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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Engineer - CAO Technology - **Company:** Wells Fargo - **Location:** Charlotte, NC, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $159,000.0 - $305,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Databases, Data as a Services, Data Warehousing, Software Debugging, Human-Computer Interaction, Java Business Process Management, Python (Programming Language), MapR (Big Data), Microsoft PowerPoint, Reliability Engineering, Power BI, Software Engineering, Tableau (Software), Teradata SQL, Web Application Frameworks, Enterprise Data Management, Data Logging, Google Cloud, Enterprise Software Applications, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Multi-Cloud, Web Technologies, Virtual Agents - **Published:** July 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a267b4d429e4efa4 ## About the Role * 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 experience with solution architecture and application design * 7+ years of financial services industry experience * 7+ years of Java and/or Python experience * 4+ years of experience with cloud computing including migration & deployment * 4+ years of data warehouse experience * 3+ years of UI (User Interface) experience * 3+ years of workflow experience Desired Qualifications: * 3+ years of Financial Industry experience * Experience working with Python and Python frameworks * Experience working with LLM models and prompt engineering * Experience with enterprise data platforms such as Teradata, MapR and Hortonworks * Ability to work effectively in a team environment * Experience with AWS or GCP * Experience with building enterprise applications using Java, Workflow technologies like JBPM, Business Intelligence tools (Tableau, PowerBI) * 5+ years demonstrated ability to successfully navigate and operate across multiple level of the organization * Experience collaborating with key resources and stakeholders, influencing decisions, and managing work to achieve strategic goals * Executive level business acumen in technology/industry best practices and emerging trends * Strong executive presence, facilitation skills, drive for results, attention to quality and detail, and a synergetic attitude * Experience motivating and influencing groups or individuals across organizational boundaries to gain trust and confidence to make timely decisions * Excellent communications, interpersonal, and presentations skills utilizing PowerPoint across technical and non-technical groups * Bachelor's degree and Master of Business Administration (MBA) ## Description The COO Technology group delivers technology solutions for the Chief Operating Office, supporting operations, control executives, strategic execution, business continuity, resiliency, data services, regulatory relations, customer experience, enterprise shared services, supply chain management, and corporate properties. Our mission is to modernize and optimize technology platforms for these critical functions., * 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 * Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs * Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors * Architect and deploy solutions on-premise and on Google Cloud (GCP), ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance * Deliver solutions by leveraging Agentic AI frameworks for the Chief Operating Office (TCOO) * Help drive adoption of enterprise capabilities, tools, and innovation improving availability in a multi-cloud ecosystem by evolving observability, monitoring, logging, synthetic monitoring and chaos engineering * Translate AI engineering knowledge and business requirements into technical engineering solutions Leverage expertise to implement innovative and significant business solutions ## Related Videos - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [The Open-source Java SDK for Multi-Cloud Development - Sandeep Pal](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2113-the-open-source-java-sdk-for-multi-cloud-development-sandeep-pal) - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) - [REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and more: A comparison of modern API styles](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100247-rest-graphql-grpc-and-more-a-comparison-of-modern-api-styles) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How to Answer the Interview Question: “Why Do You Want to Be a Software Engineer?”](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/392-how-to-answer-the-interview-question-why-do-you-want-to-be-a-software-engineer) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Software Engineer Career: Things You Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/143-software-engineer-career-things-you-should-know) - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence)