Senior GenAI Platform Architect

M&T Bank; Clanton (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 233,000; Full time

Job summary

M&T Bank is seeking a Principal AI Platform Engineer to lead the design, development, and enterprise adoption of Generative AI capabilities within a secure, governed technology ecosystem in Clanton, Alabama. The role requires deep software engineering, AI platform expertise, and senior technical leadership to drive scalable, resilient AI solutions across the organization.

The job emphasizes mentoring engineers, shaping architectural standards, and partnering with senior leaders to deliver

Qualifications

• Hands-on production software development using Java, Python, or C#.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Advanced knowledge of Generative AI, LLMs, and prompt engineering.
• Experience building AI-enabled applications within enterprise SDLC, security and governance.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction and architectural decisions across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support enterprise-scale GenAI solutions, incl. AI-assisted development, testing, analytics, and workflow automation.
• Lead architecture and optimization of RAG solutions, including ingestion pipelines, embeddings, and vector stores.
• Design and review agent-based AI architectures and multi-step LLM workflows for enterprise platforms.
• Develop APIs, shared services, and reusable frameworks connecting AI models to internal systems and tools.
• Establish prompt engineering standards, evaluation methods, and testing frameworks to improve AI quality and safety.

Skills

Java

Python

C#

REST APIs

Prompt engineering

Distributed systems

AI platform

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate degree

Tools

Azure AI Services

OpenAI

Vector databases

Embeddings

Job description

M&T Bank is seeking a Principal AI Platform Engineer to lead the design, development, and enterprise adoption of Generative AI capabilities within a secure, governed technology ecosystem in Clanton, Alabama. The role requires deep software engineering, AI platform expertise, and senior technical leadership to drive scalable, resilient AI solutions across the organization.

The job emphasizes mentoring engineers, shaping architectural standards, and partnering with senior leaders to deliver