Principal Engineer - Gen AI
Wells Fargo
- Location
- Serilingampalli, Telangana, India
- Job type
- Full-time
Required skills
- API
- Azure
- business objectives
- communication skills
- database
- design patterns
- GCP
- information security
- Java
- microservices
- portfolio management
- Serverless
About the role
Wells Fargo
Website:
wellsfargo.com
Job details:
About This Role
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
- Strong proficiency in architecting and designing GenAI, Agentic AI, API ecosystems, cloud‑native applications, and microservice/serverless architectures.
- Deep expertise in enterprise architecture, portfolio management, and designing large‑scale digital platforms built for very high‑volume transactional workloads.
- Advanced skills in building, optimizing, and scaling infrastructure for mission‑critical and AI‑driven platforms.
- Hands‑on proficiency with leading AI/ML tools, frameworks, and cloud ecosystem capabilities—especially across GCP and Azure.
- Strong ability to define non‑functional requirements, assess architectural risks, and recommend mitigation strategies to stakeholders.
- Demonstrated capability to drive continuous improvement, modernize technology stacks, and address technical debt while balancing long‑term architectural vision with short‑term business needs.
- Proven ability to lead technology innovation, influence engineering direction, and champion emerging technologies to deliver meaningful business outcomes.
- Expertise in translating business and functional requirements into high‑quality architectural documentation and design artifacts.
- Strong awareness of industry trends, with the ability to evaluate new technologies and guide product teams on adoption strategies.
- Excellent communication skills for articulating complex technical concepts to senior leadership and engineering teams.
- Proficiency in designing and developing API‑based applications using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and cloud‑native patterns.
- Advanced understanding and application of design patterns, cloud‑native principles, microservice patterns, and architectural best practices.
- Ability to mentor, coach, and elevate engineering teams toward high performance and architectural excellence.
Job Expectations
- Advise leadership on technology strategies across applications, cloud, security, data, and enterprise platforms.
- Lead the resolution of highly complex, large‑scale technical challenges requiring deep analytical, innovative, and strategic thinking.
- Translate business objectives and emerging technology opportunities into robust engineering and architectural solutions.
- Provide vision and technical direction to influence enterprise‑wide digital initiatives and long‑term technology planning.
- Evaluate new technologies, industry trends, and best practices to recommend innovations that enhance operational efficiency or create competitive advantage.
- Architect end‑to‑end solutions for mission‑critical, high‑volume digital systems and next‑generation AI platforms.
- Identify and define non‑functional requirements, assess risks, and guide stakeholders through critical architectural decisions.
- Drive continuous improvement by modernizing platforms, reducing technical debt, and optimizing performance and reliability.
- Act as a technology evangelist, leading transformational initiatives that deliver new business outcomes or accelerate existing ones.
- Convert requirements into high‑quality architectural designs, documentation, and engineering artifacts.
- Advise product teams on emerging tech trends, tools, frameworks, and industry innovations.
- Communicate complex technical concepts to senior leadership and engineering stakeholders in clear, actionable terms.
- Guide the design and development of API‑based applications using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and cloud‑native patterns.
- Apply design patterns, cloud principles, and architectural best practices to ensure scalable, resilient solutions.
- Mentor and coach high‑performing engineering teams, strengthening overall technical capability across the organization.
Reference Number
R-517263
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