Principal Engineer, Engineering Enablement

Wells Fargo

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Work type
On-site
Location
Charlotte, NC
Posted
3 days ago
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Sep 18, 2026 (soon)

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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 55 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Engineer, Engineering Enablement

Principal Engineer - Engineering Enablement joins the Chief Development Experience Office to provide enterprise technical leadership for developer platforms and software delivery within the Cybersecurity domain. This role focuses on establishing engineering standards, scaling reusable automation, and improving developer experience by creating paved roads for cloud, container, and hybrid environments. You will build CI/CD components, pipeline templates, and self-service workflows while embedding security into delivery through automated testing and policy enforcement. Key responsibilities include advising senior leaders on DevOps strategy, modernizing manual processes using GitOps and infrastructure-as-code, and integrating AI-assisted engineering tools like GitHub Copilot. Required skills include proficiency in Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript, along with experience in GitHub Actions, OpenShift, and major cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform to solve complex delivery risks and improve reliability across the portfolio.

What does a Engineer earn?

Median $185000 from 256 postings across 54 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Advise senior leaders on DevOps strategy, developer platform direction, engineering priorities, and investment tradeoffs.
  • Define enterprise standards for source control, trunk-based development, CI/CD, observability, and operational readiness.
  • Architect and build reusable CI/CD components, pipeline templates, and self-service workflows for cloud and hybrid environments.
  • Embed security and compliance into delivery workflows through automated testing, policy enforcement, and artifact integrity.
  • Modernize manual processes using infrastructure-as-code, GitOps, and progressive delivery patterns.
  • Improve developer experience by reducing repetitive work and replacing ticket-driven processes with secure self-service tools.
  • Use engineering metrics and developer feedback to identify bottlenecks and improve delivery performance.
  • Evaluate and integrate AI-assisted development tools while ensuring compliance with security and ethical standards.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of engineering experience or equivalent through work, training, military service, or education.
  • 7+ years designing, building, or leading DevOps or platform engineering capabilities.
  • 5+ years defining technical strategy, target-state architecture, standards, or transformation roadmaps in complex environments.
  • 5+ years architecting or engineering reusable CI/CD, policy-as-code, GitOps, developer self-service, or internal developer platform capabilities.
  • 5+ years of software development, scripting, or automation using Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or comparable languages.
  • 5+ years working with cloud, container, or hybrid platforms including Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Hands-on experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, artifact repositories, CI/CD orchestration, infrastructure-as-code, and GitOps tooling.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams while resolving complex enterprise technology challenges.

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