Director of AI Platform Engineering

First Citizens Bank; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Director to lead the AI platform engineering and enablement within the Cloud Data and AI Platform organization. You will own end-to-end AI lifecycle, including data, model development, MLOps, deployment and governance in a regulated financial environment.

You will partner with Enterprise Risk, Legal and Compliance to embed Responsible AI principles, deliver audit-ready evidence, and ensure scalable, ethical AI delivery across the bank’s data platforms.

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on experience building production ML systems on AWS.
• 2+ years in AI/ML, data science, or data engineering leadership roles.
• Strong knowledge of ML, MLOps, distributed systems, and cloud architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead AWS AI/ML platform ownership including architecture, governance, and enablement.
• Oversee GenAI initiatives and responsible AI governance.
• Partner with risk, legal, and compliance to embed audit-ready evidence in platform design.
• Mentor engineering teams and drive Agile practices across the group.

Skills

Production ML on AWS

AI/ML leadership

Python

SQL

MLOps

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in IT / related field

High School Diploma or GED with 12+ years experience

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Director to lead the AI platform engineering and enablement within the Cloud Data and AI Platform organization. You will own end-to-end AI lifecycle, including data, model development, MLOps, deployment and governance in a regulated financial environment.

You will partner with Enterprise Risk, Legal and Compliance to embed Responsible AI principles, deliver audit-ready evidence, and ensure scalable, ethical AI delivery across the bank’s data platforms.