Principal Engineer

Wells Fargo

Closes in 5 days Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Chandler, AZIrving, TXColumbus, OHCharlotte, NCIselin, NJ
Salary: $159,000–$305,000 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Closes: Jul 3, 2026 (soon)
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $232k

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This role pays more than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $162,039–$217,773 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $232k versus about $190k 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 65 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $140,375–$224,000 across 32 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Engineer

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Wells Fargo is hiring a Principal Engineer to drive application simplification by creating frameworks for efficient data center migration, defining tools to prevent issues proactively, and providing analysis and recommendations during incidents. This role involves leading the resolution of complex challenges across multiple enterprise areas, requiring advanced analytical skills and creativity. The engineer will engage with professionals at all levels and serve as an expert advisor to leadership. Ideal candidates have over five years of experience in technology operations, Kubernetes (preferably Red Hat/OpenShift), and programming languages like Java or Python. They should also possess expertise in AI automation, cloud technologies, distributed systems design, and configuration management tools such as Ansible or Terraform. The role focuses on large-scale enterprise solutions and strategic problem-solving within the context of Wells Fargo’s extensive IT infrastructure.

Skills

Kubernetes Python Java C# CI/CD Terraform Puppet Chef Ansible Linux Windows Server Docker Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Red_Hat_OpenShift AWS Azure Google_Cloud_Pods SLOs_SLIs

What you'll do

Lead the creation of frameworks to simplify application migration in data centers.
Define tools and processes to proactively identify and prevent technical issues.
Provide analysis and recommendations for both proactive and reactive incident resolution.
Engage with enterprise professionals at all levels, serving as an expert advisor.
Design and implement long-term, large-scale solutions requiring advanced analytical skills.
Strategically engage in defining service level objectives and indicators (SLOs/SLIs).

What we're looking for

5+ years of experience in technology operations, including networking and systems administration.
Proficient in Kubernetes fundamentals and advanced concepts (Red Hat/OpenShift preferred).
Strong programming skills in Java, C#, Python or similar languages.
At least 1 year of experience with AI and automation engineering, including CI/CD pipelines.
Expertise in designing, monitoring, and troubleshooting distributed systems.
Experience defining service level objectives (SLOs) and indicators (SLIs).

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