Lead Solutions Architect

Wells Fargo • Iselin, NJ

1d • $119,000 - $224,000 • 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 practitioner role involving architecture definition, resolution of complex data and integration challenges, prototype development, and leadership of initiatives from concept through delivery.

The architect contributes to enterprise-scale Finance and Risk programs, including Sub-Ledger Modernization, Corporate Accounting, CIB Capital Markets Accounting, Regulatory Reporting, and Strategic Finance. The position defines current-state, target-state, and transition-state architectures and roadmaps; advances enterprise information architecture and governance; and designs secure, scalable, resilient, highly available solutions across data platforms, applications, APIs, event-driven architectures, cloud/object storage, automation, and AI.

The role provides hands-on technical leadership for assessments, solution reviews, design decisions, and proof-of-concepts. It 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 AI/ML and Agentic AI technologies for finance and reporting use cases. The position also communicates architecture decisions and trade-offs to technical and business stakeholders and contributes to enterprise standards and engineering excellence.

The position offers a hybrid work schedule, and the ability to work in the office is required. The listed Iselin, NJ pay range is $143,000–$224,000, with $183,500 shown as an additional range figure. The broader base pay range is stated as $119,000–$224,000; pay may vary by performance, skills, experience, and work location, and employees may be eligible for incentives.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

• At least 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, including 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; and Technology 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 and identifying practical AI applications for 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 (ARB).
• 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 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, and transition-state architectures and roadmaps; establish reusable patterns, standards, and reference architectures.
• Design secure, scalable, resilient, and highly available solutions across data platforms, applications, APIs, event-driven architectures, cloud/object storage, automation, and AI capabilities.
• Advance enterprise information architecture through Authoritative Data Sources (ADS), 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 across 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 cross-functional regulatory, reporting, and data initiatives.
• Guide Architecture Review Board (ARB) engagements and governance processes, ensuring 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.
• Foster ownership, collaboration, continuous learning, and engineering excellence while contributing to enterprise architecture standards and best practices.
• Follow applicable risk and compliance programs, policies, and procedures; fulfill risk and compliance obligations and escalate and remediate issues appropriately.

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
• Incentive opportunities may be available to eligible employees.

What This Job Offers

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