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About the Role
Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the design, engineering, and architecture of modern, cloud-native infrastructure across hybrid, public cloud, and on-prem environments. This role focuses on platform engineering, Kubernetes/OpenShift, cloud connectivity, security, automation, and traffic management, driving highly scalable, resilient, and secure solutions.
Responsibilities
- Provide vision, direction, and expertise to leadership in implementing innovative and impactful business solutions
- Strategically engage with professionals and leaders across the enterprise, serving as a trusted technical advisor
- Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, including reference architectures, white papers, product strategies, and roadmaps
- Lead the architecture and engineering of cloud networking and connectivity, including VPC design, segmentation, routing, and hybrid connectivity
- Design and implement enterprise-grade traffic management solutions, including AVI, F5, Global Traffic Manager, and Akamai security integrations
- Partner with engineering and product teams to support cloud migration and modernization programs, ensuring secure and compliant connectivity patterns
- Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex, cross-domain infrastructure issues, influencing enterprise-wide solutions
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, establishing best practices, standards, and architectural patterns
Requirements
- 7+ years of engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through a combination of work experience, training, military experience, or education
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud-native platforms and architectures, including containerization, distributed systems, and scalable deployment models
- 5+ years of experience in database design and data architecture, including relational and/or NoSQL systems, data modeling, and high-throughput data access patterns
- 5+ years of experience in system design and architecture for high-scale applications, including performance optimization, fault tolerance, and resiliency
- 3+ years of experience with distributed streaming and event-driven architectures, using technologies such as Kafka, Flink, or similar real-time data processing frameworks
- 3+ years of experience working with security, data privacy, and governance considerations, especially in regulated enterprise environments
- 2+ years of experience designing and implementing enterprise-grade automation solutions using tools such as Ansible, Harness CD, GitHub Actions, and Playwright
- Experience supporting high-volume, mission-critical applications serving millions of users daily
- Knowledge of API security, OAuth, authentication and authorization platforms, and reverse proxy or gateway patterns
- Experience with conversational platforms, chatbots, or virtual assistants at enterprise scale
- Experience with API gateway and edge platforms such as ApigeeX, Akamai, or similar solutions
- Strong understanding of network, compute, and storage domains
- Ability to operate effectively in highly matrixed organizations and influence without direct authority
- Ability to operate as a strategic technical advisor and influence architecture across multiple teams and domains
- Strong collaboration across platform, application, security, and infrastructure teams
- Experience driving enterprise-scale transformation initiatives and establishing long-term architecture direction
Skills
- Cloud-native platforms
- Containerization
- Distributed systems
- Scalable deployment models
- Database design
- Data architecture
- Relational databases
- NoSQL systems
- Data modeling
- High-throughput data access patterns
- System design
- Application architecture
- Performance optimization
- Fault tolerance
- Resiliency
- Distributed streaming
- Event-driven architectures
- Kafka
- Flink
- Security
- Data privacy
- Governance
- Automation
- Ansible
- Harness CD
- GitHub Actions
- Playwright
- API security
- OAuth
- Authentication
- Authorization platforms
- Reverse proxy
- Gateway patterns
- Conversational platforms
- Chatbots
- Virtual assistants
- API gateway
- Edge platforms
- ApigeeX
- Akamai
- Network domains
- Compute domains
- Storage domains
- Cloud certifications (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Generative AI
- AI/ML infrastructure
- Platform engineering
- Prompt engineering
- Vector databases
- Orchestration tools
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- Cloud connectivity
- Traffic management
- VPC design
- Segmentation
- Routing
- Hybrid connectivity
- AVI
- F5
- Global Traffic Manager
Experience Level
- Principal Engineer
Salary/Compensations
- $191,000.00 - $305,000.00
Benefits
- Health benefits
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid time off
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
- Parental leave
- Critical caregiving leave
- Discounts and savings
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Scholarships for dependent children
- Adoption reimbursement
About the Company
- Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer.
- 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.
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.
- 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.