Principal Data Engineer

Wells Fargo

Principal Data Engineer responsible for building foundational data infrastructure at Wells Fargo. Leading the transformation into an AI-native and semantic data foundation for enterprise risk and audit.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeChandler • Arizona, North Carolina, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudETLGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaPySparkPython

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 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

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
7+ years architecting, designing and leading the delivery of large-scale solutions
4+ years' experience presenting technology strategy and concepts to C-level executives and large audiences
2+ years' experience delivering cloud ready and cloud native solutions
4 + years of Financial Services industry
7+ years' experience with Java/Python/PySpark full stack development
2+ years' experience AI utilization and agentic development
Preferred experience with Google Cloud Compute (GCP) or Microsoft Azure
Experience with Open Table formats, Trino/Presto
Experience with building agentic data platforms replacing ETL with autonomous, LLM-driven ingestion agents
Experience with designing runtime governance with agents enforcing security, lineage, and data quality at execution
Experience with implementing agent observability & audit trails capturing decisions, context, and policy state
Experience with Wells Fargo application delivery and application management processes and standards
Experience mentoring others and leading informally in matrixed organizational structures
Current ability and desire to continue developing solutions personally, "hands on keyboard", for the hardest problems facing the product.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Drug and Alcohol Policy
Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaPythonPySparkcloud ready solutionscloud native solutionsAI utilizationagentic developmentOpen Table formatsTrinoPresto

Soft Skills

leadershipstrategic engagementpresentation skillsanalytical thinkingcreativityinnovationmentoringcommunication