Wells Fargo

Financial Services

LeadDataEngineer

$119–224k Iselin, New Jersey, United States; Charlotte, North Carolina, United States; Irving, Texas, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Lead Data Engineer at Wells Fargo. Skills: Data Engineering, Google Cloud Platform, Data Architecture, Cloud-native data ecosystem. Design scalable data platforms. Implement scalable data platforms”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Optimization

Eligibility Requirements

Production support off-hours, Hybrid schedule

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years Database Engineering experience, 5+ years data management in Public Cloud, 5+ years Python or Java, 5+ years Spark SQL, 5+ years orchestration tools, 5+ years CI/CD

Nice to Have

Experience with logging/monitoring stacks, Experience with automated testing, Experience with data quality checks, Experience with monitoring for pipelines, Knowledge of cloud architecture principles, Experience with core GCP data services, Experience with Agile transformations, Experience with technology roadmaps, Experience working with onshore and offshore teams

What You'll Do.

Design scalable data platforms

Implement scalable data platforms

Design secure data platforms

Implement secure data platforms

Build reusable frameworks

Build reusable tooling

Enable self-service data consumption

Enable self-service data governance

Design logical data platform architectures

Design physical data platform architectures

Define ingestion patterns

Implement ingestion patterns

Define transformation patterns

Implement transformation patterns

Define serving patterns

Implement serving patterns

Optimize GCP data workload cost

Optimize GCP data workload performance

Optimize GCP data workload reliability

Build opinionated data ingestion frameworks

Develop shared transformation libraries

Provide orchestration capabilities

Implement data modeling

Implement semantic layers

Enforce data observability

Apply security controls

Apply governance controls

Partner with data engineers

Partner with analytics teams

Partner with ML teams

Document best practices

Contribute to platform roadmap

Contribute to tool selection

Evaluate new GCP services

Evaluate open-source components

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Multiple product teams; Domain teams; Domain data engineers; Analytics teams; ML teams

Communication Scope

Workshops; Code examples

Process & Methodology

Agile transformations, Technology roadmaps

Full Job Description

**About this role:** Within COO Technology, Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to help shape and scale our cloud‑native data ecosystem. In this role, you will focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and frameworks, leading the design, build, and operation of reusable data capabilities that power analytics and AI at enterprise scale. The ideal candidate is passionate about standardized frameworks, self‑service data platforms, and governance‑by‑design, enabling secure, reliable, and compliant data solutions across Google Cloud services. The COO Technology group powers the firm’s most critical operations by modernizing and optimizing enterprise technology platforms that enable resiliency, regulatory excellence, data services, customer experience, and strategic execution across the Chief Operating Office. **In this role, you will:** * Design and implement scalable, secure data platforms on Google Cloud using managed services (BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Composer).) * Build reusable frameworks and tooling (ingestion, transformation, quality, orchestration) that can be adopted by multiple product and domain teams. * Enable self‑service data consumption and governance by standardizing patterns, templates, and platform capabilities rather than one‑off pipelines. * Design logical and physical data platform architectures leveraging BigQuery, Dataflow/Apache Beam, Dataproc/Spark, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage. * Define and implement standardized ingestion, transformation, and serving patterns (batch and streaming) as reusable blueprints. * Optimize cost, performance, and reliability of GCP data workloads (partitioning, clustering, storage classes, autoscaling strategies). * Build opinionated data ingestion frameworks (e.g., config‑driven pipelines, connectors, schema handling, error handling) on top of Dataflow, Dataproc, or Composer. * Develop shared transformation libraries in Python/SQL/Beam (e.g., common SCD patterns, data quality chec

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