Principal Engineer - Agentic AI Automation Solutions

About this role:

At Wells Fargo, we are looking for talented people who will put our customers at the center of everything we do. Help us build a better Wells Fargo. It all begins with outstanding talent. It all begins with you.
 

Wells Fargo is seeking a visionary and hands-on Principal Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of Agentic AI Automation Solutions in Digital Solutions team from Digital Technology and Innovation organization. This role requires a deep understanding of AI agent frameworks, orchestration patterns, and enterprise-scale automation solutions. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker and technical leader who thrives in a collaborative environment and can operate with minimal oversight.

Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com.

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

• 5+ years’ experience with GKE expertise

• 5+ years’ experience with Infrastructure as code (IaC) implementation using Terraform, Cross plane or any other industry equivalent solutions

• 5+ years’ experience with OpenShift Container Platform and/or Google Cloud Platform, and/or Microsoft Azure hands on experience

• 5+ years’ experience with enterprise grade automation solutions design and implementation experience using tools such as Ansible, Harness CD, GitHub Actions, Playwright etc.

• 2+ years of experience with AI, Gen AI, Agentic automation solutions design and development

• 2+ years of experience building full stack Agentic AI Automations (from chat experiences to muti-agent systems) using Agentic AI Frameworks like LangGraph, Crew AI, Microsoft AutoGen, LangChain, Chainlit or the likes

• Exposure to Google Cloud Platform: Vertex AI, Agentspace, MCP, A2A exposure

Desired Qualifications:

• Hands on programming and/or scripting experience in one or more of the following: Java, Python, Shell scripting etc.

• Cloud certifications preferred: Generative AI Leader

• Deep understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, vector databases, and orchestration tools

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects with limited supervision and high accountability

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
   

Job Expectations:

• Work from core locations at least 3 days a week

• Willing to travel as needed for business purposes

• Relocation assistance is not available for this position

Locations:

• 1755 Grant St., Concord, CA

• 333 Market Street, San Francisco, CA

Pay Range:

For CA locations only: $144,400.00- $300,000.00 USD Annual

Benefits:

• Information about Wells Fargo's US employee benefits

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