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AI Engineer - Automated Channels Transformation

AI summary of the role

Fifth Third Bank seeks a Principal AI Engineer to architect and implement AI/ML systems for banking challenges, focusing on generative AI, agentic systems, and enterprise-wide technical standards.

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What you’ll do

  • Design, develop, and implement AI and machine learning systems addressing specific business challenges.
  • Develop agentic AI systems capable of autonomous reasoning, planning, and tool utilization.
  • Set enterprise-wide technical standards by defining reference architectures and approving model lifecycle gates.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

What you’ll bring

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, or related technical field.
  • 6+ years of experience developing and deploying machine learning or AI solutions in production environments.
  • Strong programming skills with proficiency in Python; familiarity with JavaScript and SQL.
  • Expertise in generative AI techniques including prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, and agentic system design.

Technologies

Python · AWS Bedrock · AWS Sagemaker · PyTorch · scikit-learn · Hugging Face · LangChain · LlamaIndex · Docker · Terraform

About Fifth Third Bank

Super-regional U.S. bank serving consumers, small businesses and commercial clients across retail banking, lending, wealth, commercial payments and embedded-finance APIs.

Public · 5000+ people

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Make banking a Fifth Third better® We connect great people to great opportunities. Are you ready to take the next step? Discover a career in banking at Fifth Third Bank. General Function The Principal AI Engineer architects and implements artificial intelligence and machine learning systems that address diverse business challenges throughout the Bank. This role involves conducting rigorous data analysis, performing statistical evaluation, designing experimental frameworks, and developing algorithms that effectively leverage both structured and unstructured data. The AI Engineer creates solutions that range from on-demand analytics to fully integrated software systems, working closely with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business requirements. Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally
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Make banking a Fifth Third better® We connect great people to great opportunities. Are you ready to take the next step? Discover a career in banking at Fifth Third Bank. General Function The Principal AI Engineer architects and implements artificial intelligence and machine learning systems that address diverse business challenges throughout the Bank. This role involves conducting rigorous data analysis, performing statistical evaluation, designing experimental frameworks, and developing algorithms that effectively leverage both structured and unstructured data. The AI Engineer creates solutions that range from on-demand analytics to fully integrated software systems, working closely with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business requirements. Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined. Accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues and ensures that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience. While operating within the Bank's risk appetite, achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types. Essential Duties and Responsibilities AI Development and Implementation Design, develop, and implement AI and machine learning systems that add [... source excerpt omitted ...] s and mentors Lead Engineers, ensuring integration, scalability, and compliance across multiple products and platforms. Partner with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions. Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Present findings, recommendations, and insights to business teams in accessible formats. Collaborate with software engineers, cloud engineers, data engineers, and data scientists to integrate AI solutions into existing systems and products. Work with compliance and security teams to ensure AI systems meet banking regulatory requirements. Minimum Knowledge, Skills a [... source excerpt omitted ...] Science, Mathematics, or related technical field; Advanced degree preferred but not required. 6+ years of experience developing and deploying machine learning or AI solutions in production environments. Technical Skills Strong programming skills with proficiency in Python; familiarity with JavaScript and SQL. Expertise in generative AI techniques including prompt engineering, fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), evaluation frameworks, tool integration, and agentic system design. Experience with cloud computing platforms (AWS preferred, specifically Bedrock, Sagemaker, Lex, etc.). Skilled in data visualization and storytelling, effectively communicating complex

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