Principal Engineer

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer As a Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for providing strategic technology solutions for business initiatives supporting predominantly Liquidity Management technology while collaborating closely with other areas of the larger Finance Technology team. You will be responsible for efficient architecture and innovative solutions to transform business. This position will be responsible for leading the continued modernization of the organization's financial systems. This combined portfolio of applications and tools are continually engineered to meet the challenges of stability, security, scalability, and speed.

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 working as a hands-on software developer designing and implementing service-oriented solutions with an emphasis on fullstack engineering, operational data and analytics.
• Expert level knowledge in fullstack development, system design and architecture, Messaging, APIs, build and deployment pipelines (CI/CD), Data warehousing, Data Engineering, AI/ML
• 5+ years of experience in Financial Services and Banking.
• Strong expertise in one of the below areas and good exposure to the other:
• Java, Springboot, Python fullstack engineering, RDBMS, NoSQL data store, Kafka / messaging
• Spark, BigData, Datawarehousing, Data Engineering, performance tuning
• Proven ability building solutions in cloud. Good hands-on experience in public cloud technology (Azure/GCP) and private cloud (PCF/OCP). Good knowledge of containers, container orchestration, observability tools.
• 5+ years of experience working in large financial services organization.
• Strong executive presence, facilitation skills, drive for results, attention to quality and detail, and a synergistic attitude.
• Ability to develop and deliver effective, well-articulated, written, and oral communications (e.g., emails, presentation materials) applying appropriate level of content/ detail dependent upon audience and intent.
• Excellent communications, interpersonal, and presentations skills across technical and non-technical groups.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities with a focus on proactive solutions.
• Experience with application of AI/ML to real-world problems.
• Experience in creating & delivering technology roadmaps
• Displays vision, creativity, innovation, and advanced analytical and inductive thinking skills.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Job Expectations:

• Be Humble: You're smart yet always interested in learning from others.
• Work Transparently: You always deal in an honest, direct, and transparent way.
• Take Ownership: You embrace responsibility and find joy in having the answers
• Learn More: You regularly self-educate and improve your skill set.
• Show Gratitude: You show appreciation and respect to those you work with.

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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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