Principal Engineer, Java Full Stack

Wells Fargo

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Closes in 7 days Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type: Hybrid
Location: Irving, TXIselin, NJ
Salary: $159,000–$305,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 5 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Nov 11, 2026 (soon)
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 28 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $159,000–$254,000 across 11 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Engineer, Java Full Stack

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The Principal Engineer - Java Full Stack joins the Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking Technology team to support Payment Solutions, Capital Markets Services, Wholesale Digitization, and International Technology. This role leads end-to-end technology solution delivery for commercial lending products, specifically focusing on loan origination, servicing, and delivery. Key responsibilities include making architecture decisions, conducting code reviews, leading scrum teams, and performing proof of concepts to drive innovation. The candidate must possess expertise in Java 17+, Spring Boot 3.x, Spring Security, Spring Cloud, Hibernate, JPA, Python, Scala, REST APIs, and Microservices Architecture, alongside front-end skills in Angular 16, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery, and AJAX. Technical requirements also include Teradata, Unix, SQL, Oracle, and BigQuery. The role solves complex business needs by implementing scalable, secure, and high-performance financial technology solutions.

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Median $189760 from 40 postings across 18 companies.

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Skills

Java Spring Boot Spring Security Spring Cloud Hibernate JPA Python Scala REST APIs Microservices Architecture Angular JavaScript HTML5 CSS3 Bootstrap jQuery AJAX Teradata Unix BigQuery Oracle SQL Server SQL AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Docker Kubernetes OpenShift Kafka Jenkins GitHub Actions Maven Gradle SonarQube Ansible Shell Scripting F5 AVI Tomcat JBoss WebSphere Apache Spark Ab Initio Informatica DataStage Agile

What you'll do

Lead end-to-end technology solution delivery for commercial lending products including loan origination and servicing.
Act as a technical advisor to leadership to design solutions for complex business needs.
Design and code solutions to resolve highly complex and unique enterprise-wide technical challenges.
Translate strategic business objectives into technical engineering solutions and product roadmaps.
Provide architecture guidance and conduct extensive code reviews for development teams.
Conduct Proof of Concepts with new technologies to enable innovation and thought leadership.
Leverage AI, automation, and data engineering capabilities to improve business outcomes.
Drive improvements for platform stability and performance by addressing technical debt and operational efficiency.

What we're looking for

7+ years of engineering experience or equivalent through work, training, or military experience.
7+ years of experience in Java 17+, Spring Boot 3.x, Spring Security, Spring Cloud, Hibernate, JPA, Python, Scala REST APIs, and Microservices Architecture.
7+ years of experience with Angular 16, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery, and AJAX.
3+ years of Teradata and Unix experience.
2+ years of AI technology implementation experience.
2+ years of experience in Agile environments.
2+ years of experience with Teradata Utilities, Load/Unload processes, BigQuery, and database experience with Oracle, Teradata, SQL Server, and relational database design.
2+ years of SQL development and performance tuning skills.
2+ years of Microsoft Excel skills utilizing Power Query.
Experience with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Kafka, and event-driven architecture (preferred).
Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Maven, Gradle, SonarQube, Ansible, Shell Scripting, F5, AVI, and infrastructure automation (preferred).
Experience deploying applications on Tomcat, JBoss, and WebSphere (preferred).
Strong understanding of MVC architecture, J2EE design patterns, and enterprise application design (preferred).
Experience with Apache Spark, ETL technologies, and enterprise data engineering or AI-driven automation (preferred).
Experience in financial services or large-scale enterprise technology environments (preferred).