Principal Engineer
Wells Fargo
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: West Des Moines • Arizona • Iowa • United States
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About the role
- 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
- Set the strategy and roadmap for GenAI adoption in SDLC, including governance, security, and metrics. Lead proof‑of‑concepts and scale successful patterns into production‑ready platform capabilities.
- Architect and evolve the Enterprise Framework to enable agentic workflows, automation, and developer self‑service.
- Establish integration patterns, guardrails, and standards for GenAI‑enabled development tools and services.
- Partner with Architecture, Security, CIO organizations, vendors, and LOB engineering to drive adoption and alignment.
- Define and track KPIs/OKRs (e.g., cycle time, developer productivity, quality, ROI) to demonstrate business impact.
- Provide senior‑level technical leadership, coaching, and technical product ownership for key platform capabilities.
- Lead resolution of complex cross‑functional challenges affecting multiple product areas and thousands of applications.
Requirements
- 7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 7+ years Full stack design and development experience with Java, C# and TypeScript
- 5+ years leading architecture or platform engineering initiatives with cross-organizational scope.
- 2+ years of demonstrated experience with AI/GenAI technologies, ML‑assisted development, or agentic/automation platforms.
- Expertise in modern SDLC practices (DevOps, CI/CD, testing, observability, inner‑source, platform engineering).
- Excellent communication skills with a record of executive‑level storytelling and decision facilitation.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaC#TypeScriptAI technologiesGenAI technologiesML-assisted developmentDevOpsCI/CDplatform engineeringobservability
Soft Skills
communication skillsexecutive-level storytellingdecision facilitationleadershipstrategic thinkinganalytical thinkingcreativityinnovationcoachingcollaboration