Global Payments Principal Engineer, Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Location:
United States, Iselin, Charlotte

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

159000.00 - 305000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer to be part of the Global Payments & Liquidity Treasury Technology organization helping to drive delivery of critical technology initiatives. The ideal candidate will have expertise in architecting and designing solutions that promote reusability, scalability, efficiency, and resiliency and possess strong communication skills to articulate the proposed solutions with both technical and business partners.

Job Responsibility:

Assist development team of experienced engineers with moderate complexity and risk, responsible for building high quality capabilities with modern technology
Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release
Partner with, engage and influence architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture and enable application migration paths to target architecture
Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning
Identify and recommend opportunities for driving escalated resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
Determine appropriate strategy and actions to act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to meet moderate to high risk deliverables and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement
Build engineering skills side-by-side in the codebase, conduct peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction, and guide design, as needed
Interpret, develop and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
Collaborate with, partner with and influence Product Managers/Product Owners to drive user satisfaction, influence technology requirements and priorities in the product roadmap, promote innovative and intelligent solutions, generate corporate value and articulate technical strategy while being a solid advocate of agile and DevOps practices
Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers

Requirements:

7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
7+ years of experience with J2EE architecture (including Kafka, JMS, RESTful or SOAP web services)
5+ years of MongoDB experience
7+ years of experience Strong understanding of Service-Oriented and microservices architectures
4+ years of experience with Payment Systems – ACH, and/or Wires strongly preferred

Nice to have:

Hands-on experience working with Microservices, J2EE architecture
Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
Must be able to work on multiple projects in virtual environment where key team members and partners are in various time zones and locations
Ability to take initiative, identify opportunities and implement change
Proficient in monitoring and observability tools like Splunk and Grafana
Strong understanding of middleware and application server concepts like Integration, Transactions and XA transaction, Security, Connection pooling, Load balancing and Messaging
clustered server environment and familiar with system performance related tasks
Must have excellent communications and teamwork skills, be self-directed, self-motivated, committed, and a quick learner

What we offer:

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

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
August 07, 2025

Expiration:
August 24, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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