Senior AI Technology Architect

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior AI Technology Architect to lead the design and enablement of scalable, enterprise AI architecture solutions. This role focuses on translating AI strategy into production-ready platforms, defining architectural standards, and enabling reuse across the organization.

These are two (2) open roles, with focus areas including machine learning platforms and AI-enabled application architecture. Individuals hired into this posting will be aligned based on experience and enterprise priorities.

This role partners with engineering, platform, and business teams to design enterprise AI capabilities, shape governance models, and drive adoption of AI solutions at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of enterprise AI architecture and reusable platform capabilities
• Define architectural standards, governance models, and best practices for AI implementations
• Evaluate and recommend AI platforms and tooling such as Azure AI services, AWS AI/ML platforms, OpenAI-based solutions, and enterprise LLM platforms
• Develop architecture roadmaps aligned to business strategy and enterprise technology direction
• Guide engineering teams in implementing scalable AI solutions leveraging cloud-native architectures, APIs, and distributed systems
• Design solutions with sufficient technical depth to support implementation and operationalization
• Identify risks and ensure alignment with security, identity, network, and data governance requirements
• Influence decisions around model deployment strategies, integration patterns, and enterprise AI platform design

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Ten (10) or more years of experience in technology architecture, engineering, or enterprise systems design

Preferred Skills / Experience

• Deep expertise in enterprise architecture and platform design
• Experience building and scaling AI/ML platforms using cloud services (e.g., Azure ML, AWS SageMaker, Bedrock)
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, including compute, networking, storage, identity (IAM), and security architecture
• Experience designing distributed systems and integrating enterprise platforms using APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures
• Demonstrated understanding of generative AI and agentic AI, including evaluation of latency, reasoning, orchestration, and safety considerations
• Experience designing or supporting LLM-based applications, multimodal AI solutions, or document intelligence platforms
• Strong experience evaluating vendors and enterprise technology ecosystems
• Experience defining governance models and enterprise architecture standards
• Strong executive communication and influencing skills

Location Expectation

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Pregnancy disability and parental leave

• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

• Adoption assistance

• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $139,230.00 - $163,800.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.