Principal Engineer, Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Location:
United States, New York ▼
Iselin

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

191000.00 - 305000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Wells Fargo is seeking a highly skilled Principal Engineer specializing in Electronic Trading to design, develop, and maintain electronic trading systems. This role involves working closely with traders, quants, and development teams to ensure high performance, scalability, and compliance of the trading platform. The position requires extensive experience with algo platforms, low-latency systems, and financial markets, as well as proficiency in programming languages such as C++, Java, or Python.

Job Responsibility:

Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence applications, network, information security, database, operating systems, or web technologies for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups
Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise, delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking
Translate advanced technology experience, an in-depth knowledge of the organizations tactical and strategic business objectives, the enterprise technological environment, the organization structure, and strategic technological opportunities and requirements into technical engineering solutions
Provide vision, direction and expertise to leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions
Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommends innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization
Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership
Design, develop, and maintain electronic trading systems to meet low-latency, high-throughput requirements for key eTrading components including order management, Market Data Aggregators, Executions, Offering, RFQs and FrontOffice Algo/Pricing/Hedging systems
Collaborate with Traders, quants, and other stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
Conduct performance analysis and optimization to ensure low latency, high throughput, and efficient resource utilization
Lead and participate in code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines
Collaborate with infrastructure and operations teams to deploy and maintain trading systems in production environments, ensuring stability, resilience, and compliance with regulatory requirements
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the reliability, scalability, and performance of electronic trading systems
Participate in incident response and resolution, providing timely and effective support to address production issues
Experience working with global development teams
Implementing pricing, quoting, hedging, and risk logic across spread products
Experience in working with quants and traders to integrate models into production-ready algos

Requirements:

7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
5+ years of experience in building algo platforms for spread products
5+ years Extensive experience (14+ years) in software development, with a focus on electronic trading systems and financial markets
5+ years experience programming languages such as C++, Java, or Python, with a strong emphasis on low-latency, high-performance computing in Linux environment
5+ years of deep understanding of data structures, algorithms and object-oriented programming
5+ years experience electronic trading protocols, order types, market data feeds, and exchange connectivity
5+ years experience with networking protocols, multicast, and TCP/IP

Nice to have:

Master’s degree in computer science/engineering
Experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a track record of delivering robust and scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment
Leadership experience, including the ability to mentor junior engineers, drive technical initiatives, and influence decision-making

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 26, 2025

Expiration:
September 23, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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