Principal AI Engineer - Enterprise Copilot & Agentic Tech

Western Alliance Bank; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership stake in the company

Medical and dental insurance

Time off and wellness program

401k matching program

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Western Alliance Bank is seeking a Principal Engineer I - AI Engineering to lead the enterprise Copilot and agentic software engineering initiatives. You will define architecture, governance, and integration strategies, partnering with Development, Architecture, DevOps, Security, and Governance teams to deliver secure, scalable AI-enabled software solutions.

You will mentor engineers, shape standards, and drive enterprise adoption of Copilot and agentic capabilities while ensuring regulatory and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with enterprise software engineering and platforms.
• Deep understanding of SDLC, CI/CD, and developer tooling.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted engineering.
• Ability to translate tech into secure, scalable enterprise solutions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as enterprise technical owner for GitHub Copilot and AI-enabled engineering.
• Define strategy, architecture, standards, and operating model for copilot capabilities.
• Engineer and evolve enterprise Copilot features, policies, and governance.
• Evaluate new capabilities for enterprise readiness, security, and adoption.
• Design and govern the Agentic SDLC Harness and related integrations.
• Establish guardrails for AI-assisted engineering and secure tool usage.
• Lead lifecycle management, versioning, deployment, and rollback processes.
• Provide technical leadership across teams and mentor engineers.
• Define metrics for adoption, developer experience, and value realization.

Skills

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Strategic technical leadership

Regulatory and governance awareness

Security-minded engineering

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Masters or MBA preferred

Tools

GitHub Enterprise

Azure DevOps

CI/CD tooling

MCP server integrations

Identity & access management (IAM)

Job description

Western Alliance Bank is seeking a Principal Engineer I - AI Engineering to lead the enterprise Copilot and agentic software engineering initiatives. You will define architecture, governance, and integration strategies, partnering with Development, Architecture, DevOps, Security, and Governance teams to deliver secure, scalable AI-enabled software solutions.

You will mentor engineers, shape standards, and drive enterprise adoption of Copilot and agentic capabilities while ensuring regulatory and