Principal Engineer, Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Location:
United States, Iselin ▼
Charlotte

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

144400.00 - 300000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer for Risk and Internal Audit (RIAT) Architecture to lead the analysis, design and implementation of modern technology solutions aimed at supporting Risk Management activities across the lines of defenses. The Principal Engineer will be a passionate technologist, expert in solution architecture practice, and has the experience to operate across a matrixed enterprise with strong written and verbal skills. A great opportunity to drive major transformation and modernizations with cutting-edge architectures that influence stability, regulatory compliance, and strategic benefits.

Job Responsibility:

Act as an advisor to business and engineering leadership to develop or influence platform, application, 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
Define and drive end to end ecosystem architectures that anchor business capabilities to core platform and vision that align with forward looking Architecture principals, data management and modern technology
Identify gaps and opportunities in the current state architecture, propose effective, efficient and decisive architectures to meet immediate, target and strategic state
Adapt to and influence established Risk Management and Enterprise technology strategies
Drive efforts to ensure resiliency, fault tolerance, and performance of architecture solutions
Drive architecture strategy by adopting and advancing non-functional requirements and drive strategies to uphold NFR's through automation and frameworks
Stay abreast of technology innovations and industry best practices
Develop and maintain a robust architecture framework for modeling and analyzing risk, integrating large datasets, and leveraging advanced analytics and AI/ML techniques
Ensure all applicable solutions integrate and are built with scalability, security, and performance in mind
Conduct architecture assessments, suggest performance and other tunings, and provide technical thought leadership for continuous improvements across the ecosystem
Stay up-to-date, drive POC and recommend innovative solutions with leading industry trends

Requirements:

7+ years of Engineering experience
7+ years of experience with solution design and architecting enterprise platforms
7+ years of experience driving data strategies and creating roadmaps
5+ years of experience designing, implementing or managing risk management solutions (Basel III, IFRS9, CECL, or CCAR etc.)
3+ years of experience with financial risk management functions (such as credit risk management, market risk management, and/or financial crimes risk management)
2+ years of experience with architecting platforms using Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities

Nice to have:

Deep knowledge of modern technical frameworks using open-source technologies and delivering containerized solutions
Expertise in producing detailed architecture consisting of and explaining various layers such as hosting, infrastructure, security, software and services, application design
Deep understanding and ability to influence enterprise data strategies with acumen to produce, manage and drive an efficient architecture
Ability to effectively assess stakeholder, partner, or client needs while consulting, building solutions, and developing processes
Expertise with cloud native services, hosting architecture and solution design
3+ years of experience with GCP (Google Cloud) and MS Azure is preferred
5+ years of solution architecture expertise building enterprise grade solutions leveraging vendor products
Demonstrated hands-on technical expertise with modern programming languages (Java, Python. Scala), distributed systems (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka), and containerization (Docket, Kubernetes)
2+ years of experience building and implementing Gen AI and Agentic AI architectures
5+ years of experience with Redhat OpenShift or other cloud computing technologies
Strong experience with data modelling, ETL processes, and leveraging data science techniques to support risk analytics
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
Ability to lead technology and business partners through the journey from current to target state with ability to manage detailed architecture vision, efficiency metrices and benefits
Expertise to strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership

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:
June 11, 2025

Expiration:
June 23, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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