Principal AI Scientist: Generative & Deployment Leader

Us Bank; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Principal AI Research Scientist to join the AI CoE, driving AI strategy from research to deployment. You will lead experiments, prototype solutions, and evolve enterprise capabilities while shaping future AI innovation within the bank.

This role blends deep scientific expertise with software delivery, contributing to publications and collaborating across teams in a regulated financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, evaluate, and experiment with emerging AI technologies and industry trends.
• Identify opportunities to apply advanced AI techniques to business problems in financial services.
• Conduct original AI research and exploratory investigations.
• Develop hypotheses, design experiments, and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and data scientists; shape AI platform direction.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

Hugging Face

Langchain

LangGraph

LLMs

Generative AI

AI/ML Research

Production deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Math/Engineering

Master's degree or PhD in CS/AI/Math

Tools

PyTorch

Hugging Face

Langchain

LangGraph

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking a Principal AI Research Scientist to join the AI CoE, driving AI strategy from research to deployment. You will lead experiments, prototype solutions, and evolve enterprise capabilities while shaping future AI innovation within the bank.

This role blends deep scientific expertise with software delivery, contributing to publications and collaborating across teams in a regulated financial services environment.