Forward Deployed Principal AI Engineer

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Forward-Deployed AI Engineer to support the design development and deployment of enterprise-scale Artificial Intelligence solutions. This role sits at the intersection of advanced AI platforms enterprise technology and risk business problem-solving. The engineer will work closely with business partners product teams and engineering organizations to translate complex and often ambiguous requirements into secure scalable and production-ready AI solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes.

This is a hands-on customer-embedded engineering role that requires strong technical depth a product-oriented mindset and the ability to operate effectively in a regulated enterprise environment.

In this role you will:

• Partner with business stakeholders product owners and engineering teams to understand business problems identify AI-enabled opportunities and define end-to-end technical solutions.
• Design prototype and deliver AI-driven workflows agents copilots and automations using large language models (LLMs) and enterprise AI services.
• Integrate AI capabilities with enterprise platforms and systems (e.g. ServiceNow Salesforce data platforms internal services) using secure APIs and orchestration patterns.
• Rapidly iterate on prototypes and transition them into production-ready solutions that meet enterprise standards for reliability scalability and supportability.
• Act as a technical bridge between business product data security and engineering teams to ensure solutions are usable compliant and aligned with business objectives.
• Lead solution architecture and design activities including:
  • Prompt engineering and AI workflow design
  • API integration and service orchestration
  • Enterprise knowledge and data integration
  • Security privacy risk and governance considerations
• Own solutions across the full lifecyclefrom concept and proof of value through production deployment and continuous improvement.
• Apply and promote best practices for responsible AI including model risk management data protection and compliance with enterprise and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to the development of reusable patterns standards and guidance to support scalable AI adoption across the enterprise.

Required Qualifications:

• 7 years of software engineering experience including designing and delivering production-grade systems.
• 7 experience with API design integration and distributed systems in an enterprise environment.
• 2 Years of Hands-on experience building and integrating AI or ML-powered applications including experience with large language models (LLMs).
• 2 Years of experience in Python programming language.

Required Qualifications for Europe Middle East & Africa only:

• Experience in Engineering or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience training education

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into well-architected technical solutions.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working with AI platforms and services such as OpenAI Anthropic or similar technologies.
• Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise platforms such as ServiceNow Salesforce or internal workflow systems.
• Familiarity with enterprise security privacy governance and risk management practices particularly in regulated industries.
• Experience delivering solutions in large matrixed organizations with multiple stakeholders.
• A product-minded approach with a focus on user experience business value and operational impact.

Job Expectations:

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.

Posting End Date:

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

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status as a protected veteran or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit Market Financial Crimes Operational Regulatory Compliance) which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring governance risk identification and escalation as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business units risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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