Front Office GenAI Agentic Engineer - Vice President - Markets

Role

Wells Fargo Markets seeks a Vice President-level GenAI Agentic Engineer to join a new engineering team focused on architecting, building, and deploying agentic GenAI solutions for front-office Sales & Trading workflows. The position centers on embedding autonomous, multi-step agents into production environments while ensuring scalability, security, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and orchestrate agentic systems that autonomously execute complex, multi-step business workflows.
• Build and integrate APIs and tools to enable secure agent access to internal and external resources.
• Develop advanced prompts and system instructions to define agent behavior and reasoning.
• Implement state and memory management for tracking agent progress and maintaining context.
• Create evaluation and debugging frameworks to assess agent reasoning and ensure reliability.
• Collaborate with product, data science, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Produce high-quality software, documentation, and model validation artifacts following Agile SDLC and compliance standards.
• Contribute to large-scale project planning and deliverables while balancing short- and long-term objectives.

Requirements

Required

• 5+ years of software engineering experience or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Experience working in Agile environments and participating in complex software design and development.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build consensus across stakeholders.

Desired / Preferred

• 5+ years of expert-level Python and strong core software engineering principles.
• Hands-on experience with major GenAI platforms (Google Vertex AI, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Amazon Bedrock) or open-source frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen).
• Deep knowledge of LLM and RESTful API integration.
• Experience designing complex, event-driven applications and 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 best practices in testing and observability.
• Strong Java development experience with modern frameworks and engineering best practices.
• Prior experience in banking, capital markets, or sales & trading application development.
• Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or related field is a plus.
• Experience with vibe coding and related agent/assistant tooling is listed as a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base pay range: $159,000.00 - $305,000.00 (base range as reflected in the posting).
• Benefits include: health benefits, 401(k) plan, paid time off, disability benefits, life/critical illness/accident insurance, parental leave, critical caregiving leave, commuter benefits, tuition reimbursement, scholarships for dependent children, adoption reimbursement, discounts and savings.

Compliance & Expectations

• Position is subject to FINRA background screening and ongoing regulatory obligations; candidates must pass required background checks.
• Role requires adherence to Wells Fargo policies for risk, compliance, and reporting as applicable.