This role pays more than
57%
of similar roles. Most pay
$156,920–$217,525
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$206k
versus about
$187k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
39 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$159,000–$254,000
across 24 roles with salary data.
Principal Systems Architect - Application Security serves as a senior technical leader responsible for shaping secure software development across the enterprise. The role involves advising leadership on security strategy, defining architecture standards, and driving secure-by-design practices for modern application platforms. Key responsibilities include performing threat modeling, risk assessments, and leading initiatives related to software supply chain security, DevSecOps pipelines, and secure AI adoption. The candidate will evaluate technologies through prototyping and automation while mentoring engineers to foster technical excellence. Required skills include expertise in cloud-native security, API security, SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets detection, infrastructure-as-code, and container security. The role addresses the complex challenge of securing distributed architectures, open-source software, and emerging AI-enabled systems within a large financial institution by translating technical hurdles into scalable architecture patterns and enterprise-wide security requirements.