Senior AI Engineer — Generative & Agentic Systems

Fifth Third Bank; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Fifth Third Bank is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to architect and implement AI/ML systems, focusing on generative AI models and agentic capabilities. You will work with cross-functional teams to translate business questions into analytical solutions while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Role emphasizes experimentation, model evaluation, and driving best practices across product teams. Location: Cincinnati, OH; base salary and incentives reflect market levels for senior AI roles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, or related technical field; Advanced degree preferred but not required.
• 6+ years of experience developing and deploying machine learning or AI solutions in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement AI and machine learning systems that address specific business challenges and deliver measurable value.
• Create and maintain model documentation, ensuring transparency in methodologies and approaches.
• Research, test, and apply state-of-the-art generative AI models and/or solutions for potential use.
• Develop agentic AI systems capable of autonomous reasoning, planning, and tool utilization for complex task completion.
• Create comprehensive evaluation frameworks to assess model performance, detect hallucinations, and ensure output quality.
• Stay current with emerging AI/ML technologies, frameworks, and methodologies.
• Contribute to establishing best practices for AI development and deployment.
• Sets enterprise-wide technical standards by defining reference architectures, chairing design reviews, and approving model lifecycle gates.

Skills

Python

Generative AI

Agentic AI

Data analysis

Experimentation

Communication

CI/CD

Docker

Cloud (AWS)

LangChain/LlamaIndex

PyTorch

Hugging Face

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Stats/Data Science/Math

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

AWS Bedrock

Sagemaker

Lex

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Docker

Terraform

Git/GitHub

Job description

Fifth Third Bank is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to architect and implement AI/ML systems, focusing on generative AI models and agentic capabilities. You will work with cross-functional teams to translate business questions into analytical solutions while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Role emphasizes experimentation, model evaluation, and driving best practices across product teams. Location: Cincinnati, OH; base salary and incentives reflect market levels for senior AI roles.