Senior AI Engineer — Remote Automation & AI Solutions

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union

Sacramento (CA)

On-site

USD 112,000 - 179,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to design, implement, and govern AI-enabled workflows and automation solutions. You will translate business needs into scalable technical capabilities, build proofs of concept, and ensure security, reliability and production readiness across enterprise platforms.

The role requires 5–7 years of relevant experience, advanced AI/ML knowledge, and certifications in Azure, AWS or automation frameworks.

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED required.
Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent years of experience required.
5-7 years of prior relevant experience required.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert preferred.
Microsoft Certified: Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect Expert (AB-100 or equivalent) preferred.
UiPath Automation Solution Architect Professional / Agentic Automation Professional preferred.
AWS Solutions Architect Professional and/or AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional preferred.

Responsibilities

Designs, develops and supports AI-enabled workflows and solutions, automation and agentic solutions by translating business requirements into scalable technical capabilities, building integrations and workflows, implementing governance and testing standards and supporting successful deployment and operational adoption.
Evaluates and builds proofs of concept for AI-enabled workflows and solutions, automation and agentic solutions, translating business requirements into scalable technical capabilities.
Designs, configures and implements AI and automation solutions including agents, prompts, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), human-in-the-loop controls, tools and integrations across stand-alone and RPA workflows using approved platforms and adhering to enterprise architecture, security, data-validation and engineering standards.
Develops and executes the enterprise AI and automation roadmap aligned with organizational objectives, leading automation initiatives through the full solution lifecycle from discovery, requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support, while documenting reusable components, implementation patterns and lessons learned.
Develops and maintains production-ready code, configurations and technical documentation while applying established engineering, version control, peer review and change management practices.
Develops test strategies, evaluation datasets and automated validation frameworks to ensure accuracy, reliability, performance, resilience and responsible use of AI and automation solutions.
Implements approved AI and automation security, data access, identity and governance controls in partnership with Architecture, Information Security and Data teams, ensuring automation and AI solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and compliant with organizational standards.
Establishes monitoring, logging, alerting and operational support processes, including dashboards, runbooks, incident procedures and production support activities.
Supports pilots, production readiness reviews, deployments and post-release validation to ensure successful implementation and operational adoption.
Evaluates AI-enabled workflows/solutions, automation and agentic technologies through technical proofs of value and provides recommendations on platform, vendor and solution approaches.
Mentors less-experienced teammembers, participates in technical reviews and promotes engineering best practices that improve solution quality, consistency and delivery effectiveness.