Wells Fargo · 18 hours ago
Lead Specialty Software Engineer (Gen AI)
CHARLOTTE, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expWells Fargo is seeking a Lead Specialty Software Engineer (GenAI) to design, develop, and deliver enterprise‑grade Generative AI solutions that drive automation and improve operational efficiency. This role involves hands‑on engineering, GenAI system design, and technical leadership, collaborating with various teams to ensure high‑quality delivery aligned with engineering standards.
BankingFinancial ServicesFinTechInsurancePayments
Responsibilities
Lead complex initiatives, ensuring systems are monitored, efficient, and risk‑mitigated while identifying opportunities to optimize processes and reduce cost
Design, architect, and implement end‑to‑end GenAI solutions—including RAG pipelines, multi‑agent workflows, prompt frameworks, evaluation tooling, and safety controls—aligned with enterprise engineering, privacy, security, and governance standards
Build scalable APIs, backend services, retrieval systems, and vector‑storage patterns; select appropriate LLMs, embeddings, and retrieval strategies based on business needs and cost/performance constraints
Write production‑grade code (Python, Java, or Node) and lead development of advanced GenAI features such as tool‑calling, hybrid retrieval, workflow automation, and model‑evaluation pipelines
Provide architectural guidance, code reviews, hands‑on debugging, and mentorship to elevate engineering quality, velocity, and modern DevOps practices (CI/CD, test automation, telemetry)
Leverage the Tachyon GenAI ecosystem—GenAI Studio, sandbox environments, prototyping APIs, and fine‑tuning—to build reusable components, standardize retrieval patterns, and support enterprise‑wide adoption
Ensure robust governance and security through content‑filtering, PII/PHI‑safe patterns, prompt‑hardening, adversarial testing, secure‑development practices, and complete documentation for risk, cyber, and audit reviews
Collaborate with product managers, architects, data engineers, cyber, risk, and operations teams to define use cases, estimate effort, plan work, and deliver multi‑team GenAI initiatives within the Product Operating Model
Communicate technical decisions clearly to stakeholders and leaders, partner effectively with production support and platform engineering, and lead teams to meet objectives
Mentor less‑experienced engineers and contribute to overall engineering excellence across teams
Qualification
Required
5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
3+ years with Microsoft Dynamics 365
1+ year of experience with GenAI experience
Preferred
Experience with enterprise GenAI environments (e.g., Tachyon GenAI Studio)
Familiarity with multi‑agent orchestration, embeddings, retrieval optimization, and evaluation methods
Understanding of enterprise security, AI governance, or model‑risk frameworks
Experience coaching engineers or leading scrum teams
5+ years of backend or full‑stack engineering; strong distributed‑systems experience
2+ years working with LLMs, GenAI, agent frameworks, vector DBs, or RAG systems
Hands‑on experience with Python and/or Java; familiarity with LangChain, LlamaIndex, HuggingFace, etc
Experience deploying on AWS/Azure and containerized environments
Strong knowledge of data engineering, APIs, microservices, and observability
Company
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is a financial services firm that provides banking, insurance, investments, and mortgage services.
10001+ employees
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CEO of Corporate & Investment Banking
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