Principal Engineer – Payments Investigations

Wells Fargo

Principal Engineer advancing Payment Operations technology at Wells Fargo. Collaborating with engineers and compliance experts to deliver secured, scalable solutions.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeCharlotte • New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $159,000 - $305,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaNoSQLRDBMSSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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 organization's 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

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 Agile methodology experience and working closely with product partners
1+ year of Payments Industry experience
1+ year of experience with workflow engines utilized for Payment Investigations (ex; Pega Smart Investigate, IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW), Finastra, Temenos Payments, FIS Payment Hub / FIS Compliance Suite, Appian, etc.)
3+ years' experience with Business Process Management / workflow technologies
5+ years of Java development
5+ years of RDBMS/NoSQL Development
1+ Years of Pega Smart Investigate experience
Pega Certification - LSA - Lead System Architect, Part 2
7+ years' experience working with CI/CD (Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery) / EPL (Enterprise Pipe Line)
5+ years of Wires / ACH or other payments specific experience.
5+ years experience with Test Automation and Performance Benchmarking tooling
3+ years experience with Springboot or equivalent framework

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

JavaRDBMSNoSQLAgile methodologyBusiness Process ManagementTest AutomationPerformance BenchmarkingSpringbootPayments IndustryWorkflow engines

Soft Skills

leadershipstrategic thinkinganalytical thinkingcreativityinnovationcommunicationvisionexpert advisory

Certifications

Pega Certification - LSA - Lead System Architect, Part 2