Principal Engineer – RIA Platform Technology

Wells Fargo

. Serve as the principal technical authority for the RIA platform, shaping overall system architecture, design patterns, and long‑term technical vision.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeCharlotte • Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $159,000 - $305,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheCloudDistributed SystemsJavaJavaScriptKafkaMicroservicesMongoDBReactSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the principal technical authority for the RIA platform, shaping overall system architecture, design patterns, and long‑term technical vision.
Define and enforce engineering standards for scalability, resiliency, security, performance, and maintainability across the platform.
Act as a hands‑on contributor, designing and building critical components of the platform using Java, Spring Boot, and React.js.
Lead development of backend services, APIs, and frontend frameworks supporting core custody workflows.
Implement resiliency and reliability best practices, including fault tolerance, circuit breaking, graceful degradation, and observability.
Lead complex integrations with third‑party vendors
Ensure secure, scalable, and compliant integrations that support multi‑tenant and multi‑channel RIA use cases.
Mentor senior and mid‑level engineers, raising overall engineering maturity and technical depth.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
5 years of Java and Spring Boot experience
4 years of React.js, Apache and Kafka experience
4 years of MongoDB and relational databases and Caching technologies experience
4 years of distributed systems, microservices architectures, and cloud‑native platforms experience
4 years of resiliency, scalability, and performance engineering experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaSpring BootReact.jsApacheKafkaMongoDBrelational databasesCaching technologiesdistributed systemsmicroservices architectures

Soft Skills

mentoringleadershiptechnical authoritycommunication