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# Principal AI Engineer - AI Acceleration & Enterprise Enablement

- **Company:** U.S. Bank, National Association
- **Location:** Hopkins, MN, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $149,515.0 - $175,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Application Frameworks, Microsoft Azure, Software Quality, Data Mining, Programming Tools, Information Extraction, Python (Programming Language), OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Agentic-AI, AI Platforms, Machine Learning Operations, Azure AI
- **Published:** October 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://usbank.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/US_Bank_Careers/job/Hopkins-MN/Principal-AI-Engineer---AI-Acceleration---Enterprise-Enablement_2026-0031442

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
 * Eight or more years of relevant experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

 * Experience designing and delivering enterprise AI, Generative AI, or intelligent automation solutions.
 * Strong hands-on experience with Python, APIs, pipelines, and modern software engineering practices.
 * Demonstrated experience solving problems involving complex unstructured documents or data, including extraction methods, accuracy improvement, and solutions operating at scale.
 * Experience with LLMs, Agentic AI, RAG, prompt engineering, and AI orchestration frameworks.
 * Experience with AI/ML platforms, MLOps, model lifecycle management, or AI governance.
 * Experience building reusable AI frameworks, accelerators, developer tools, or enterprise integrations.
 * Experience with cloud AI services, preferably Azure AI and/or Azure OpenAI.
 * Strong understanding of secure, scalable, production-quality software engineering.
 * Ability to provide technical leadership, consult across organizations, influence senior stakeholders, and communicate complex AI concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
 * Experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry is preferred.

## Description

We are seeking a Principal AI Engineer to help accelerate the adoption of AI across the enterprise. This senior individual contributor will combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership to identify high-value AI opportunities and build secure, scalable, production-ready solutions.

The role will work across business and technology teams to develop AI capabilities, reusable frameworks, and intelligent automation solutions while helping teams expand their AI engineering expertise., * Design, build, and deliver enterprise AI and Generative AI solutions from concept through production.

 * Develop scalable AI solutions using Python, APIs, pipelines, and cloud AI services.
 * Build solutions for complex structured and unstructured information, including document intelligence, data extraction, and workflow automation.
 * Apply LLMs, Agentic AI, RAG, and prompt engineering to appropriate business use cases.
 * Build reusable AI frameworks, accelerators, components, and integration patterns that improve solution delivery.
 * Partner with engineering, product, architecture, security, and business teams to evaluate where AI is the right solution and design practical approaches that fit the enterprise environment.
 * Establish strong engineering practices across testing, security, software quality, scalability, and deployment.
 * Provide technical leadership, mentor engineering teams, and help expand AI capabilities across the organization.