Principal Engineer (Employee Compliance Technology)

Wells Fargo

Closes tomorrow Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Charlotte, NC
Salary: $159,000–$305,000 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Closes: Jun 5, 2026 (soon)
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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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

Wells Fargo currently has 62 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Engineer (Employee Compliance Technology)

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Wells Fargo is hiring a Principal Engineer for its Employee Compliance Technology team within the Enterprise Functions Technology (EFT) organization, focusing on developing large-scale systems that support risk management and employee compliance controls. This senior engineering role involves hands-on coding, troubleshooting complex issues, and delivering practical solutions using Java and React, with growing emphasis on modern AI tools like agent development and prompt engineering. The Principal Engineer will also guide technical direction by influencing solution design and promoting best practices across the organization while mentoring engineers through real-world problem-solving scenarios. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in financial services, presenting technology strategies to C-level executives, and delivering cloud-native solutions, with preferred knowledge of Google Cloud Compute or Microsoft Azure and familiarity with Wells Fargo’s Risk Technology ecosystem and application management processes.

Skills

Java React AI GCP Azure Wells Fargo Risk Technology ecosystem CI/CD Python JavaScript Kubernetes Docker PostgreSQL MySQL Git Jenkins Prometheus Grafana AWS

What you'll do

Design and implement large-scale systems to support risk management and employee compliance controls.
Troubleshoot complex technical issues and resolve problems directly within the codebase.
Guide solution design and drive key engineering decisions, promoting best practices across the organization.
Mentor engineers through real-world problem solving and provide coaching on technology solutions.
Utilize modern AI tools for prompt engineering and model integration in developing innovative solutions.
Deliver cloud-native solutions using Java full stack development and emerging technologies.

What we're looking for

7+ years of experience architecting, designing, and delivering large-scale solutions
4+ years in the Financial Services industry with a focus on risk management
Proven ability to present technology strategies to C-level executives and large audiences
Expertise in Java full stack development and modern AI tooling including agentic development
Experience with cloud-native and cloud-ready solution delivery, preferably using GCP or Azure
Strong hands-on coding skills for resolving complex technical issues and delivering working solutions
Leadership experience in mentoring engineers and promoting best practices within a matrixed organization

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