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Wells Fargo

Automation Principal Engineer

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Principal network automation engineer building advanced infrastructure workflows, software integrations, and deployment pipelines.

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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer for Network Automation and Software development. The skills for this position are critical to build and deliver a successful plan and service offering taking the organization to the target state.


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, in-depth knowledge of the organizations tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, organization structure, and strategic technological opportunities and requirements into technical engineering solutions
  • Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies, and recommend innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization
  • Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise


Required Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of Network Engineering / Network Operations experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience.
  • 5+ years of Software Development / Network Automation experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience.
  • 5+ years of technical documentation experience
  • 5+ years of programming and scripting skills: e.g. Python, Go, Django, Perl, Ansible, Terraform

Desired Qualifications:

  • Prior experience in a principal, architect, or senior engineer capacity preferred
  • Relevant certifications (e.g CCIE Automation, JNCIE) preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other related area of study
  • Containers (docker, Kubernetes), Helm, Harness, and other package managers or AI driven CICD frameworks.
  • Temporal, Celery and other workflow or runtime execution environments.
  • Demonstrable Software development in Python, Go, .net
  • API experience: Restconf, Netconf, Swagger, API based integration
  • Observability: gRPC, flow data, logging, Grafana, ELK, Prometheus
  • Experience with information security and risk management including policy and standards, information security assessments, security best practices, and mitigation solution design and implementation
  • Strategic planning experience in translating leadership vision into executable strategies and initiatives
  • Financial Services experience
  • Strong leadership skills


Job Expectations:

  • No visa sponsorship
  • Hybrid in-office schedule
  • Potential travel


Pay Range


Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities. $159,000.00 - $305,000.00

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

  • 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

Posting End Date:

6 Oct 2026

*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 unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

How we rate this

Automation Principal Engineer at Wells Fargo rates 35 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

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  1. Tell me about a project where network automation was part of your work. What did you do?
  2. Tell me about a project where software development was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where network engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where ci/cd was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Tell me about a project where api integration was part of your work. What did you do?

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