Principal Engineer, Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Location:
United States, Charlotte ▼
Iselin
New York

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

159000.00 - 305000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Principal Engineer focused on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) in support of WIM Advisor Platform and Advisor Field Servicing. Perform gap analysis of applications and implement or improve telemetry and affective alarming. Guide the SRE organization through Observability, Automation and Cloud Engineering transformation. Provide senior level troubleshooting skills during production outages.

Job Responsibility:

Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence applications, network, information security, database, operating systems, or web technologies
Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges across multiple areas or the enterprise
Translate advanced technology experience and business objectives into technical engineering solutions
Provide vision, direction and expertise to leadership on implementing innovative business solutions
Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies
Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise
Ensure high availability and performance of production systems through proactive monitoring and incident response
Design and implement scalability, reliability, and observability strategies for cloud and on-premises environments
Define SLIs, SLOs, and Error Budgets to improve system reliability

Requirements:

7+ years of Engineering experience
7+ years of experience leading observability and monitoring tooling - Splunk, AppDynamics, Splunk Observability, Grafana, Open Telemetry
7+ years of experience in Infrastructure (Windows and Linux) support
5+ years of experience in proven success in toil reduction initiatives
5+ years of experience in cloud application management especially OpenShift Container Platform

Nice to have:

Strong understanding of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model
Ability to troubleshoot the network stack, operating system stack and middleware
Knowledge and understanding of AI capabilities
Ability to quickly script for new alarms and execute according to company approved alerting tools
Ability to dynamically engage and attend high impact production incidents and troubleshoot to resolution and provide immediate incident analysis both written and spoken
Has set up distributed tracing across an internet topology for full health check and with the ability to pinpoint problem source
Mentor the platform teams by training, documenting, certifying and building the teams skill set
Demonstrate knowledge/understanding of emerging technologies, industry trends, and outside perspectives, and communicate relevance to the organizations strategic and tactical goals
Lead proof of concepts and prototyping
Lead execution of critical/complex project deliverables
Strong communication with the ability to communicate on all levels of the organization

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:
September 16, 2025

Expiration:
September 21, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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