Collaboration Principal Engineer

Wells Fargo & Company•Iselin, NJ

2d•$159,000 - $305,000

About The Position

About this role: The Workplace Technology organization is seeking a Principal Engineer – Collaboration (L3) to provide deep technical leadership for enterprise collaboration platforms, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft 365 (M365) and Trader Voice capabilities. This role is a senior technical authority responsible for architecture, engineering standards, and complex problem resolution across collaboration and regulated communications platforms that support critical business workflows. This role partners closely with product management, architecture, operations, cyber security, risk, compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure collaboration solutions are secure by design, resilient at scale, compliant with regulatory requirements, and optimized for performance and user experience. The Principal Engineer focuses on the how by translating business, security and regulatory needs into robust technical designs, reference architectures, and implementation patterns that can be executed consistently across the enterprise. Collaboration technology spans Microsoft Teams, Exchange(Online), SharePoint(Online), OneDrive, identity and access integration, voice and conferencing, regulated communications, recording, surveillance, retention, and trader voice platforms supporting front-office and time-sensitive environments. In this role, you will: Serve as the top technical subject matter expert for collaboration and regulated communications platforms, with enterprise-wide impact. Define and maintain reference architectures, engineering standards, and design patterns for M365 (OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Office) collaboration and Trader Voice solutions. Lead the design and resolution of the most complex technical challenges, including resiliency, latency, scalability, and regulatory constraints. Provide hands-on technical guidance for critical initiatives, migrations, and platform enhancements. Ensure security, compliance, recording, surveillance, retention, and evidentiary requirements are embedded into solutions from inception. Partner with Product, Architecture, Cyber Security, Risk, Compliance, and Operations to deliver solutions that balance experience, control, and reliability. Influence platform strategy, vendor roadmaps, and technical investment decisions. Review and approve high-risk or high-impact designs, changes, and exceptions. Act as an escalation point for major incidents, root cause analysis, and long-term corrective actions. Mentor senior engineers, and be the go-to person, set expectations for engineering excellence across the collaboration domain.

Requirements

7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Technology, or a related field (advanced degree preferred).
Demonstrated experience designing and supporting mission-critical platforms used by large, regulated enterprises (50,000+ users preferred).
Experience operating in highly regulated environments, with financial services strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as the top technical subject matter expert for collaboration and regulated communications platforms, with enterprise-wide impact.
Define and maintain reference architectures, engineering standards, and design patterns for M365 (OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Office) collaboration and Trader Voice solutions.
Lead the design and resolution of the most complex technical challenges, including resiliency, latency, scalability, and regulatory constraints.
Provide hands-on technical guidance for critical initiatives, migrations, and platform enhancements.
Ensure security, compliance, recording, surveillance, retention, and evidentiary requirements are embedded into solutions from inception.
Partner with Product, Architecture, Cyber Security, Risk, Compliance, and Operations to deliver solutions that balance experience, control, and reliability.
Influence platform strategy, vendor roadmaps, and technical investment decisions.
Review and approve high-risk or high-impact designs, changes, and exceptions.
Act as an escalation point for major incidents, root cause analysis, and long-term corrective actions.
Mentor senior engineers, and be the go-to person, set expectations for engineering excellence across the collaboration domain.