Senior AI Tooling & Security Architect

Citizens Bank; Johnston (RI); On-site; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Citizens Bank in Johnston, RI, seeks a Distinguished Engineer to lead the design, tooling, and security of AI platforms across the enterprise. This role blends advanced software engineering with security leadership to ensure scalable, secure AI outcomes and responsible innovation.

You will mentor engineers, drive engineering standards, and partner with security, data, and business teams to advance AI capabilities while aligning with risk controls and regulatory expectations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software/engineering/security/data experience.
• Proven leadership across large-scale initiatives.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML architectures and secure deployment.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and security of AI powered platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering and security teams to define scalable solutions.
• Build cloud-native applications and reusable components.
• Incorporate reliability, observability, and security into systems.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud (AWS)

Security engineering

Python

CI/CD

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

Citizens Bank in Johnston, RI, seeks a Distinguished Engineer to lead the design, tooling, and security of AI platforms across the enterprise. This role blends advanced software engineering with security leadership to ensure scalable, secure AI outcomes and responsible innovation.

You will mentor engineers, drive engineering standards, and partner with security, data, and business teams to advance AI capabilities while aligning with risk controls and regulatory expectations.