Lead Cloud Software Engineer designs, builds, and automates cloud infrastructure and migrations, develops IaC patterns and container images, creates CI/CD and pipeline templates, coaches development teams, collaborates with cross-functional security and core services teams, and drives continuous improvement in efficiency, security, and risk reduction.
About this role:
The Public Cloud enablement team accelerates cloud adoption by providing SME consulting and support services including designing, building, and optimizing cloud infrastructure. The team also creates tools, training, documentation, and best practices to empower developers to build and deploy cloud native applications effectively and efficiently. We reinforce the you build it, you run it methodology through standardization and federation of knowledge, tooling, and job aids. This role is ideal for a coder who understands the toil of infrastructure and is passionate about removing barriers with automation for fellow engineers.
As an engineer on the team, you will perform a variety of tasks daily, not only assisting in the design of solutions, but also resolving issues along the way. You may be the primary engineer on a project or supporting a Principal Engineer on a portfolio of solutions. You must be self-directed, comfortable driving solutions without clear requirements and have a developer-first mindset.
In this role, you will:
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$119,000.00 - $206,000.00
Benefits
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.
7 Jul 2026
* Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
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.
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.
Applicants with Disabilities
To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo .
Drug and Alcohol Policy
Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
The Public Cloud enablement team accelerates cloud adoption by providing SME consulting and support services including designing, building, and optimizing cloud infrastructure. The team also creates tools, training, documentation, and best practices to empower developers to build and deploy cloud native applications effectively and efficiently. We reinforce the you build it, you run it methodology through standardization and federation of knowledge, tooling, and job aids. This role is ideal for a coder who understands the toil of infrastructure and is passionate about removing barriers with automation for fellow engineers.
As an engineer on the team, you will perform a variety of tasks daily, not only assisting in the design of solutions, but also resolving issues along the way. You may be the primary engineer on a project or supporting a Principal Engineer on a portfolio of solutions. You must be self-directed, comfortable driving solutions without clear requirements and have a developer-first mindset.
In this role, you will:
- Solution delivery - Assist in migrating on-premises applications and infrastructure to cloud environments from initial discovery through post production warranty
- Curation of assets - Develop and maintain IaC patterns, customized container images, reusable automation scripts, and pipeline templates
- Coaching - Cloud CoE approach is to train, coach, and support development teams
- Cross-functional collaboration - Lieson between EFT teams and core services teams such as Cyber, CTO, and EDO
- Continuous Improvement - identify and solve for efficiency, security, and risk reduction in existing process, integrate existing enterprise process and tooling with assets
- 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- Advanced knowledge of Git SCM, Terraform including module development and testing, CI/CD pipelines, HashiCorp suite
- Proficient knowledge of Linux, networking, and security fundamental
- Proficient knowledge of observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)
- Any CNCF certification preferred
- 3 yrs experience designing application solutions for either/or GCP, Azure preferred followed by AWS, including establishing customer tenancy.
- 2 yrs experience containerizing solutions for Kubernetes based services, helm charts, Kustomize, service mesh, GITOPS, docker and/or podman
- This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.
- Ability to work on-site at approved location listed.
- Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$119,000.00 - $206,000.00
Benefits
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.
- 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
7 Jul 2026
* Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
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.
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.
Applicants with Disabilities
To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo .
Drug and Alcohol Policy
Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
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