About this role Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer In this role you will Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence applications network information security database operating systems or web technologies for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise delivering solutions that are long-term large-scale and require vision creativity innovation advanced analytical and inductive thinking Translate advanced technology experience an in-depth knowledge of the organizations tactical and strategic business objectives the enterprise technological environment the organization structure and strategic technological opportunities and requirements into technical engineering solutions Provide vision direction and expertise to leadership on implementing cutting-edge and significant business solutions Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommends innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership Required Qualifications 7 years of Engineering experience or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following work experience training military experience education Desired Qualifications Bachelor s or master s degree in computer science engineering or a related technical field Experience in provisioning operating and maintaining systems running in the cloud environments GCP Azure Deep understanding of microservice architecture cloud-native platforms and infrastructure-as-code Expertise in Ansible CI CD pipelines observability tools e g Prometheus Grafana ELK Datadog and incident management frameworks Familiarity with Enterprise level AI and automation tooling Strong understanding of governance compliance and operational risk management in engineering environments Experience in Generative AI tech like Retrieval-Augmented Generation RAG - design end-to-end pipelines Vector DBs chunking embedding retrieval context injection to ground LLM responses on enterprise knowledge Ability to spot emerging tech trends and drive Proof of Concepts or pilot solutions Must be able to work on multiple projects and consistently meet project deadlines Interpersonal and communication skills able to build rapport and communicate effectively at all levels and across disciplines Ability to own the end-to-end Ai ML lifecycle-design build deploy and maintain scalable agent solutions Embed Generative Ai and Agentic Ai into day-to-day business processes to lift efficiency and employee productivity Strong software development skills particularly in Python with experience working with AI frameworks like LangChain LangGraph Knowledge of ML NLP Information Retrieval Recommender Systems and LLMs Prior knowledge of working with enterprise platforms and building solutions in consideration to enterprise-wide guidelines standards Job Expectations This is critical strategic role as part of I O Automation L3 Product within ITSO This position will be responsible for owning overall architecture and design of Product s 1 application footprint infrastructural and stack 2 complex capabilities 3 posture on governance and risk controls 4 resiliency stability scalability improvements Key expectations from the role include Architecture Design This position is responsible for owning overall architecture and design of 1 Application footprint infrastructural and stack 2 complex capabilities 3 Platforms posture on governance and risk controls 4 resiliency stability and scalability improvements Influence Strategic Pillars Change the Bank The position is critical to lead and drive bank s digital transformational journey leveraging newer technologies like AI Gen AI Predictive Ai Conversational Ai Agentic Ai ML to enable multiple 2025 beyond strategic innovations like Predict prevent infra application failures leveraging historical data insights using Predictive analytics Gen- AI for automated identification resolutions of user infra app issues building standard automation patterns Certificate Renewal Automated incident remediation platform migration to Open Shift New Data Centre integrating with multiple enterprise wide approved platforms technologies Cross-Functional Enablement Acts as a technical bridge between engineering product research and compliance teams ensuring that automation solutions are not only technically sound but also aligned with business goals and regulatory standards Mentors senior engineers and data scientists elevating the technical maturity of the organization and fostering a culture of innovation and responsible AI development The role also plays a key role in removing key architectural bottlenecks of global teams and federated customers by proposing innovative scalable resilient and secure design patterns practices Organizational Scope While the role may not have direct people management responsibilities it exerts broad technical leadership across multiple teams and lines of business Influences the performance and deliverables of cross-functional groups by setting architectural standards defining best practices and guiding long-term AI capability roadmaps Technical Breadth and Depth The role spans multiple advanced domains-automation orchestration conversational generative Agentic AI-each of which demands specialized knowledge Designing scalable reusable solution architectures and pipelines involves navigating trade-offs between performance cost latency and maintainability across diverse environments cloud on-prem hybrid Enterprise Platforms Domain Knowledge This role requires good understanding of operational processes TCM policies Risk Compliance frameworks multiple enterprise platforms tools to propose solutions that can be integrated seamlessly to deliver scalable performant secure business outcomes Emerging and Evolving Technologies The role must continuously evaluate and integrate new tools frameworks and models balancing innovation with enterprise-grade reliability and compliance Cross-Functional Influence The engineer must translate abstract business needs into concrete technical solutions requiring fluency in both technical and non-technical domains Collaboration spans product managers researchers designers compliance officers and executive stakeholders each with different priorities and vocabularies Posting End Date 3 Oct 2025 Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants We Value Equal Opportunity Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status as a protected veteran or any other legally protected characteristic Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs Credit Market Financial Crimes Operational Regulatory Compliance which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues and making sound risk decisions There is emphasis on proactive monitoring governance risk identification and escalation as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates including women persons with disabilities aboriginal peoples and visible minorities Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process Applicants with Disabilities To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo Drug and Alcohol Policy Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements a Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo b Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process

📌 Principal Engineer (Karnataka)
🏢 Wells Fargo
📍 Karnataka