Principal Engineer

About This Role

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer to join their Storage team within the FHO (Foundational Hosting Operations) organization. Learn more about the career areas and business divisions at wellsfargojobs.com. This role focuses on designing and delivering enterprise-scale strategic initiatives in reusable tolls and processes leveraging AI patterns that deliver business and customer value. This is a hands-on Principal Engineer role for a technical leader who designs, builds, and scales their systems, storage, and patching platforms, while operating at enterprise scope.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 7+ years of senior engineering experience, including architecture and hands-on delivery of large-scale platforms and systems
• 4+ years of experience developing or deploying AI-powered tools, chatbots, LLM-based automation, or agentic workflows, including understanding of AI risks, observability needs, and stakeholder communication
• 3+ years of hands-on experience across Cloud architectures including Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, AWS, etc. and internal platforms such as Tachyon
• 3+ years of experience operating at both keyboard-level technical depth and executive-level technical storytelling
• 3+ years of hands-on experience across Patch Mgmt leveraging Ansible, BigFix, WSUS, YUM and the like

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working within agile product operating models in large enterprise environments, including agile software delivery and cloud infrastructure
• Financial services experience preferred; Business Banking domain experience is beneficial but not required
• Demonstrated ability to mentor senior and staff engineers, raising the technical bar of the organization
• Proven strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, and sound technical judgment in fast-paced settings
• Proven experience with cloud infrastructure and containerization, including enterprise compute, storage, and IaaS environments
• Demonstrated curiosity and innovation mindset for advancing Generative and Agentic AI solutions within regulated enterprise contexts
• Strong organizational savvy and customer centricity, with the ability to navigate complex enterprise structures and align technology to business outcomes

Job Expectations

• Ability to travel as needed
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
• No Relocation allowance available for this position

Posting End Date

15 Jul 2026

Job Posting May Come Down Early Due to Volume of Applicants

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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