Principal AI Engineer – AI Acceleration & Enterprise Enablement

U.S. Bank National Association; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Parental leave

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank National Association in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to accelerate enterprise AI adoption.

This senior individual contributor blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership to identify high-value AI opportunities and deliver secure, scalable, production-ready solutions. Responsibilities include designing and delivering AI solutions with Python, APIs, pipelines, and Azure AI services; applying LLMs, RAG, and prompt engineering; and mentoring teams while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of relevant experience.

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.

Skills

Python

LLMs

Agentic AI

RAG

Prompt engineering

APIs

Pipelines

Cloud AI services

Azure AI

Azure OpenAI

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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