Principal Engineer (AI Engineering)

About this role:

• Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence applications network information security database operating systems or web technologies for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups
• Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise delivering solutions that are long-term large-scale and require vision creativity innovation advanced analytical and inductive thinking
• Translate advanced technology experience an in-depth knowledge of the organizations tactical and strategic business objectives the enterprise technological environment the organization structure and strategic technological opportunities and requirements into technical engineering solutions
• Provide vision direction and expertise to leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions
• Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommends innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization
• Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience coordinating a large-scale technology rollout across multiple business or technology organizations.
• Experience managing adoption operations including user prioritization onboarding access readiness usage monitoring communications and intervention routines.
• Strong analytical capability with experience interpreting adoption utilization delivery and engineering productivity data.
• Ability to define dashboard requirements validate data quality analyze trends and translate findings into leadership decisions.
• Working knowledge of AI-assisted and autonomous engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot Devin Claude Code Cursor or comparable platforms.
• Understanding of software delivery workflows repositories pull requests engineering metrics and common adoption barriers.
• Experience working through a distributed network of engineering leaders champions administrators analysts and vendor partners.
• Strong executive communication skills including concise status reporting decision framing risk escalation and actionable recommendations.
• Proven ability to operate in a large matrixed regulated enterprise with established risk security access and governance requirements.
• Experience with developer productivity frameworks such as DORA SPACE or internal engineering productivity scorecards.
• Experience evaluating relationships between AI tool usage and delivery outcomes such as throughput cycle time quality backlog reduction and pull request completion.
• Familiarity with Power BI Tableau GitHub analytics Jira Azure DevOps or equivalent reporting ecosystems.
• Experience operating a champion network field enablement model community of practice or train-the-trainer program.
• Experience managing software licenses or technology entitlements based on utilization and business value.
• Familiarity with financial management vendor oversight pilot governance or build-versus-buy decisions for engineering tools.
• Experience preparing executive-level updates for CIO COO finance engineering or transformation leadership.
• Prior experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry.

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Pay Range

Posting End Date:

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status as a protected veteran or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit Market Financial Crimes Operational Regulatory Compliance) which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring governance risk identification and escalation as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business units risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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