Principal Architect - GenAI and Agentic AI

About the role

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Architect to lead GenAI and Agentic AI solution architecture and governance within the Digital Technology Innovation architecture team.

Responsibilities

• Act as an advisor to senior leadership to develop the architectural framework & delivery for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups
• Develop and influence strategic plans, investment planning, and execution on cutover strategies to target
• Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an architectural domain expert advisor to leadership
• Drive target investments towards target technologies and rationalize spend, total cost of ownership, and return on investment
• Drive the definition, establishment, selection of strategic tools, and application of architecture frameworks
• Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommend innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization and can influence internal and vendor roadmaps in a significant capacity
• Define architectural direction for enterprise AI platform, including:
  • Model platforms
  • AI gateways
  • Agent orchestration frameworks
  • Guardrails and safety controls
  • LLMOps and MLOps capabilities
  • AI observability and monitoring
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Knowledge Graph and Semantic Layer integration
• Ensure enterprise AI platforms are resilient, scalable, secure, and cost optimized
• Partner with platform engineering teams to accelerate AI capability onboarding and enterprise adoption
• Define enterprise standards and architecture patterns for autonomous and semi-autonomous AI agents
• Drive adoption of agent orchestration frameworks, tool integration patterns, workflow automation, and multi-agent systems
• Establish governance models for agent lifecycle management, observability, safety, and auditability
• Lead architecture strategy for agent-enabled business process transformation across Lines of Business

Requirements

• 7+ years of architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 7+ years of Solution Architecture experience delivering architecture specifications, standards and patterns
• 2+ years of Generative AI, Agentic AI, Predictive AI / Machine Learning experience
• 2+ years of AI platform architecture and Enterprise architecture frameworks experience
• 2+ years of AI Technology products evaluation experience

Qualifications

• Large Language Models (LLMs) and RAG architecture experience
• Multi-agent systems and Agent orchestration frameworks experience
• Hands-on experience with AI governance and control frameworks
• LLMOps / MLOps and AI observability platforms experience
• Devin/Claude Cowork/Cursor/Copilot experience

Job Expectations

• Willingness to work in aggressive delivery schedule and concurrent multiple priorities and deliver

Pay

The base pay range for this position is $159,000.00 - $305,000.00. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.

Benefits

• 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