<p>About this role:</p> <p>Wells Fargo Securities (WFS) is the Capital Markets and Investment Banking division of Wells Fargo Bank, NA. As a part of Institutional Investor Services, WATS electronic equities trading group provides the state-of-the-art technology enables efficient trading strategies across single stocks, portfolios, and pairs trading.</p> <p>Wells Fargo is seeking a Rates Principle Engineer to be a part of the electronic trading development team building out its next generation, cross asset platform.</p> <p>This individual will be an individual contributor and technical expert in the development of very highly sophisticated and complex electronic trading applications for a major functional and/or product area within the securities businesses. This individual will be a hands-on technical lead to guide a team of engineers to deliver state of the art electronic trading solutions. This individual will engage product and business stake holders to analyze highly complex business requirements and translate them into technical specifications. Write functional documents and design technical specifications. Also engage other technical teams within the firm as well as outside vendors to provide technical interfaces, estimates and deliverables. Design and/or redesign existing complex computer platforms and applications. Maintain full project life-cycle tasks, such as business and technical analysis, designing, coding, testing, and implementation plans. Maintain all system diagrams, system interface charts and any other compliance policy and procedure documents. Work closely with quality assurance on the preparation of test cases. Coordinate implementation activities across a broad range of functions and departments; work with client groups to identify, arrange, and/or deliver training needs.</p> <p>In this role, you will:</p> <ul> <li>Lead, coach, and develop a team of individual contributor engineers to deliver complex initiatives on selected domains </li><li>Function as the technical expert for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning </li><li>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 </li><li>Ensure systems are monitored to increase operational efficiency and managed to mitigate risk </li><li>Define opportunities to maximize resource utilization and improve processes while reducing cost </li><li>Lead, design, develop, test and implement applications and system components, tools and utilities, models, simulation, and analytics to manage complex business functions using sophisticated technologies </li><li>Collaborate and consult with the 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 practices </li><li>Resolve coding, testing and escalated platform issues of a technically challenging nature </li><li>Lead team to ensure compliance and risk management requirements for supported area are met and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives </li><li>Partner with production support and platform engineering teams effectively </li><li>Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers </li></ul> <p>Required Qualifications:</p> <ul> <li>7+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education </li><li>7+ years of Rates e-trading experience </li><li>7+ years of electronic trading experience in Interest Rates Product Trading markets </li></ul> <p>Desired Qualifications:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Background in e-trading (SOR/Algo/EMS/MarketData) and (electronic market making products)</p> </li><li> <p>Experience in low latency/real-time development and optimization</p> </li><li> <p>Working knowledge with market data / ECN connectivity / FIX protocol development</p> </li><li> <p>Low-latency JAVA experience (GC tuning, Core Pinning, Shared Memory etc.)</p> </li><li> <p>Working knowledge of quantitative modeling</p> </li><li> <p>Working knowledge with tools required for regression test automation</p> </li><li> <p>Advanced experience in capital markets business and processes</p> </li><li> <p>Basic knowledge and understanding of SEC, FINRA and international regulations</p> </li><li> <p>Deep understanding and working knowledge of OMS/CLOB/Internalization</p> </li><li> <p>Working knowledge on Agile best practices</p> </li></ul> <p>Location:</p> <p>300 S Brevard Street, Charlotte, NC 28202</p> <p>150 E 42nd St. New York, NY 10017</p> <p>Metro Park, 194 Wood Avenue South, Iselin, New Jersey 08830</p> <p>Pay Range</p> <p>Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.</p> <p>$144,400.00 - $300,000.00</p> <p>Benefits</p> <p>Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.</p> <ul> <li>Health benefits </li><li>401(k) Plan </li><li>Paid time off </li><li>Disability benefits </li><li>Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance </li><li>Parental leave </li><li>Critical caregiving leave </li><li>Discounts and savings </li><li>Commuter benefits </li><li>Tuition reimbursement </li><li>Scholarships for dependent children </li><li>Adoption reimbursement </li></ul> <p>Posting End Date:</p> <p>28 Apr 2025</p> <ul> <li>Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. </li></ul> <p>We Value Equal Opportunity</p> <p>Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.</p> <p>Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.</p> <p>Applicants with Disabilities</p> <p>To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.</p> <p>Drug and Alcohol Policy</p> <p>Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.</p> <p>Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:</p> <p>a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.</p> <p>b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.</p>