Hybrid Principal Engineer

at Wells Fargo

• Job title: Principal Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Ansible, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, Grafana, Kubernetes, Linux, Packer, Prometheus, Python, Splunk, Terraform, Unix, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Irving, United States

About the role

• Principal Engineer leading infrastructure provisioning and automation ecosystems at Wells Fargo. Driving automation, mentorship, and collaboration for scalable and robust solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of target state architecture for infrastructure automation, setting standards and patterns for the organization.
• Architect and oversee development of reusable, modular Infrastructure as Code (IaC) components using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Crossplane.
• Define and drive adoption of GitOps driven workflows for automated provisioning, deployment, and lifecycle management of cloud infrastructure.
• Build and scale self-service platform capabilities, empowering developers to manage infrastructure independently through intuitive interfaces and APIs.
• Integrate infrastructure automation with tools such as ArgoCD, Kubernetes, and CI/CD platforms (Tekton, GitHub Actions), streamlining developer experience.
• Review and approve new infrastructure standards, patterns, and practices, ensuring alignment with security, scalability, and reliability goals.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Product Owners, and Principal Engineers to influence product roadmaps and drive adoption of platform engineering solutions.
• Lead support for critical applications and customer journeys, including incident resolution, postmortems, and operational metrics automation (SLO/SLI adherence, error budgets).
• Advise on implementation design, providing strategic direction and expertise to leadership on innovative business solutions.
• Own the full software development lifecycle for platform engineering initiatives, from concept to deployment.
• Stay current on emerging trends in AI, software development, and system architecture, recommending innovations and best practices.
• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
• Contribute to internal forums and communities of practice, advocating for software engineering best practices, including test driven development (TDD) and continuous delivery.

Requirements

• 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 Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience.
• 7+ years experience in software development and delivery.
• In-depth knowledge of enterprise infrastructure technologies, including virtualization, networking, storage, and security.
• 5+ years supporting enterprise-level complex applications and platforms.
• 5+ years of experience with Terraform, Ansible, Crossplane, or similar IaC tools.
• 5+ years of engineering and support experience on Linux/Unix and Windows servers.
• 5+ years designing and building observability solutions (Splunk, Grafana, Elastic, AppDynamics, Prometheus).
• 3+ years of experience with GitOps principles and tools (ArgoCD, Tekton, GitHub Actions).
• 3+ years of experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs (Golang, Python) and integrating infrastructure automation into platform services.
• 3+ years of experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• 2+ years of experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and hybrid cloud platforms.
• Expertise in designing complex, distributed, and scalable enterprise level applications.
• Familiarity with developer portals (e.g., Backstage) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).
• Exposure to image management tools like Packer or Image Builder.
• Background in building platform engineering solutions supporting cloud-native development and service ownership.
• Strong technical communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• A developer-first mindset with a passion for reducing friction and improving engineering productivity.

Benefits

• This position requires the ability to work in an in-office hybrid environment.
• This position is not available for Visa sponsorship.
• This position does not have relocation allowance.