Principal Architect - Corporate Investment Banking
Wells Fargo7 days ago
Charlotte, NC, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$159k - $305k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and execute architecture strategy for Corporate & Investment Banking post-trade functions.
- Establish current-state, target-state, and transition architectures across applications, data, integrations, cloud platforms, and emerging technologies.
- Lead hands-on solution architecture and execution for investment advisory, brokerage, wealth management, portfolio management, trading, and client servicing platforms.
- Resolve complex technology challenges and drive application rationalization, platform modernization, consolidation, and cloud transformation.
- Design and implement AI-driven, conversational AI, intelligent assistant, and agentic solutions for advisor workflows, investment research, client communications, compliance monitoring, and operational efficiency.
- Partner with risk, compliance, legal, and regulatory teams to support SEC, FINRA, and other applicable requirements.
- Advise senior leaders and promote architecture standards aligned with enterprise banking and investment technology strategies.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of architecture experience or equivalent experience, training, military experience, or education.
- At least 5 years of technology design and engineering experience supporting investment banking, brokerage, trading, post-trade, or financial-services platforms.
- At least 3 years of workflow automation and process optimization experience.
- At least 2 years of experience applying AI or generative AI frameworks to investment operations, advisor workflows, or client servicing.
- At least 1 year of experience architecting and implementing conversational AI, intelligent assistants, or agentic solutions.
- Preferred experience includes architecture leadership at a Tier-1 global financial institution and 5+ years in wealth management, brokerage, investment banking, capital markets, or consumer investment services.
- Knowledge of investment products, trading and post-trade platforms, investment regulations, and investor protection requirements.
- Experience with enterprise AI platforms, vector databases, knowledge graphs, semantic search, agent frameworks, intelligent workflow automation, and modern engineering toolchains.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Strong analytical, executive communication, influencing, and complex financial-data interpretation skills.
Benefits
- Hybrid work schedule with the ability to work in the office in Iselin, New Jersey.
- Health benefits, 401(k) plan, paid time off, disability benefits, life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance.
- Parental leave, critical caregiving leave, commuter benefits, tuition reimbursement, dependent-child scholarships, adoption reimbursement, and discounts and savings.
- Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
- The position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
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About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is a U.S.-based financial services firm providing consumer and commercial banking, mortgages, credit, and wealth/investment services to individuals, small businesses, and enterprises. It earns revenue from interest income and fees across retail banking, payments, lending, and capital markets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, it is publicly traded on the NYSE (WFC) and operates nationally with offices in multiple countries.