AVP – Data Products and AI Enablement

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group • Walnut Creek, CA

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Assistant Vice President - Data Products and AI Enablement is a hands-on engineering role building AI-powered applications and data products, from backend services and APIs through intuitive user experiences. The role combines software engineering, AI/LLM development, data integration, and frontend development to deliver secure, scalable solutions for analytics and reporting users, relationship managers, and business partners across the bank.

The position develops end-to-end applications that connect enterprise data, AI capabilities, banking systems, and third-party platforms, and turns complex financial, client, operational, and analytical data into useful dashboards, workflows, insights, and decision-support experiences. It partners with product managers, designers, data scientists, AI engineers, and business stakeholders to prototype, validate, and produce new AI and data products.

The selected colleague works at an MUFG office or client site four days per week and remotely one day per week. The role may be eligible for discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. The stated typical base pay range is $96,000–$143,000 in New York/New Jersey and $90,000–$129,000 elsewhere, depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

Requirements

• Typically 5+ years of software, backend, platform, or data engineering experience, including distributed systems and production data platforms.
• Knowledge of data security, governance, high availability, disaster recovery, observability, and performance optimization.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant cloud, data engineering, Kubernetes, or AI/ML certification.
• Experience delivering technology solutions in financial services or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience working with cybersecurity, data governance, model risk, architecture, and control functions.

Responsibilities

• Design and build end-to-end AI-powered applications spanning frontend experiences, backend services, APIs, data platforms, and AI/LLM capabilities.
• Develop intelligent applications using LLMs, RAG, vector search, semantic retrieval, AI agents, natural-language interfaces, and intelligent automation.
• Build responsive and intuitive enterprise applications using React, TypeScript, Next.js, Python, Node.js, and modern API architectures.
• Develop backend services and APIs that integrate enterprise data, AI models, banking systems, and third-party platforms.
• Transform complex financial, client, operational, and analytical data into intuitive dashboards, workflows, insights, and decision-support experiences.
• Build reusable frontend components, design systems, data visualizations, and application frameworks to accelerate delivery across the Chief Data & AI Office.
• Partner with product managers, designers, data scientists, AI engineers, and business stakeholders to rapidly prototype, validate, and produce new AI and data products.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
• Retirement plans.
• Educational assistance and training programs.
• Income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities.
• Paid maternity and parental bonding leave.
• Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays.
• May be eligible for discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior