Principal Engineer - Data / GCP

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking aPrincipal Engineer
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:

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

Desired Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in Data Architecture & Engineering Expertise Proven experience designing and building distributed data pipelines, including both streaming and batch workflows, to support large-scale analytics and enterprise data needs.
• Enterprise Data Platforms - Deep hands-on experience with enterprise data warehouses architectures, along with the design and optimization, handling high-volume, complex datasets.
• Strong experience working in Teradata, GCP-Cloud transformation and implementation, well versed with BigQuery.
• Experience in cloud Migration from Teradata to GCP.
• Experience working with Abinitio, Informatica ETL Tools or equivalent, Teradata, Google BigQuery.
• Well versed with Data Warehousing methodologies, dimensional modelling, Tuning.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Partner with Enterprise cloud platform, CI/CD pipelines, platform teams, architects, engineering managers and the developer community.
• Partner with the architects & data leaders in coming up with cloud migration path.
• Design and do POCs on cloud platforms for various use cases.
• Evaluate and share the progress on cloud transition on a regular periodic basis.
• Stay on top of the enterprise cloud strategy.
• Business & Strategy Alignment Strong understanding of business goals with the ability to translate strategy into long-term, scalable technical roadmaps that drive measurable outcomes.
• Engineering Excellence Demonstrated commitment to quality, security and reliability, with a focus on building resilient, maintainable, and compliant systems.
• Execution & Ownership Proven ability to own and deliver critical data initiatives end-to-end, from concept and architecture through production deployment and ongoing optimization.
• Data Modeling Skills Strong data modeling expertise supporting analytical, reporting, and insight-driven use cases at enterprise scale.
• Ability to define and enforce engineering standards, reference architectures, and best practices across teams
• Demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring engineers, driving design reviews, and influencing cross-team technical direction.

Job Expectations:

• Technical Leadership & Ownership - Serve as the highest-level hands-on technical leader for Consumer data teams, setting technical direction and standards.
• Strategic Thinking & Business Alignment Partner with Product, Engineering Management and Operations.
• Anticipate and resolve architectural and systemic issues.
• Act as a technical integrator across products, platforms across consumer data Teams
• Own end-to-end technical outcomes for complex, business-critical initiatives
• Execution Excellence Lead execution of high-risk initiatives.
• Break down complex problems into actionable technical plans Ensure disciplined execution while maintaining delivery velocity.
• Step in decisively during critical incidents or escalations.
• Communication & Influence Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and concisely.
• Write high-quality design documents and technical proposals, Present technical strategy and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Build trust through transparency, consistency, and strong follow-through.

Posting End Date:
14 Feb 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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