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Principal AI Engineer - AI Acceleration & Enterprise Enablement
U.S. Bank National Association
4 hours ago
Full-time
On-site
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
The Principal AI Engineer will serve as a senior individual contributor focused on accelerating enterprise adoption of AI. This role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership to find high-value AI opportunities and deliver secure, scalable, production-ready solutions across business and technology teams.
Key Responsibilities
Design, build, and deliver enterprise AI and Generative AI solutions from concept through production. Develop scalable AI solutions using Python, APIs, pipelines, and cloud AI services. Build solutions for complex structured and unstructured information, including document intelligence, data extraction, and workflow automation. Apply LLMs, Agentic AI, RAG, and prompt engineering to appropriate business use cases. Create reusable AI frameworks, accelerators, components, and integration patterns that improve delivery speed and consistency. Partner with engineering, product, architecture, security, and business teams to evaluate where AI is the right solution and design practical approaches for an enterprise environment. Establish strong engineering practices across testing, security, software quality, scalability, and deployment. Provide technical leadership, mentor engineering teams, and support the expansion of AI engineering capabilities across the organization.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience. Eight (8) or more years of relevant experience.
Technology Focus
Python LLMs Agentic AI RAG Prompt engineering APIs Pipelines Cloud AI services Azure AI Azure OpenAI
Location and Work Schedule Charlotte, NC (onsite). The role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week. Compensation USD 149,515 to 175,900 per year. Benefits
Healthcare: medical, dental, and vision Basic term and optional term life insurance Short-term and long-term disability Pregnancy disability and parental leave 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure) Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities Adoption assistance Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
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Design, build, and deliver enterprise AI and Generative AI solutions from concept through production. Develop scalable AI solutions using Python, APIs, pipelines, and cloud AI services. Build solutions for complex structured and unstructured information, including document intelligence, data extraction, and workflow automation. Apply LLMs, Agentic AI, RAG, and prompt engineering to appropriate business use cases. Create reusable AI frameworks, accelerators, components, and integration patterns that improve delivery speed and consistency. Partner with engineering, product, architecture, security, and business teams to evaluate where AI is the right solution and design practical approaches for an enterprise environment. Establish strong engineering practices across testing, security, software quality, scalability, and deployment. Provide technical leadership, mentor engineering teams, and support the expansion of AI engineering capabilities across the organization.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience. Eight (8) or more years of relevant experience.
Technology Focus
Python LLMs Agentic AI RAG Prompt engineering APIs Pipelines Cloud AI services Azure AI Azure OpenAI
Location and Work Schedule Charlotte, NC (onsite). The role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week. Compensation USD 149,515 to 175,900 per year. Benefits
Healthcare: medical, dental, and vision Basic term and optional term life insurance Short-term and long-term disability Pregnancy disability and parental leave 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure) Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities Adoption assistance Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
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