Lead Solutions Architect

Wells Fargo Bank • Charlotte, NC

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a hands-on Lead Solutions Architect to drive architecture and solution delivery across Finance and Risk initiatives. The role partners with architects, data partners, technology leaders, and engineering teams to design and implement modern data, application, and AI-driven solutions. It is a hands-on practitioner position focused on defining architecture, resolving complex data and integration challenges, developing prototypes, and leading initiatives from concept through delivery.

The architect will lead enterprise-scale Finance and Risk initiatives and contribute to end-to-end architecture for strategic programs including Sub-Ledger Modernization, Corporate Accounting, CIB Capital Markets Accounting, Regulatory Reporting, and Strategic Finance. The role defines current-state, target-state, transition-state, and roadmap architectures, and establishes reusable patterns, standards, and reference architectures. Solutions span data platforms, applications, APIs, event-driven architectures, cloud and object storage, automation, and AI capabilities, with an emphasis on security, scalability, resilience, and availability.

The position advances enterprise information architecture through authoritative data sources, data products, governance, lineage, reconciliation, auditability, and accounting event models. It leads architecture assessments, solution reviews, technical design decisions, and proof-of-concepts, while providing hands-on technical leadership from ideation through implementation. The architect collaborates across Finance, Risk, Data Management, Regulatory Reporting, Engineering, Technology Strategy, and Enterprise Architecture; guides Architecture Review Board engagements; identifies risks, anti-patterns, technical debt, and modernization opportunities; and evaluates emerging technologies, including AI/ML and Agentic AI. The role communicates architecture vision and trade-offs to stakeholders and contributes to enterprise architecture standards and engineering excellence.

The position is hybrid, with work in the Iselin, New Jersey office required. The stated pay range is $143,000–$183,500–$224,000; the posting also separately lists $119,000–$224,000. Pay may vary based on factors including performance, skills, experience, and work location, and employees may be eligible for incentive opportunities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, education, or a combination of these.
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience, with emphasis on scalable systems architecture.

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of Finance domain experience in Corporate Accounting, Regulatory Reporting, Investment Portfolio, or a closely related area.
• Hands-on capability in solution architecture, data design, integration patterns, architecture modeling, and rapid prototyping.
• Strong communication, presentation, stakeholder management, analytical problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering complex enterprise solutions spanning data, applications, integrations, cloud platforms, APIs, event-driven architectures, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Understanding of Finance domain functions such as Corporate Accounting; General Ledger and Sub-Ledger Processing; Regulatory Reporting (FR Y-9C, CCAR, FFIEC, Broker Dealer); Product Control and Capital Markets Accounting; Legal Entity and Financial Reporting Technology; and Financial Management and Strategic Finance initiatives.
• Extensive experience with modern data architecture concepts.
• Experience modernizing finance platforms through API-led, event-driven, cloud-native, and data-centric architectural patterns.
• Hands-on experience leveraging modern AI technologies.
• Ability to identify practical applications of AI to improve finance processes, regulatory reporting, accounting controls, reconciliations, data quality, and operational efficiency.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable technology solutions while balancing risk, control, and delivery considerations.
• Experience presenting architecture recommendations and design decisions to senior technology leaders, business executives, and Architecture Review Boards.
• Self-starter with ownership, intellectual curiosity, and execution focus; able to navigate ambiguity, drive alignment, and deliver results with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and implementation of complex, enterprise-scale Finance and Risk initiatives with broad organizational impact.
• Contribute to end-to-end architecture for strategic programs, including Sub-Ledger Modernization, Corporate Accounting, CIB Capital Markets Accounting, Regulatory Reporting, and Strategic Finance capabilities.
• Define and maintain current-state, target-state, transition-state, and roadmap architectures, and establish reusable patterns, standards, and reference architectures.
• Design secure, scalable, resilient, and highly available solutions across data platforms, applications, APIs, event-driven architectures, cloud and object storage, automation, and AI capabilities.
• Advance enterprise information architecture through authoritative data sources, data products, governance, lineage, reconciliation, auditability, and accounting event models.
• Lead architecture assessments, solution reviews, technical design decisions, and proof-of-concepts, providing hands-on technical leadership from ideation through implementation.
• Partner with Finance, Risk, Data Management, Regulatory Reporting, Engineering, Technology Strategy, and Enterprise Architecture to align solutions and drive execution.
• Apply understanding of Finance and Risk architectures to support cross-functional regulatory, reporting, and data initiatives.
• Guide Architecture Review Board engagements and governance processes to ensure alignment with enterprise standards, policies, and strategic technology direction.
• Identify architectural risks, anti-patterns, technical debt, and modernization opportunities, and drive remediation strategies.
• Evaluate and apply emerging technologies, including AI/ML and Agentic AI, to improve accounting, financial reporting, controls, reconciliations, data quality, and operational efficiency.
• Communicate architecture vision, decisions, and trade-offs to senior leadership, architects, engineers, and business stakeholders.
• Contribute to enterprise architecture standards and best practices while fostering ownership, collaboration, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.
• Follow applicable risk programs, Wells Fargo policies and procedures, and risk and compliance obligations; escalate and remediate issues and make sound risk decisions.

Benefits

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement
• Employees may be eligible for incentive opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed