Lead Quality Automation Engineer

Are you looking for more? Find it here. At Wells Fargo, we believe that a meaningful career is much more than just a job. It’s about finding all the elements that help you thrive, in one place. #LivingTheWellLife means you’re supported in life, not just work. It means having a competitive salary, a robust benefits package, and programs to support your work-life balance and well-being. It means being rewarded for investing in your community, celebrated for being your authentic self, and empowered to grow. About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in technology as part of Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking Technology (CCIBT). We are looking for Lead Software/Quality Automation Engineer for a large-scale Enterprise Payments Modernization Program. This role will lead the Automation Development & Quality engineering strategy, planning, and execution for validating payment flows across multiple integrated systems, ensuring high levels of quality, reliability, and scalability of modern payment platforms. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in quality engineering, payments systems, interface partner coordination, and cross-platform integration testing, capable of driving quality strategy, Automation and governance from requirements through production readiness. In this role, you will be responsible for defining and executing the end-to-end quality strategy, leading complex technology initiatives, driving interface partner coordination, and ensuring seamless testing across multiple upstream and downstream systems. You will provide technical direction and mentorship, and collaborate closely with product, architecture, DevOps, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders, while leveraging modern engineering practices, cloud-native platforms, and AI-assisted tools to improve delivery speed and quality in alignment with Wells Fargo’s risk, security, and compliance standards. This role provides hands-on leadership in defining and executing end-to-end quality engineering strategies for enterprise payments modernization initiatives. It involves leading test planning, strategy, and execution across complex, integrated systems and partner interfaces, ensuring aligned test scenarios, data validation, and defect resolution. The position emphasizes designing and validating comprehensive end-to-end payment flows—including real-time payments, ACH, wires, and event-driven transactions—while driving integration testing to ensure data integrity and system reliability. Responsibilities include establishing quality standards and governance, overseeing automation and CI/CD integration, managing test environments and data readiness, and facilitating defect triage and resolution. The role requires strong stakeholder collaboration to define scope, timelines, and risk mitigation, along with clear reporting on quality metrics, risks, and release readiness, while ensuring compliance with regulatory, security, and audit standards. Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com. In this role, you will: 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 Required Qualifications: 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 in quality engineering, test strategy, and planning 3+ years of experience testing APIs, microservices, and message-based integrations (Kafka, MQ) 3+ years of experience with automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright or similar 2+ years of experience with test data management, service virtualization or mocking tools 3+ years of experience working with relational or NoSQL databases (Oracle and/or MongoDB) 2+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Harness, or equivalent) 1+ year of experience using GitHub Copilot or similar AI-assisted development tools Desired Qualifications: 3+ years of experience with JIRA and Agile/Scrum methodologies Proven experience in stakeholder management, coordination, and cross-team collaboration Experience working on enterprise payments platforms or financial systems Strong understanding of payment processing concepts such as routing, clearing, settlement, reconciliation, and exception handling Experience managing end-to-end testing across multiple interconnected systems and partners Strong understanding of distributed systems, high availability, and transaction-based architectures Experience in quality governance, release management, and production readiness validation Exposure to cloud-native or hybrid cloud architectures and enterprise-scale testing frameworks Job Expectations: This position offers a hybrid work schedule This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship Relocation assistance is not available for this position Locations: 300 S Brevard St.- Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 194 Wood Ave S.- Iselin, New Jersey 08830 Pay Range 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 - $224,000.00 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 Posting End Date: 21 Jul 2026 *Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. We Value Equal Opportunity Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. 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