Senior Cloud & AI Transformation Engineer

Nuveen; Woodbridge Township (NJ); On-site; USD 141,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

TIAA is seeking a Senior Lead Engineer to architect and drive information systems aligned with our enterprise architecture. You will lead a practice delivering the Financial Crimes Compliance transformation through AI-powered solutions and modern cloud technologies.

You will oversee cloud adoption, IaC, and governance, mentoring senior and junior engineers while partnering with domain experts in AML, sanctions and fraud monitoring to push secure, scalable solutions at scale.

Qualifications

• University degree preferred for senior system roles.
• 5+ years hands-on and leadership in cloud solutions (AWS or GCP).
• 3+ years IaC for enterprise-scale infrastructure (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM).
• Strong leadership with cloud governance and IAM experience.
• Experience applying AI/ML to enterprise problems in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Modifies system scope through research and fact-finding to design information systems.
• Oversees documentation reviews and guides system users for ongoing operations.
• Collaborates with analysts, engineers, and programmers on architecture and interfaces.
• Approves changes considering constraints and risks; mentors junior staff.
• Educates end users with training materials and demos.
• Leads enterprise data and automation initiatives across platforms.

Skills

Cloud architecture leadership

AI/ML in enterprise

DevOps leadership

Mentoring teams

Regulatory/data governance in FinCrime

API development/integration

Education

University degree preferred

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM

Ansible

Python

Ruby

Go

JavaScript/Node.js

Java

Bash

Job description

TIAA is seeking a Senior Lead Engineer to architect and drive information systems aligned with our enterprise architecture. You will lead a practice delivering the Financial Crimes Compliance transformation through AI-powered solutions and modern cloud technologies.

You will oversee cloud adoption, IaC, and governance, mentoring senior and junior engineers while partnering with domain experts in AML, sanctions and fraud monitoring to push secure, scalable solutions at scale.