eval tooling with strong testing and accessibility practices
5+ years of experience with Python programming
Preferred
2+ years of experience in GenAI engineering
1+ years of experience with LLM API exposure, including AI Gateway, OAuth2/mTLS, rate limits/quotas, OpenAPI/SDKs, SLAs, versioning/deprecation, and OpenAI-compatible API design (Responses, Interactions, chat/generate, search, ingest, embeddings)
1+ years of experience with AI gateways such as KONG, Portkey, Apigee, SSE/streaming operations, quota/rate-limit configuration, and capacity and change-window planning
1+ years of experience with SDKs and frameworks, including Gen AI Client, Agent Weaver Kit/SDK, LangGraph/ADK integration, trace/eval hooks, and registry updates
1+ years of experience building and supporting MCP servers, tool adapters, and agent workflows, including agent identity/permissions and governance metadata
1+ years of experience with telemetry and evaluations, including trace propagation, platform strategy, SLO dashboards, alerting, and retention/export workflows
1+ years of experience with AuthN/Z, including OAuth2 (client and user context), mTLS, token binding, eliminating key sharing, and enforcing per-user access via gateway
2+ years of experience in GenAI engineering, including prompt engineering and evaluation harnesses, understanding of LLMs/SLMs, common tuning methods, and per-model performance considerations
Experience with Java programming
Experience with devin/GitHub Copilot for productivity
Benefits
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
Company
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is a financial services firm that provides banking, insurance, investments, and mortgage services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1978-10-06IPO
Leadership Team
Charlie Scharf
CEO
Fernando Rivas
CEO of Corporate & Investment Banking
Recent News
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