Contract Software Engineering Manager Jobs in Arizona

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Specialty Software Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams responsible for building and modernizing critical Digital Onboarding and Observability platforms. This role will drive delivery of secure, scalable, and highly available applications, while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, cloud strategy, and non-functional requirements.

The leader will play a key role in advancing platform modernization, improving engineering excellence, and enabling high-performing agile teams through strong technical leadership, talent development, and operational rigor.

In this role, you will:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of specialty software engineers and engineering managers to deliver high-quality, scalable, and resilient technology solutions

• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including cloud-native development, API-first design, DevOps automation, and observability

• Ensure adherence to Wells Fargo Banking Platform Architecture and enforce non-functional requirements including security, scalability, performance, and reliability

• Partner with architecture and senior engineering leaders to align with enterprise technology strategy, including cloud migration, modernization, and data strategy initiatives

• Serve as the senior technical representative for the product during cross-functional collaboration, planning, and design discussions

• Identify and resolve complex technology challenges across code, build, deployment, and operational processes

• Champion engineering excellence through design reviews, code reviews, and adoption of best practices and standards

• Act as an escalation point for delivery teams, removing impediments and driving timely resolution of technical and delivery risks

• Ensure compliance with enterprise risk, security, and regulatory requirements while maintaining system stability and performance

• Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to influence product roadmap, prioritize features, and deliver customer-centric solutions

• Manage relationships with third-party vendors and technology partners, ensuring alignment with internal engineering standards

• Oversee resource planning, financial management, and capacity planning to support delivery objectives

• Drive hiring, mentoring, and career development for engineers to build deep domain expertise in specialized areas such as observability, platform engineering, and cloud technologies

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education

• 2+ years of leadership or management experience

• 2 years of leading engineering teams delivering enterprise-scale applications experience

• 5 years of software engineering fundamentals, system design, and architecture principles experience

• 4 years of experience with modern engineering practices such as Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud platforms

Desired Qualifications

• Experience leading cloud modernization and migration initiatives (e.g. OpenShift, Kubernetes, microservices architecture)

• Strong knowledge of observability platforms (such as Dynatrace, and Splunk) and monitoring, and reliability engineering practices experience

• Experience in Digital Onboarding, customer-facing platforms, or high-availability transaction systems

• Proven ability to drive engineering transformation initiatives including DevOps automation and platform standardization

• Strong background in API-driven architecture and integration patterns

• Experience managing highly regulated environments with strong focus on risk and security compliance

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional alignment

• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

Job Expectations:

• Ability to work in a hybrid or onsite model per Wells Fargo policy

• Lead teams across distributed locations and time zones

• Participate in production support and incident management escalation as required

• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, delivery quality, and operational excellence

• Foster a culture aligned with Wells Fargo values, including inclusion, accountability, and innovation

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

• Relocation assistance is not available for this position