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Principal Python Engineer

Wells Fargo
New York City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Jun 2025
💰 $300,000/yr($144,400/yr$300,000/yr)

About the role

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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Python Engineer in Technology as part of Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking Technology (CCIBT) to drive the analysis, design, and development of risk platform enhancements aligned to the data strategy and target state architecture. This position will take a leadership role in analyzing/interpreting the Data Modernization strategy across impacted disciplines and developing and implementing best-of-class data solutions. Responsibility also includes partnering with Business and Technology in support of formalization of business requirements, translation of business requirements into detailed technical requirements, and participation in Agile-based workstreams via use of Jira.
 
In this role, you will:

  • 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

  • 7+ years of experience with Python development 

  • 7+ years of experience in gathering user requirements, building solutions using Python in Test Driven Development (TDD)

  • 7+ years of experience designing distributed computing frameworks in Python 

  • 7+ years of experience in Relational Databases (SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 or others)   

  • 5+ years of experience with Microservice and Restful API development

  • 5+ years of working with DevOps tools (Git, Jenkins, Automation Deployment toolkits)    

  • 5+ years working in an Agile development environment         


Desired Qualifications:

  • 7+ years with JavaScript development (REACT or Angular) 

  • 7+ years of experience in capital markets, specifically in risk disciplines such as Market and Counterparty Credit Risk    

  • 5+ years of experience with NoSQL DB

  • 3+ years of experience in Cloud Computing (Azure, GCP and/or AWS)  

  • Knowledge and understanding of derivative products, risk management, and data modeling of financial products        

  • Knowledge and understanding of data management for reporting and quantitative analytics      

Job Expectations:

  • Ability to work onsite at one of the posted locations

  • Relocation assistance is not available

Posting Locations:

  • 150 E 42nd St. New York, NY 10017

  • 194 Wood Ave S, Iselin, NJ 08830

Pay Range
 

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