Lead Software Engineer - Load Balancer Infrastructure Development

About this role

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Python Software Engineer in a load balancer infrastructure development organization with a goal to deliver automation solutions that enable a software driven Infrastructure environment. If you're passionate about automation, cloud-native technologies, and building scalable systems, this is your opportunity to make a real impact in a large-scale enterprise environment.

In this role, you will

• Design and build automation to streamline provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of load balancers.
• Create API‑driven integrations between network platforms and internal systems.
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks that improve reliability and reduce operational toil.
• Translate manual operational procedures into codified, repeatable automation.
• Ensure automation artifacts follow best practices for performance, maintainability, and security.
• Collaborate with network engineering and platform teams to align automation with broader architectural strategies.
• Lead the automation of product deployments, customer journeys, and creation of APIs for our Load Balancing and other infrastructure services
• This is NOT a DevOps role

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 python development experience leveraging Django, Flask or FastAPI
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools Ansible and GitHub.
• 1 plus years' experience automating network infrastructure, with a focus on load balancers (F5, Citrix ADC, AVI/NSX‑ALB, HAProxy, or similar).
• 5 plus years' experience with Proficiency in Python for building automation tooling, integrations, and workflow orchestration.
• 2 plus years of Hands‑on experience with Ansible, including developing reusable playbooks, roles, and modules for netw