Senior GenAI Platform Architect

M&T Bank Corporation; Clanton, Northern (AL, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 233,000; Full time

Job summary

M&T Bank Corporation in Clanton, Alabama is seeking a Principal AI Platform Engineer to design, build, and scale GenAI capabilities across the enterprise, with a focus on secure, governed platforms and measurable performance.

You will lead RAG architectures, embeddings, vector stores, tool integrations, API design, and governance practices while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product and architecture teams.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with production applications using Java, Python, or C#.
• Strong foundation in software engineering, data structures, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support enterprise-scale GenAI solutions and workflows.
• Lead architecture and optimization of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions.
• Design, review, and approve agent-based AI architectures and multi-step LLM workflows.
• Develop APIs, services, and reusable AI frameworks connecting models to internal systems.
• Establish prompt engineering standards and testing frameworks to ensure quality and safety.
• Drive model testing, benchmarking, and performance analysis within governance standards.
• Mentor engineers on software engineering and AI architecture patterns.
• Contribute to technical roadmaps balancing AI initiatives and platform modernization.

Skills

Java

Python

C#

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure

OpenAI technologies

Job description

M&T Bank Corporation in Clanton, Alabama is seeking a Principal AI Platform Engineer to design, build, and scale GenAI capabilities across the enterprise, with a focus on secure, governed platforms and measurable performance.

You will lead RAG architectures, embeddings, vector stores, tool integrations, API design, and governance practices while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product and architecture teams.