Lead Architect - Fraud & Claims Technology

About This Role

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Architect to join the Strategy, Innovation, and Architecture organization within Fraud & Claims Technology. This role is responsible for driving architecture strategy, evaluating complex technology solutions, and supporting modernization initiatives that enable scalable, secure, and compliant business capabilities. The successful candidate will partner with technology leaders, architects, engineers, and business stakeholders to define future-state architectures and ensure alignment with enterprise standards and strategic priorities.

In This Role You Will

• Lead the implementation of complex technology initiatives and projects with broad organizational impact.
• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts supporting key technology programs and strategic initiatives.
• Contribute to the definition of future-state technology architecture, standards, and roadmaps.
• Identify projects with medium to high architectural impact and provide architecture guidance throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Conduct technology assessments, architecture reviews, and solution evaluations to support informed decision-making.
• Communicate architecture strategy, direction, and standards to both technology teams and leadership.
• Make architecture decisions that support the design, development, and maintenance of enterprise technology solutions.
• Ensure applications and solutions comply with Wells Fargo standards, policies, methodologies, risk requirements, and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders to resolve issues and achieve strategic objectives.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 4+ years of experience supporting technology solutions within regulated environments with compliance, risk management, or governance requirements.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting Fraud & Claims Technology, regulatory, risk, privacy, or financial services data initiatives.
• Experience designing enterprise data architectures, including data modeling, integration, and modernization strategies.
• Experience with cloud and distributed data platforms such as GCP, Hadoop, Spark, Dremio, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with data governance, data quality, metadata, lineage, security, and compliance practices.
• Experience leading architecture assessments, migration planning, and large-scale technology transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of Python, PySpark, microservices, Kafka, and modern data engineering solutions.
• ArchiMate or other architecture framework certifications.

Job Expectations

• Ability to work onsite in Charlotte, NC in accordance with the Wells Fargo hybrid work model.

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.
$119,000.00 - $187,000.00

Posting End Date:

8 Oct 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.

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About Us

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a leading financial services company that has approximately $2.1 trillion in assets. We provide a diversified set of banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through our four reportable operating segments: Consumer Banking and Lending, Commercial Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Wealth & Investment Management. Wells Fargo ranked No. 33 on Fortune’s 2025 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights, and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories.

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