Technology Director – Enterprise Data Platforms

Wells Fargo

. Manage a team of engineering managers and engineering leads .

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeCharlotte • North Carolina, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudETLGoogle Cloud PlatformTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage a team of engineering managers and engineering leads
Drive migration off legacy data platforms while ensuring remaining environments are fully automated using infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform), automated ETL, and automated testing
Enable scalable, secure, and reliable data consumption for end users and system-to-system integrations, supporting enterprise analytics, APIs, and downstream consumption use cases
Focus on delivering commitments aligned to enterprise strategic priorities
Build support for strategies with business and technology leaders
Guide development of actionable roadmaps and plans
Identify opportunities and strategies for continuous improvement of software engineering practices
Provide oversight to software craftsmanship, security, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions developed by the teams or third-party providers
Manage allocation of people and financial resources for Technology Strategic Leadership

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of Technology Strategic Leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, education
4+ years of management or leadership experience
8+ years of progressive experience in enterprise data platforms, data engineering, or large-scale data architecture roles
Familiarity with GCP-based data platforms and cloud-native data tooling
Experience implementing infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and automated testing within data platforms
Exposure to AI-enabled data consumption, such as natural language querying, analytics copilots, or AI-driven data discovery and insights
Background in developing multi-year technology roadmaps and contributing to executive-level business cases
Deep understanding of data governance, audit, regulatory, and risk management requirements, preferably in financial services or similarly regulated industries

Benefits

Comp & perks

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture
Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process

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Hard Skills & Tools

infrastructure-as-codeTerraformautomated ETLautomated testingCI/CDdata engineeringlarge-scale data architectureAI-enabled data consumptionnatural language queryingdata governance

Soft Skills

leadershipstrategic planningcommunicationoversightcontinuous improvementcollaborationresource managementproblem-solvingroadmap developmentstakeholder engagement