Staff Engineer I, Enterprise AI Platform & Governance

Western Alliance Bank; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

401k matching

Tuition assistance program

Employee volunteer program

Wellness program

Ownership stake in the company

Job summary

Western Alliance Bank is seeking an IT Staff Engineer I to lead the governance and administration of the enterprise AI agent platform (Microsoft Foundry). You’ll own platform operations, security, and compliance, partnering with security, infrastructure, and application teams to enable scalable AI-enabled business processes.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering, a related bachelor’s degree, and strong experience with Foundry and Azure DevOps. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related software development or engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Experience with Python, C#/ .NET, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with Microsoft Foundry; Foundry IQ preferred.
• Experience developing Copilot Studio alongside Foundry-built agents or Power Platform preferred.
• Understanding of AI models and the cost implications of enterprise AI workloads preferred.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Financial Services or Banking preferred.
• Advanced regulatory and legal compliance knowledge.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects; Azure DevOps experience preferred.
• Ability to align projects with organizational goals; governance and architectural compliance expertise.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• May require up to 25% travel.

Responsibilities

• Governance, administration, and operational support of the enterprise AI agent platform.
• Create and configure Foundry projects, agents, connections and resources (Cosmos DB, AI Search, storage).
• Deploy and manage models from the catalog, configure quotas, and maintain guardrail policies.
• Assign and audit Foundry RBAC roles.
• Provide platform support – capacity, toolboxes, hosted agent runtimes, tracing and incident reports.
• Partner with engineering leadership to ensure solutions align with standards and architectural principles & patterns.
• Design and implement platform-level monitoring and observability for a highly transactional environment.

Skills

Software development

Cross-functional leadership

Technical governance

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Foundry

Foundry IQ

Copilot Studio

Power Platform

Azure DevOps

Cosmos DB

Job description

Western Alliance Bank is seeking an IT Staff Engineer I to lead the governance and administration of the enterprise AI agent platform (Microsoft Foundry). You’ll own platform operations, security, and compliance, partnering with security, infrastructure, and application teams to enable scalable AI-enabled business processes.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering, a related bachelor’s degree, and strong experience with Foundry and Azure DevOps. Travel up to 25% may be required.