Lead Quantitative Analytics Specialist Agentic AI Systems & Platforms

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking an experienced Lead Quantitative Analytics Specialist to join the Frontier AI Model Methodology team. The Frontier AI Model Methodology team plays a critical role in developing and productionizing methodologies AI agents and systems that transform and accelerate model development and validation at Wells Fargo scale. One of its key functions is to integrate in close collaboration with Model Risk Officers these advanced methodologies and AI agents into the overall risk management strategy ensuring consistency and alignment with enterprise-wide objectives. This synergy enhances the robustness and reliability of models leveraged by the company strengthens the effectiveness of model validations and contributes to the continuous improvement of modeling standards and practices across the enterprise.

In this role you will be a handson technical leader architect and builder responsible for designing developing and delivering our Enterprise Model Validation platform and AI agents. Success is defined by your ability to build productiongrade systems influence through technical leadership and partner closely with model developers validators and technology teams.

In this role you will:

• Design build and deliver industryleading Enterprise Model Validation platform and AI agents for model testing and realtime monitoring platforms with a strong emphasis on production readiness and scalability.

• Architect and implement AI agentic solutions and systems on cloud-native environment such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) enabling realtime processing and largescale distributed systems.

• Act as a handson senior engineer directly contributing code across the stack (design development testing deployment and iteration).

• Provide technical leadership through architecture design reviews and implementation setting a high engineering bar by example.

• Partner closely with Technology teams to unlock synergies that accelerate delivery integration and operationalization.

• Collaborate with Model Risk Management and Model Development teams to design and build scalable platforms and AI agentbased solutions for realtime model testing and monitoring.

• Translate complex model risk validation and governance requirements into robust automated and extensible technical solutions governed by AI agents.

• Influence platform direction by contributing to technical roadmaps design decisions and prioritization without owning formal product or people management.

• Champion engineering best practices including reliability observability security and maintainability across AI and ML platforms.

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of Quantitative Analytics experience or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience training military experience education

• Masters degree or higher in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics statistics engineering physics economics or computer science

Desired Qualifications:

• Prior experience building Agentic AI systems leveraging GenAI (including Large Language and Reasoning Models)

• Strong handson software development experience with proficiency in Python and experience building productiongrade platforms.

• Experience leveraging AI coding copilots and agentic development workflows (e.g. GitHub Copilot) to accelerate delivery while maintaining enterprise standards.

• Experience building or operating model evaluation validation and realtime monitoring solutions governed by AI agents.

• Proven ability to design build test deploy and iterate endtoend solutions.

• Experience designing and operating cloudnative solutions such as GCP including realtime or distributed systems.

• Experience working in financial services or regulated environments with exposure to model risk governance or audit expectations.

• Strong ability to collaborate with model developers validators technology and governance partners.

• Ability to deliver in fastpaced ambiguous environments balancing rigor and speed.

• Recognized technical leader (Individual Contributor) with strong communication skills and a track record of improving engineering quality and efficiency.

Job Expectations:

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule

• Willingness to work onsite at stated location on the job posting

• This position is eligible for VISA sponsorship

Job Posting Locations:

• Three Wells Fargo Center CHARLOTTE NC

• 600 Wells Fargo MINNEAPOLIS MN

• Las Colinas Bldg B Irving Campus IRVING TX

• West Des Moines Campus 800 S Jordan Creek Pkwy WEST DES MOINES IA

• D Building114N Beaumont St -D Bldg. SAINT LOUIS MO

• 1150 W Washington TEMPE AZ

• 333 Market SAN FRANCISCO CA

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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