Principal Engineer

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer

In this role, you will:

• 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

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in programming using COBOL, JCL, IMS, DB2, VSAM & Z/OS Connect

• 4+ years of experience in HOGAN, preferably in IDS

•  Good working experience on mainframe utilities like sort, REXX, fileaid, endeavor/changeman easytrieve

• Good working experience on debugging tools like Xpediter, abend aid.

• Experience working with Agile/Scrum method and exposure to latest tools like zUnit, Git, SonarQube, Checkmarx etc. is preferred

• Good experience in leading small to medium project by providing technical leadership. 

Job Expectations:

• Technical Strategy & Delivery Oversight
• Drive the end-to-end execution of modernization journeys—breaking monoliths into microservices, migrating databases, and re-architecting for the cloud.
• Shape the platform engineering roadmap in collaboration with enterprise architecture, product, and infrastructure teams.
• Lead adoption of AI, GenAI, and intelligent automation to accelerate platform discovery, design, development, and testing.
• Team Leadership & Talent Development
• Manage and mentor a team of engineers, staff/principal engineers, and tech leads to foster technical mastery and engineering excellence.
• Build a high-performing team culture focused on continuous learning, innovation, and outcome-driven delivery.
• Align resourcing and skill development strategies with platform goals and evolving technology trends.
• Resiliency & Reliability Leadership
• Embed SRE principles across engineering teams with a focus on platform observability, operational readiness, and resiliency by design.
• Partner with site reliability engineering, infrastructure, and cyber teams to define and enforce SLAs/SLOs and conduct failure mode analysis.
• Stakeholder Partnership & Governance
• Act as the key technology partner for product, business, and architecture stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into scalable, modern technical solutions while balancing risk, compliance, and security requirements.
• Report modernization progress, engineering KPIs, and platform readiness to senior technology leadership.

Posting End Date: 

*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.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace.  Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.