Principal Engineer
Wells Fargo4 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and engineering strategy across GRC, Testing & Monitoring, and Audit modernization initiatives.
- Define reusable capabilities, integration patterns, data models, platform services, and shared engineering capabilities.
- Establish a common technology stack centered on React, Java microservices, shared data platforms, and AI-enabled platforms.
- Drive development of reusable interfaces, common services, enterprise data capabilities, and an AI control plane for intelligent automation.
- Ensure architectural alignment, scalability, security, resiliency, auditability, and regulatory compliance across major programs.
- Lead evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies including Agentic AI, RAG, Knowledge Graphs, and intelligent automation.
- Partner with business, risk, audit, compliance, security, and engineering leaders to deliver enterprise solutions.
- Remain hands-on through architecture reviews, design sessions, prototyping, code reviews, and complex problem resolution.
- Mentor engineers and architects and elevate engineering standards across the organization.
- Challenge legacy approaches and promote modernization, simplification, automation, consolidation, standardization, and reuse.
Requirements
- 7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and enterprise integration patterns.
- Strong frontend architecture and development experience using React and TypeScript.
- Experience modernizing platforms built on commercial products such as Archer, ServiceNow, or similar enterprise systems.
- Experience building reusable platforms, common services, and shared engineering capabilities.
- Hands-on experience with Generative AI, Agentic AI, RAG architectures, vector databases, embeddings, and orchestration frameworks.
- Experience building AI-enabled enterprise solutions using Python.
- Knowledge of Knowledge Graphs, semantic search, graph databases, and ontology-based architectures.
- Experience with cloud-native platforms, containers, DevSecOps, observability, resiliency, and operational excellence.
- Strong understanding of data governance, auditability, security, privacy, regulatory compliance, and operational risk.
- Demonstrated ability to balance strategic architecture with hands-on engineering engagement.
- Strong communication, mentoring, and stakeholder influence skills.
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer with consideration for legally protected characteristics.
- Accommodation support is available for applicants with disabilities.
- Drug-free workplace.
- Posting end date is September 30, 2026, though the posting may close early due to applicant volume.
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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.