Wells Fargo Principal Engineer 

United States, North Carolina, Charlotte 

64073828

About this role:

This is a highly visible role that requires a blend of technical depth, strategic thinking, and cross-functional leadership. You’ll work closely with CIO domain architects, business partners, and engineering teams to align roadmaps, rationalize capabilities, and ensure investments support enterprise goals.

Required Qualifications:

• 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 application development using modern architecture stack and tooling
• 5+ years of experience in designing solutions at enterprise scale across the business operations domain (ex. consumer, retail, wholesale, payments, fraud, KYC, and negative news)
• 3+ years of experience in cloud adoption, enablement, or technical consulting roles within technology organizations
• 3+ years of experience in multi-cloud environments (Azure, GCP, OpenShift) and hands-on experience with cloud-native development
• 3+ years of experience in solutions architecture and cloud onboarding processes

Desired Qualifications:

• Proficient in microservices architecture and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Harness).
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect, OpenShift Administrator)
• Experience in cloud adoption, enablement, or technical consulting roles within technology organizations
• Engage with architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture to enable application migration paths to target architecture; for example, cloud readiness, application modernization and data strategy
• Leading change in a large corporate technology environmentwith a focus on pattern design, execution and reusability.
• Experience in collaborating and partnering with other key parts of the organization and drive towards shared goals and success
• Ability to communicate effectively, in both written and verbal formats, at all levels of the organization, including senior executive-level leadership
• Ability to drive and lead organizational change in a dynamic environment
• Ability to work and influence successfully within a matrix environment and build effective business partnerships with all levels of team members
• Ability to be proactive, innovative, and creative in meeting customer and enterprise needs
• Comfortable with ambiguity and facilitating discussion to explore the best possible solutions and possess the ability to lead
• Highly effectivedecision-making/criticalthinking/problem solving skills with a collaborative and results-oriented leadership style
• Recognized internally and externally as a thought leader and subject matter expert
• Excellent communication skills with a focus on clear documentation and cross-functional collaboration
• Strong analytical skills, with experience in reporting and providing actionable insights from complex data sets
• Experience shaping enterprise-level technology strategy and aligning domain roadmaps into a unified narrative
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across federated architecture teams
• Strong storytelling and communication skills—able to translate complex tech strategies into business-aligned strategy

Job Expectations:

• Must be able to work onsite in one of the posted locations

Pay Range

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.