Principle Engineer - rates and cross asset electronic trading platforms

Principal Engineer In Technology

Wells Fargo is seeking a Principal Engineer in technology as part of Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking Technology (CCIBT). Wells Fargo Securities (WFS) is the Capital Markets and Investment Banking division of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Within Institutional Investor Services, Electronic Trading Technology delivers scalable, resilient, and low‑latency platforms supporting cross‑asset trading strategies.

We are seeking a Principal Engineer to join the Electronic Trading organization, focused on Rates and cross‑asset electronic trading platforms. This role is a hands‑on individual contributor and technical authority, responsible for the design, evolution, and modernization of highly complex electronic trading systems.

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
• 7+ years of electronic trading experience within capital markets, with deep exposure to Rates or Fixed Income e‑trading platforms
• 7+ years of experience designing and building high‑performance, low‑latency trading systems, including pricing, RFQ/RFS, order management, market data, and execution workflows
• 7+ years of hands‑on experience with Java in performance‑critical systems (with exposure to Python and/or C++ as applicable)

Desired

Qualifications:

• Deep experience with FIX protocol, ECN connectivity, market data feeds, and exchange/broker integrations
• Proven ability to operate as an individual contributor technical lead, owning architecture and influencing multiple engineering teams
• Strong experience partnering directly with traders, product teams, and business stakeholders to resolve complex production and performance issues
• Expertise in low‑latency and real‑time system design, including JVM tuning, GC optimization, threading models, memory management, and performance profiling
• Strong understanding of electronic market making, algo trading, SOR/EMS platforms, and internalization models
• Working knowledge of OMS, CLOB, and post‑trade processing flows
• Familiarity with quantitative modeling concepts and analytics used in electronic trading
• Experience with regression and performance test automation frameworks
• Advanced knowledge of capital markets business processes and trade lifecycle
• Strong understanding and practical application of Agile and Dev Ops practices
• Experience integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) in enterprise environments, with emphasis on governance, traceability, and controlled usage
• Familiarity with agentic AI workflow and Model Context Protocol (MCP)–based SDLC is a strong plus

Job Expectations:

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position

Posting

Location:

• 150 E 42nd St., New York, New York 10017
• 194 Wood Ave S, Iselin, NJ 08830
• 300 S…