Principal AI Engineer – AI Acceleration & Enterprise Enablement

 

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise AI and Generative AI solutions, driving adoption of AI capabilities across business and technology teams.
• Architect and deliver scalable AI enablement frameworks, reusable components, accelerators, and reference architectures to accelerate solution delivery.
• Provide architectural guidance and assists the team in aligning architecture to business requirements. Works across the organization to foster a culture of applying applicable and relevant design patterns, in accordance with the needs of the company and guides the teams in the organization in anticipation of future use cases.
• Partner with engineering, product, architecture, and business stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and execute high-value AI use cases.
• Drive adoption of LLMs, Agentic AI, Prompt Engineering, RAG, and AI-driven automation capabilities across the enterprise.
• Provide technical leadership and consultation on AI platform strategy, solution design, governance, security, and responsible AI practices.
• Develop solutions leveraging document intelligence, intelligent data extraction, and workflow automation to improve operational efficiency and customer experiences.
• Mentor engineering teams and promote AI best practices, standards, and innovation across the organization.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to shape the enterprise AI roadmap and ensure alignment with regulatory, risk, and compliance requirements.
• Works across the organization to foster a culture of priority setting and urgency in alignment with organizational strategy. Coaches the team on making trade-offs, prioritization and managing technical debt. Identifies and manages technical and business risk.

Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
- Eight or more years of relevant experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

• AI Solution Architecture experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale AI, GenAI, and intelligent automation solutions.
• Expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI Frameworks, RAG, Prompt Engineering, and AI Orchestration Platforms.
• Strong experience supporting AI/ML Platforms, MLOps, Model Lifecycle Management, and AI Governance in large enterprise environments.
• Hands-on proficiency with Python, APIs, Cloud AI Services (Azure AI/OpenAI), and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience building reusable frameworks, accelerators, developer tooling, and enterprise AI enablement capabilities.
• Knowledge of Document Intelligence, OCR, Data Extraction, Intelligent Automation, and Workflow Modernization solutions.
• Experience working within financial services or other regulated industries, including risk, compliance, and security considerations.
• Proven ability to influence executives and cross-functional stakeholders through strong consulting, communication, and leadership skills.

Location expectations 
This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, 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

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $149,515.00 - $175,900.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.