Lead application simplification and data center migration efforts by designing frameworks, tools, and processes to detect and prevent incidents. Provide analysis, coding, and recommendations to application teams, resolve complex enterprise-scale issues, define long-term solutions, and advise leadership across the organization.
About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer to help drive application simplification, including helping create frameworks to make the data center migration more efficient, define tools and processes to identify and prevent problems before they happen. Leveraging your skills in design and coding, you'll work with application teams to provide analysis and recommendations both proactively and reactively when incidents occur.
You will 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. You will strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership.
Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com.
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$159,000.00 - $305,000.00
Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.
2 Jul 2026
* 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.
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.
#BI-Hybrid
Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer to help drive application simplification, including helping create frameworks to make the data center migration more efficient, define tools and processes to identify and prevent problems before they happen. Leveraging your skills in design and coding, you'll work with application teams to provide analysis and recommendations both proactively and reactively when incidents occur.
You will 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. You will strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership.
Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 5+ years in technology operations, including networking and/or systems administration
- 5+ years in Kubernetes fundamentals and advanced concepts (Preferred Red Hat/Open Shift experience)
- 3+ years in Java, C#, Python or any programming language
- 1+ years in AI and automation engineering, such as CI/CD, data ingestion pipelines, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years' experience working as a lead engineer at an enterprise scale
- Experience defining service level objectives (SLOs) and indicators (SLIs)
- Experience writing root cause analyses and corrective recommendations
- Proficiency with private, public, and hybrid cloud, especially as demonstrated by certifications
- Expertise in designing, monitoring, and troubleshooting distributed systems
- Working knowledge of Linux, Windows Server and related enterprise technologies
- 2+ years with configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or Terraform
- This position offers a hybrid work schedule
- This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$159,000.00 - $305,000.00
Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.
- 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
2 Jul 2026
* 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.
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.
#BI-Hybrid
Wells Fargo New York, New York, USA Office
150 E 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States, 10017
Wells Fargo New York, New York, USA Office
500 West 33rd Street Manhattan, New York, NY, United States, 10001
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