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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 journeysbreaking 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.
