BENGALURU · FULLTIME
Principal Engineer
Wells Fargo
Bengaluru · onsite · Posted 13d ago
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About this role
About this role:
In this role, you will:
Required Qualifications:
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:
Deep Hands-On Engineering Expertise
- Progressive engineering experience with sustained hands-on design and development in Java (modern JVM stacks, microservices, distributed systems, performance engineering).
- Proven experience architecting and building AIpowered solutions, including LLM integration, prompt engineering, RAG patterns, model orchestration, AI pipelines, and responsible AI practices.
- Strong background in cloud-native architectures (containerization, orchestration, CI/CD, DevSecOps) with experience operating systems at enterprise scale.
- Principal-Level Technical Leadership
- Demonstrated ability to operate as a technical authority across domains (application, data, AI, platform, security), influencing architecture and engineering standards at an enterprise level.
- Track record of translating ambiguous business problems into scalable, resilient, and future-ready technical solutions.
- Experience defining long-term technology strategy, reference architectures, and engineering roadmaps aligned with business outcomes.
- AI & Innovation Mindset
- Strong understanding of GenAI trends, ecosystem evolution, and emerging capabilities, with the ability to assess vendor offerings versus build strategies.
- Experience embedding AI into core business workflows to drive productivity, risk reduction, customer experience, and operational efficiency.
- Passion for experimentation, rapid prototyping, and data-driven decision-making.
- Influence & Communication Excellence
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to executives, regulators, partners, and engineering teams.
- Proven success influencing without authority across global, matrixed organizations.
- Recognized as a trusted advisor who can challenge assumptions constructively and elevate technical conversations.
- Outside-In Perspective
- Strong awareness of industry best practices, competitive landscape, and fintech/financial services technology trends.
- Active engagement with external communities (conferences, forums, thought leadership, standards bodies) is highly desirable.
Job Expectations
- Enterprise Technical Stewardship
- Act as a Principal Engineer and strategic advisor to senior leadership, shaping technology decisions that impact multiple lines of business and the broader enterprise.
- Define and evolve enterprise-scale architectures for Java-based platforms and AI/GenAI solutions, ensuring alignment with security, risk, and regulatory requirements.
- Hands-On Leadership
- Remain deeply hands-ondesigning, reviewing, and occasionally coding critical components to set a high engineering bar.
- Lead by example in applying engineering rigor, automation, testing, performance optimization, and secure coding practices.
- AI / GenAI Enablement
- Drive the strategy, adoption, and governance of AI and GenAI capabilities across the organization.
- Partner with product, data, risk, and security teams to ensure responsible, explainable, and scalable AI solutions.
- Identify high-value use cases and guide teams from proof-of-concept to production at scale.
- Influence & Thought Leadership
- Serve as a visible technical spokesperson internally and externally, presenting ideas, architectures, and innovation narratives with clarity and conviction.
- Mentor senior engineers and architects, raising the overall technical maturity of the organization.
- Foster a culture of engineering excellence, curiosity, and continuous learning.
- Outside-In Innovation
- Continuously scan the external ecosystem to bring new ideas, technologies, and patterns into the enterprise in a pragmatic, value-driven manner.
- Challenge legacy thinking and advocate for simplification, modernization, and platform thinking.
- Balance innovation with operational stability, risk management, and long-term sustainability.
- Outcome-Driven Execution
- Measure success through business impact, not just technical deliveryimproved time-to-market, developer productivity, system resilience, and customer outcomes.
- Partner closely with stakeholders to ensure technology investments deliver durable, enterprise-wide value.
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Skills
Customer ExperienceAutomationDockerDistributed SystemsFinancial CrimesArticulateDevsecopsFintechcloudCommunication SkillsArchitectureFinancial ServicescomplianceCustomer RelationshipsAi SolutionsArtificial Intelligence
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About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
Financial Services
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1852
174 years old
Bengaluru/Bangalore, Karnataka
India
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