Principal Engineer, Java, Python & Data Platforms

Wells Fargo

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Charlotte, NC
Salary: $159,000–$254,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Nov 30, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role pays more than 50% of similar roles. Most pay $169,550–$225,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $206k versus about $197k for comparable roles.

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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 15 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Engineer, Java, Python & Data Platforms

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The Principal Engineer – Java, Python & Data Platforms joins the Control Monitor technology team within Corporate & Investment Banking. In this influential role, you will shape the architecture and evolution of a critical supervisory platform supporting regulatory compliance, risk management, and key supervisory workflows. You will drive technical strategy for data ingestion, metadata management, search, and audit capabilities while advancing platform scalability, resiliency, and observability. You will build sustainable solutions to strengthen data reliability and traceability. Required technical skills include hands-on experience with Oracle, SQL Server, Python, Java/Spring, and DevOps tools like Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, Gradle, Jenkins, uDeploy, and Harness. You will also utilize JUnit for automated testing. This role solves complex engineering challenges by translating business and regulatory needs into scalable, production-ready enterprise applications and RESTful APIs.

What does a Engineer earn?

Median $185000 from 238 postings across 60 companies.

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Skills

Python Java Spring Kubernetes Docker OpenShift CI/CD Jenkins Gradle uDeploy Harness Oracle SQL Server JUnit RESTful APIs AutoSys ETL Agile

What you'll do

Shape the architecture and evolution of a critical supervisory platform for regulatory compliance and risk management.
Drive technical strategy for data ingestion, metadata management, search, and audit capabilities.
Advance platform scalability, resiliency, observability, and operational efficiency across the enterprise.
Act as a senior technical advisor to leadership on complex business and technical needs.
Translate strategic business objectives and regulatory requirements into sustainable technical engineering solutions.
Lead the resolution of complex, large-scale technical challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas.
Influence standards and architectural decisions across teams to ensure data reliability and traceability.
Recommend innovations and industry best practices to enhance operations and provide a competitive advantage.

What we're looking for

7+ years of engineering experience through work, training, military experience, or education.
7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience across Oracle, SQL Server, Python, and Java/Spring.
5+ years of DevOps experience with CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, Gradle, Jenkins, uDeploy, and/or Harness.
5+ years of software testing experience, including JUnit and automated testing practices.
5+ years of experience working within Agile software development lifecycle environments.
Demonstrated expertise architecting scalable, resilient, maintainable, and production-ready enterprise applications (preferred).
Experience designing RESTful APIs, enterprise integrations, batch processing, and distributed application solutions (preferred).
Experience with ETL processes, tools, and data integration workflows (preferred).

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