Principal Engineer - Global Payments & Liquidity Treasury Technology

Wells Fargo•Boston, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer to be part of the Global Payments & Liquidity Treasury Technology organization helping to drive delivery of critical technology initiatives leveraging AI to accelerate delivery. The ideal candidate will have expertise in architecting, designing and implementing solutions that promote reusability, scalability, efficiency, and resiliency and possess strong communication skills to articulate the proposed solutions with both technical and business partners, and will have strong and proven hands-on experience leveraging AI-enabled code-generation tools at scale. This role will enable the candidate to work across a horizontal set of payment products helping set payment standards across the board and aligning the strategy towards omni channel, unified payment workflows. The ideal candidate will collaborate across Technology, Platform Support and Business partners focusing on strategic vision, AI solutions and optimization of redundant payment systems. Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com

Requirements

7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
7+ years of experience
Strong understanding of Service-Oriented and microservices architectures and user Interface design
7+ years' experience in software development using modern technologies including Java, relational and non-relational databases, messaging, distributed caching, OpenShift containers, Python, and other relevant technologies
7+ years of experience with the agile development methodologies, CICD pipelines and version control systems such as GIT
3+ years of AI and ML concepts, including deep learning, natural language processing, Ai-enabled code generation

Nice To Haves

Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
Must be able to work on multiple projects in virtual environment where key team members and partners are in various time zones and locations
Ability to take initiative, identify opportunities and implement change
Proficient in monitoring and observability tools like Splunk and Grafana
Strong understanding of middleware and application server concepts like Integration, Transactions and XA transaction, Security, Connection pooling, Load balancing and Messaging; clustered server environment and familiar with system performance related tasks
Must have excellent communications and teamwork skills, be self-directed, self-motivated, committed, and a quick learner
Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues
Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with cross functional teams
Experience with Payment Systems – ACH, and/or Wires strongly preferred
Knowledge of Chatbots, Transformer models, SWE-Bench is preferred
Certifications in AI, machine learning or a related field
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, artificial intelligence or a related field

Responsibilities

Assist development team of experienced engineers with moderate complexity and risk, responsible for building high quality capabilities with modern technology
Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release
Partner with, engage and influence architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture and enable application migration paths to target architecture
Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning
Identify and recommend opportunities for driving escalated resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
Determine appropriate strategy and actions to act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to meet moderate to high risk deliverables and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement
Build engineering skills side-by-side in the codebase, conduct peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction, and guide design, as needed
Interpret, develop, and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
Collaborate with, partner with and influence Product Managers/Product Owners to drive user satisfaction, influence technology requirements and priorities in the product roadmap, promote innovative and intelligent solutions, generate corporate value and articulate technical strategy while being a solid advocate of agile and DevOps practices
Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers
Identify AI solutions and strategies for speed to market and optimized payment solutions
Design, develop, and deploy AI applications using Enterprise APIs, LLM's, agent frameworks, and other related technologies
Collaborate with enterprise teams to integrate LLM models with the existing products and systems
Develop and maintain large scale applications using Java, Python, OpenShift containers, and other relevant technologies
Stay up to date with the latest advancements in AI, LLM second agentic frameworks and apply this knowledge to improve existing systems and develop new ones
Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to applications and models