Wells Fargo

Principal Engineer (AI Engineering)

Wells Fargo$159K — $305K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of engineering experience or equivalent through work, training, military, or education.
  • Proven experience coordinating large-scale technology rollouts across multiple organizations.
  • Strong analytical skills with expertise in interpreting engineering productivity data.
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code.
  • Experience with developer productivity frameworks such as DORA or SPACE.

Responsibilities

  • Advise leadership on technology applications for complex business and technical needs.
  • Lead strategy and solutions for complex challenges across the enterprise.
  • Translate technological objectives into effective engineering solutions.
  • Provide innovative business solution guidance to leadership.
  • Stay updated on industry best practices and recommend enhancements.

Benefits

  • Health benefits
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid time off
  • Disability benefits
  • Life and critical illness insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Commuter benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement
Full Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer (AI Engineering Productivity & Enablement) within Technology as part of COO (Chief Operating Office) Technology's Engineering Productivity & AI Adoption organization. In this highly visible role, you will lead the adoption and operational execution of AI-powered engineering tools across the enterprise, helping technology teams increase productivity, accelerate software delivery, and realize measurable business value. Partnering with engineering leaders, technical champions, platform teams, and analytics partners, you will drive enablement, adoption strategy, performance insights, and continuous optimization across solutions such as GitHub Copilot, Devin, Claude Code, and Cursor.

Success in this role requires a blend of technology transformation leadership, operational excellence, and data-driven decision making. You will leverage adoption and engineering productivity metrics to inform investment decisions, identify opportunities to improve outcomes, and scale proven AI engineering practices that enhance how software is built across the organization.


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


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


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 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:

24 Sep 2026

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

About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo Careers

Joining Wells Fargo means becoming part of a distinguished financial institution that has been a cornerstone of innovation and leadership in the banking industry. At Wells Fargo, we offer a plethora of job opportunities designed to empower your career growth and development in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Work You’ll Do

At Wells Fargo, you will be part of a team that values diversity and is committed to fostering an inclusive culture. We are looking for professionals who are eager to drive innovation and lead with integrity. Our employees are our greatest asset, and we invest in their professional growth through comprehensive leadership and diversity training programs that are recognized industry-wide.

Explore a Multitude of Career Paths

Whether you're interested in a position in finance, IT, customer service, or management, Wells Fargo has career opportunities in various fields. Our team members benefit from job stability, competitive benefits, and a culture that values and rewards performance and dedication.

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Kickstart your career with a Wells Fargo internship. Our programs provide invaluable industry exposure, professional skills development, and networking opportunities that often lead to full-time employment offers. Interns at Wells Fargo work on real projects, solve actual challenges, and gain the mentorship of seasoned professionals.

Professional Growth and Development

We believe in nurturing the potential of our employees. Wells Fargo offers robust training programs and resources to help every team member excel in their current roles and prepare for future challenges. Growth at Wells Fargo is not just about climbing the career ladder but expanding your skills and expertise to add value to our team and customers.

Benefits and Rewards

Wells Fargo is committed to the well-being of our team members. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes health care, retirement plans, and generous paid time off. Additionally, we provide unique perks like employee discounts, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement.

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Step into a role at Wells Fargo where your skills will be honed, your achievements recognized, and your career can flourish. We're not just filling positions; we're building leaders who are equipped to navigate the complexities of the financial world. Join Wells Fargo today and be part of a team that’s redefining the future of banking.
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