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Principal AI Engineer – AI Acceleration & Enterprise Enablement
U.S. Bank National Association
5 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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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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