Principal Engineer, Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Location:
United States, Charlotte ▼
Columbus

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

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Job Description:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer that will operate with a high level of independence, making critical decisions on AI architecture, solution design, and risk management without the need for close supervision. The resource will define technical strategies, approve designs, and ensure compliance with minimal escalation, serving as a trusted authority across cybersecurity, data science, and engineering teams. Their autonomy enables rapid, expert decision-making while aligning with enterprise goals and governance standards.

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
Consistently provide strategic technical leadership, ensuring AI solutions are designed with scalability, security, and enterprise alignment in mind
Oversee architecture and design reviews to significantly strengthen the integrity and consistency of our AI-driven cybersecurity capabilities
Contribute to innovation, identify emerging trends and translating them into actionable solutions that support proactive threat detection and response
Successfully deliver new AI capabilities, helping position the organization at the forefront of cyber defense automation
Collaborate with engineering, data science, platform, and cyber teams to bridge technical and business perspectives, fostering alignment and accelerating delivery outcomes
Provide attention to risk and compliance to ensure that all AI initiatives meet internal and regulatory standards, including model explainability and ethical use
Advance our Cyber AI strategy and ensure that our design authority functions with integrity, innovation, and impact
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

Requirements:

7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
AI Architecture and Design Authority
Lead the design and governance of AI/ML architectures used in cybersecurity solutions
Define and enforce design principles, standards, and integration patterns for AI capabilities
Review and approve technical designs to ensure scalability, security, and compliance
Technical Leadership and Innovation
Drive innovation in applying AI/ML to cyber use cases such as threat detection, anomaly detection, and response automation
Evaluate emerging technologies and lead the development of proof-of-concepts and pilots
Serve as a subject matter expert guiding teams across cybersecurity and engineering
Cross-Functional Collaboration and Alignment
Partner with product managers, platform teams, and cyber operations to align technical solutions with business objectives
Ensure AI capabilities integrate seamlessly with cyber platforms and data pipelines
Facilitate design and working groups to align across teams
Risk Management and Compliance Oversight
Identify and mitigate technical risks associated with AI use in cybersecurity
Ensure models and AI systems comply with internal security policies, privacy standards, and ethical AI principles
Provide oversight into model explainability, fairness, and security
Document and Knowledge Sharing
Maintain high-quality documentation of architecture, design decisions, and patterns
Mentor engineers and promote knowledge sharing across the cyber and AI communities
Lead training sessions and contribute to internal best practices

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
June 15, 2025

Expiration:
June 19, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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Principal Engineer

Wells Fargo

Location:United States, Charlotte ▼Columbus

Category:IT - Software Development

Contract Type:Not provided