Lead Platform Engineer (Jave Middleware App) at Wells Fargo
CHARLOTTE, NC
$119,000–$187,000from the description
Jul 23, 2026
CHARLOTTE, NC
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor engineering role focused on designing, building, and maintaining large-scale Java/Spring Boot microservices and event-driven systems within a major financial institution's digital innovation group. The work spans API development, containerized deployments on Kubernetes/OpenShift, CI/CD pipelines, and solution architecture, with an expectation of setting engineering standards and guiding other engineers. Suits experienced backend engineers comfortable leading technical design across enterprise-scale distributed systems.
Senior level · 5+ years · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 130 people in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 95–160
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,909 (middle half $110,048–$168,680). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The title 'Lead Software Engineer' maps to Senior on the seniority ladder — Wells Fargo's 'Lead' is an individual-contributor level, not a people-management role; the JD describes peer mentoring and technical leadership rather than direct reports or budget ownership.
Kafka and IBM MQ are listed as interchangeable alternatives within the same event-driven architecture requirement ('Kafka and/or IBM MQ'); Kafka is emitted as the primary skill with IBM MQ in alternatives.
API gateway experience is required by the JD ('3+ years of experience working with API gateways') but names no specific product, so it is omitted from the skills list per the rule against generic concepts with no named tool.
Generative AI, prompt engineering, and agentic AI architectures appear under Desired Qualifications; LLMs and RAG are captured as the most concrete named technologies from that cluster.
The role is hybrid (not fully remote) at the Charlotte, NC location; visa sponsorship and relocation are explicitly unavailable.
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