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GENERAL FUNCTION:
Designs and implements technology and software solutions as a member of an agile squad. Being assigned to an agile squad means this role also participates in all agile ceremonies driving activities from architecture and design to delivery. Models software development best practices and leads communities of practice to continuously refine and document standards and best practices.
In addition, this role helps evaluate, design, and implement AI-assisted engineering capabilities, including internal developer tools, agentic workflows, orchestration patterns, prompt and tool integration, and secure usage patterns for enterprise AI platforms. Works across teams to ensure AI-enabled solutions are scalable, maintainable, observable, secure, and aligned to business and technology standards.
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.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Design and implement new features while improving quality of technical products and applications
Create and execute long-term vision of technical products and applications
Act as a technical expert and developer on an agile squad
Drive the architecture of solutions across multiple services and applications
Develop software meeting code quality standards and metrics
Practice test-driven development
Guide communities of practice by mentoring developers, creating and enforcing standards, reviewing others’ code, and sharing knowledge
Achieve operational excellence by automating processes and writing maintainable, supportable, and testable code
Maintain effective partnerships with operations and engineering teams to drive service improvement
Remain current on IT trends pertaining to their area of practice
Assist with problem resolution for end users and customers
Create and update operations procedures for daily routine management processes
Maintain appropriate controls and documentation to ensure compliance of audit requirements
Design, build, and support AI-enabled software capabilities, including internal tools, developer assistants, copilots, and agentic workflows
Define and implement orchestration patterns for AI agents, tools, APIs, prompts, memory, and workflow execution across enterprise systems
Partner with architecture, security, risk, data, and engineering teams to establish guardrails for responsible AI development and usage
Evaluate and integrate large language models, AI platforms, model providers, and related tooling into enterprise software delivery workflows
Build reusable frameworks, services, and patterns that enable teams to safely adopt AI capabilities at scale
Establish observability, logging, testing, and performance monitoring for AI-powered solutions and agentic workflows
Ensure AI solutions meet enterprise standards for security, privacy, resiliency, explainability, and human oversight where appropriate
Contribute to standards, reference architectures, and best practices for AI engineering, prompt design, tool use, and workflow orchestration
Identify opportunities to improve developer productivity, automation, and customer outcomes through intelligent tooling and AI-assisted processes
Mentor engineers on modern software engineering and emerging AI engineering practices
Other duties as assigned
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or comparable with 8+ years of experience
Knowledge of object-oriented and functional software design
Knowledge of software development best practices
Familiarity with RESTful networking
Prior experience with knowledge of Git and GitHub
Understanding of Software Development Methodologies
Understanding of security best practices
Strong problem solving skills
Strong collaboration skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience designing and implementing distributed systems, APIs, and service integrations
Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and modern AI application patterns, including large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval patterns, and agentic workflows
Experience building or integrating automation, workflow orchestration, or intelligent tooling into engineering or business processes
Understanding of responsible AI principles, including model risk, privacy, security, human oversight, and governance considerations
Ability to evaluate tradeoffs across software architecture, AI capabilities, operational support, and enterprise controls
Experience defining technical standards, reusable patterns, and engineering best practices across teams
Ability to work across product, engineering, architecture, security, and risk stakeholders to deliver scalable enterprise solutions
At Fifth Third, we understand the importance of recognizing our employees for the role they play in improving the lives of our customers, communities and each other. Our Total Rewards include comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings to give each employee the opportunity to be their best every day.
The base salary for this position is reflective of the range of salary levels for all roles within this pay grade across the U.S. Individual salaries within this range will vary based on factors such as role, relevant skillset, relevant experience, education and geographic location. In addition to the base salary, this role is eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan, with any such payment based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance.
Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being. You can learn more about those programs on our 53.com Careers page at: https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/careers/benefits.html or by consulting with your talent acquisition partner.
LOCATION -- Cincinnati, Ohio 45202Attention search firms and staffing agencies: do not submit unsolicited resumes for this posting. Fifth Third does not accept resumes from any agency that does not have an active agreement with Fifth Third. Any unsolicited resumes – no matter how they are submitted – will be considered the property of Fifth Third and Fifth Third will not be responsible for any associated fee.
Fifth Third Bank, National Association is proud to have an engaged and inclusive culture and to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
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