Lead, Agentic Platform Engineering (Hybrid)

Fifth Third Bank; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the Agentic Engineering team and build a platform where AI agents compose across domains. You will drive architecture, standards, and hands-on implementation of scalable systems.

This role requires deep Python and TypeScript expertise, a history of leading engineers, and a focus on safe, cost‑efficient agent behavior within a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proven track record leading engineers and shipping complex systems.
• Experience building agentic or multi-step automated systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of software engineers building production agents.
• Define engineering standards, testing, observability, and code quality.
• Architect the shared agent platform with reliable inter-agent communication.
• Stay hands-on with coding and prototyping tough problems.
• Ensure agent behavior stays accurate, cost-efficient, and governed over time.
• Translate vision into a shippable roadmap.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Team leadership

Architectural direction

Agentic systems

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the Agentic Engineering team and build a platform where AI agents compose across domains. You will drive architecture, standards, and hands-on implementation of scalable systems.

This role requires deep Python and TypeScript expertise, a history of leading engineers, and a focus on safe, cost‑efficient agent behavior within a hybrid work environment.