Front Office GenAI Agentic Engineer - Vice President - Markets

Role

Wells Fargo Markets is seeking a Vice President — Front Office GenAI Agentic Engineer to join a new engineering team focused on designing, building, and deploying agentic GenAI solutions for Sales & Trading workflows. The position is responsible for embedding advanced agents into production systems while ensuring scalability, security, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy agents that autonomously execute complex, multi-step business workflows aligned with business and regulatory requirements.
• Build and integrate APIs and tools to enable secure agent access to internal and external resources.
• Develop advanced prompts and system instructions to shape agent behavior and reasoning.
• Implement state and memory management to track agent progress and maintain context across workflows.
• Create evaluation and debugging frameworks to assess agent reasoning and ensure system reliability.
• Collaborate with product managers, data science, and business stakeholders to identify automation opportunities and translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Produce high-quality software, documentation, and model validation artifacts, following Agile SDLC and compliance standards.

Requirements (Required / Desired)

• Required: 5+ years of software engineering experience (or equivalent).
• Desired: 5+ years expert-level Python experience and strong core software engineering principles.
• Hands-on experience with major GenAI platforms (e.g., Google Vertex AI, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Amazon Bedrock) or open-source frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen).
• Deep knowledge of LLM and API integration, including RESTful API design.
• Experience designing complex, event-driven applications and building/deploying agentic systems in production.
• Experience with container-based deployment (Docker, OpenShift) and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure).
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks (React, Angular) and testing/observability best practices.
• Strong systems thinking, cross-functional communication, and prior experience in banking, capital markets, or sales & trading environments.
• Strong Java development experience and advanced degree (MS/PhD) are listed as desired.
• Experience with “vibe coding” is noted as a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base pay range: $119,000 - $224,000 (actual pay may vary by experience, location, and other factors).
• Benefits include health plans, 401(k), paid time off, disability, life/critical illness/accident insurance, parental and caregiving leave, commuter benefits, tuition reimbursement, dependent scholarships, and adoption reimbursement.

Compliance & Hiring Notes

• Position is subject to FINRA background screening and ongoing regulatory obligations.
• Candidates must comply with applicable Wells Fargo policies, including those governing outside activities and personal investing.

Technologies & Keywords

Keywords called out in the posting include: GenAI, LLM, agentic solutions, google agent space, cursor, vibe coding, Anthropic/Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, SecDb, Athena, Quartz.