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:

• Design and build low-latency, high-throughput trading platforms from the ground up, supporting demanding front-office and electronic trading workloads.
• Architect and implement event-driven systems with a strong focus on performance, resiliency, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Lead the design of highly available and fault-tolerant solutions, ensuring rapid recovery and business continuity during production incidents.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across technologies including Java, Solace, Kafka, Coherence/GridGain, MongoDB, and OpenFin.
• Drive adoption of AI-powered and agentic solutions to improve business processes, engineering productivity, and operational efficiency.
• Demonstrate deep understanding of the post-trade lifecycle, covering both exchange-traded and OTC products across multiple asset classes.
• Oversee the development, deployment, and support of 24x6 and 24x7 trading platforms, ensuring stability, performance, and regulatory compliance.
• Evaluate and leverage modern engineering toolsets and AI-assisted development platforms such as Devin, Claude Code, and other emerging technologies.
• Lead and mentor globally distributed engineering teams, fostering collaboration, innovation, and a high-performance culture.
• Partner closely with business stakeholders, product owners, operations teams, and senior leadership to deliver strategic technology initiatives.

• Strong strategic thinking and architectural decision-making skills.
• Proven ability to lead large-scale transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Passion for innovation, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to balance hands-on technical involvement with people and delivery leadership responsibilities.

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.