Automation Principal Engineer

Wells Fargo•Concord, CA

3d•$159,000 - $305,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer for Network Automation and Software Development. The role’s skills are critical to building and delivering a successful plan and service offering that takes the organization to its target state. The position advises leadership on technology for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups, and leads resolution of complex challenges across multiple areas or the enterprise. It translates business objectives, technical knowledge, and strategic opportunities into engineering solutions; tracks industry practices and technologies; recommends innovations; and engages with professionals and managers across the enterprise. The role follows a hybrid in-office schedule and may involve travel. Visa sponsorship is not available. The posted base pay range is $159,000 to $305,000; pay may vary based on factors including performance, skills, experience, and work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.

Requirements

7+ years of Network Engineering or Network Operations experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or a combination.
5+ years of Software Development or Network Automation experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or a combination.
5+ years of technical documentation experience.
5+ years of programming and scripting skills, such as Python, Go, Django, Perl, Ansible, or Terraform.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in a principal, architect, or senior engineer capacity.
Relevant certifications, such as CCIE Automation or JNCIE.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another related area of study.
Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes), Helm, Harness, other package managers, or AI-driven CI/CD frameworks.
Experience with Temporal, Celery, or other workflow or runtime execution environments.
Demonstrable software development experience in Python, Go, or .NET.
API experience, including Restconf, Netconf, Swagger, or API-based integration.
Observability experience with gRPC, flow data, logging, Grafana, ELK, or Prometheus.
Experience with information security and risk management, including policy and standards, security assessments, security best practices, and mitigation solution design and implementation.
Strategic planning experience translating leadership vision into executable strategies and initiatives.
Financial Services experience.
Strong leadership skills.

Responsibilities

Advise leadership on applications, network, information security, database, operating systems, or web technologies for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups.
Lead strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges, delivering long-term, large-scale solutions that require vision, creativity, innovation, and advanced analytical and inductive thinking.
Translate technology experience, knowledge of business objectives and the enterprise technology environment, organizational structure, and strategic technology opportunities and requirements into technical engineering solutions.
Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies, and recommend innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage.
Strategically engage with professionals and managers at all levels across the enterprise.
Fulfill applicable risk and compliance obligations, follow Wells Fargo policies and procedures, and support proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification, escalation, and sound risk decisions.