Lead Engineer (contract)

Description Title:Lead Engineer Location: Charlotte, NC Duration: 12 months Work Engagement: W2 Work Schedule: Hybrid 3 days in office/2 days remote Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits Summary: In this contingent resource assignment, you may: Consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Software Engineering. Review and analyze complex multi-faceted, larger scale or longer-term Software Engineering challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors. Contribute to the resolution of complex and multi-faceted situations requiring solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements that meet deliverables. Strategically collaborate and consult with client personnel. Required Qualifications: Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education. Key Responsibilities: • Accelerate business use cases via Agentic AI with focus on using frameworks like Agent Development Kit (ADK) and LangChain. • Have strong background in MLOps and LLMOps. • Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture and meeting non-functional requirements with each release. • Engage with architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architectures to enable application migration paths to target architecture. For example, Mainframe to Java migration; or .Net and Java version migration. • Identify and recommend opportunities for driving resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards. • Conduct peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction. • Interpret, develop, and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with low to moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk. • Influence technology requirements and priorities in the product roadmaps. Key Requirements: • Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. • Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education • Strong understanding of multi-cloud environments (Azure, GCP, OpenShift) and hands-on experience with cloud-native development and/or Cloud migration of applications • Knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and/or agentic workflows in generative AI applications • Proficiency in DevOps tools and practices, including infrastructure as code. • Strong experience collaborating with product and business stakeholders to deliver valuable and user-centric solutions. • Financial industry experience or familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements. • Demonstrated ability to balance technical excellence with business priorities. • Expertise in test-driven development methodologies. • Cybersecurity and Risk Mindset: proactively identifies risks and integrates secure practices into development workflows. • End-user experience focused: delivers intuitive, valuable solutions that align with employee needs. • Mission-aligned: shares Wells Fargo’s vision of transforming the employee experience through generative AI.