Wells Fargo is hiring a Principal Engineer to join its Commercial Corporate & Investment Bank Technology team, focusing on architecting and building the next-generation Strategic Trade Management platform for Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities (FICC) and Derivatives businesses. This role involves designing and delivering production-grade microservices using Java, gRPC, Python/FastAPI, service mesh, and reactive architectures to modernize trade lifecycle capabilities at enterprise scale. The Principal Engineer will work closely with trading desks, quant teams, and senior leadership to integrate agentic AI-augmented workflows, ensuring low-latency execution for complex derivatives while maintaining strict non-functional requirements. Key skills include extensive experience in FICC Trade Life Cycle, high-performance stacks like Java and Python, distributed systems such as gRPC and service mesh, and cloud-native deployment on hybrid environments.
Design, code, and deliver production-grade microservices using Java, gRPC, Python/FastAPI, and service mesh.
Engineer sub-millisecond trade processing paths for rates, credit, FX, and commodities with strict NFRs.
Lead the modernization of legacy monolithic systems to cloud-native architectures with embedded agentic intelligence.
Partner across Trading, Quant, Risk, Operations, and Compliance to translate complex business needs into scalable tech solutions.
Mentor senior engineers and establish best practices for secure, observable, and testable code in Capital Markets Technology.
What we're looking for
4+ years of principal or lead architect experience in global Capital Markets
Deep domain knowledge in FICC trade lifecycle including capture, valuation models, and event management
Proven mastery of Java (concurrency, JVM tuning) and Python (FastAPI, data science libraries)
Extensive experience with gRPC, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), and high-performance messaging protocols
Hands-on expertise in designing, coding, and delivering production-grade microservices
Leadership in modernizing legacy systems to cloud-native architectures with embedded AI intelligence
Market check
Salary context
This
$159,000–$305,000
range sits above
76%
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Peer median band
$145,838–$225,550
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$151,837–$232,000
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About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is one of the largest banks in the United States, providing banking, investment, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance products and services nationwide. Industry: Banking & Financial Services
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