Software Engineer 2 (Backend AI)

U.S. Bank•Cincinnati, OH

1d•$98,175 - $115,500•Hybrid

About The Position

This position will be responsible for the analysis, design, testing, development and maintenance of best in class software experiences. The candidate is a self-motivated individual who can collaborate with a team and across the organization. The candidate takes responsibility of the software artifacts produced adhering to U.S. Bank standards in order to ensure minimal impact to the customer experience. The candidate will be adept with the agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
Three to five years of relevant experience
Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Demonstrated collaboration with product, architecture, security, and business teams.
Commitment to continuous learning and adoption of emerging AI technologies.

Nice To Haves

Experience building AI/GenAI-powered applications using Large Language Models (LLMs).
Hands-on experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, prompt engineering, and AI orchestration frameworks.
Experience with agentic AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or similar technologies.
Familiarity with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, AWS Bedrock, or equivalent AI platforms.
Experience integrating AI services with enterprise systems, APIs, workflows, and data platforms.
Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Knowledge of distributed systems, scalability, observability, and performance optimization.
Experience with GitHub Copilot or other AI-assisted software development tools.
Understanding of responsible AI, AI governance, and model evaluation practices.
Java, Python, Spring Boot, FastAPI, Node.js
REST APIs, GraphQL, Microservices
Azure, AWS, Cloud-Native Architecture
Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD Pipelines
SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
Vector Databases, Embedding Models, RAG
Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, LLM APIs
LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel
GitHub, GitHub Copilot, DevOps Tooling

Responsibilities

Responsible for designing, developing, testing, operating and maintaining products
Takes full stack ownership by consistently writing production-ready and testable code
Consistently creates optimal design adhering to architectural best practices; considers scalability, reliability and performance of systems/contexts affected when defining technical designs
Performs analysis on failures, propose design changes, and encourage operational improvements
Makes sound design/coding decisions keeping customer experience in the forefront
Takes feedback from code review and apply changes to meet standards
Conducts code reviews to provide guidance on engineering best practices and compliance with development procedures
Accountable for ensuring all aspects of product development follow compliance and security best practices
Exhibits relentless focus in software reliability engineering standards embedded into development standards
Embraces emerging technology opportunities and contributes to the best practices in support of the bank’s technology transformation
Contributes to a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement
Reviews tasks critically and ensures they are appropriately prioritized and sized for incremental delivery; anticipates and communicates blockers and delays before they require escalation

Benefits

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
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401(k) contribution and pension