About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable data platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in modern data engineering tools, distributed processing (Spark/PySpark), orchestration, and growing exposure to GenAI-driven data solutions. This role requires excellent problem-solving capabilities and strong communication skills to work with cross-functional teams.
In this role, you will:
Soft Skills
In this role, you are expected to:
Technical Leadership: Own the technical integrity of data platforms by making sound architectural decisions, reviewing designs and code, and proactively addressing scalability and reliability concerns.
Execution & Delivery: Consistently deliver high-quality data solutions on time, balancing short-term business needs with long-term platform sustainability. People Management: Build, coach, and retain a high-performing data engineering team. Set clear goals, provide regular feedback, and support individual career development.
Operational Excellence: Ensure production data systems are stable, observable, and well-documented. Quickly identify and resolve data incidents, performing root-cause analysis and preventive improvements.
Collaboration & Communication: Act as a trusted partner to business, analytics, and data science teams by clearly communicating trade-offs, progress, and risks.
Continuous Improvement: Stay current with emerging data technologies and practices, and drive adoption where they create measurable value.
Posting End Date:
8 May 2026
*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 unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.
Applicants with Disabilities
To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo .
Drug and Alcohol Policy
Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
Wells Fargo is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable data platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in modern data engineering tools, distributed processing (Spark/PySpark), orchestration, and growing exposure to GenAI-driven data solutions. This role requires excellent problem-solving capabilities and strong communication skills to work with cross-functional teams.
In this role, you will:
- Lead moderately complex initiatives within Technology and contribute to large scale data processing framework initiatives related to enterprise strategy deliverables
- Build and maintain optimized and highly available data pipelines that facilitate deeper analysis and reporting
- Review and analyze moderately complex business, operational or technical challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
- Oversee the data integration work, including developing a data model, maintaining a data warehouse and analytics environment, and writing scripts for data integration and analysis
- Resolve moderately complex issues and lead teams to meet data engineering deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of data information policies, procedures and compliance requirements
- Collaborate and consult with colleagues and managers to resolve data engineering issues and achieve strategic goals
- 4+ years of Data Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end data pipelines on GCP for batch and near-real-time processing.
- Build and manage data lakes using Dataplex and BigQuery and ETL tools Abiniito.
- Develop scalable data processing solutions using Spark and PySpark and AbInitio.
- Implement workflow orchestration using Cloud Composer (Airflow) and/or AbInitio.
- Optimize SQL queries and data models for performance, cost, and reliability.
- Write and maintain Unix shell scripts for automation and operational tasks.
- Ensure data quality, lineage, governance, and security using GCP best practices.
- Collaborate with analytics, data science, and business teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and performance tuning.
- Apply GenAI capabilities (LLMs, embeddings, vector stores, prompt engineering) to enhance data processing, analytics, or automation use cases.
- Mentor junior engineers and promote data engineering best practices across the team.
- Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, including:
- BigQuery
- Dataplex
- Cloud Storage
- Cloud Composer (Airflow)
- Proficiency in Spark and PySpark for large-scale data processing.
- Advanced SQL skills for analytics and data transformation.
- Solid experience with Unix/Linux and shell scripting.
- Experience with AbInitio (preferred) or equivalent ETL orchestration tools.
- Strong understanding of data warehousing, data modeling, and distributed systems.
Soft Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Certifications (Preferred)
- Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer or equivalent GCP certification.
- GenAI & Modern Data (Preferred)
- Data intelligence and automation
- Prompt engineering
- Vector databases and embeddings
- GenAI integration with data pipelines
In this role, you are expected to:
Technical Leadership: Own the technical integrity of data platforms by making sound architectural decisions, reviewing designs and code, and proactively addressing scalability and reliability concerns.
Execution & Delivery: Consistently deliver high-quality data solutions on time, balancing short-term business needs with long-term platform sustainability. People Management: Build, coach, and retain a high-performing data engineering team. Set clear goals, provide regular feedback, and support individual career development.
Operational Excellence: Ensure production data systems are stable, observable, and well-documented. Quickly identify and resolve data incidents, performing root-cause analysis and preventive improvements.
Collaboration & Communication: Act as a trusted partner to business, analytics, and data science teams by clearly communicating trade-offs, progress, and risks.
Continuous Improvement: Stay current with emerging data technologies and practices, and drive adoption where they create measurable value.
Posting End Date:
8 May 2026
*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 unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.
Applicants with Disabilities
To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo .
Drug and Alcohol Policy
Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:
a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.
b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
Wells Fargo Hyderabad, Telangana, IND Office
: C9FH+X2J, Divyasree Orion Rd, Madhura Nagar Colony, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, 500032
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