AI Engineer
East West Bank2 years ago
Pasadena, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$125k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, deploy, and operationalize enterprise AI and Generative AI applications for prioritized banking use cases.
- Architect LLM solutions involving RAG, vector search, agentic workflows, MCP, model orchestration, tool/function calling, and human-in-the-loop controls.
- Build production-grade services and APIs using Python, FastAPI or Flask, Azure OpenAI, Azure ML, Databricks, and ADLS.
- Establish reusable AI engineering frameworks, reference architectures, code standards, deployment patterns, governance controls, and responsible AI practices.
- Integrate AI into enterprise applications, developer workflows, knowledge platforms, automation, analytics, and decision-support processes.
- Evaluate LLM platforms for accuracy, latency, cost, security, explainability, and suitability for regulated use cases.
- Partner with business, data, cybersecurity, risk, compliance, legal, and vendor teams on regulatory, privacy, auditability, and operational risk requirements.
- Prototype with stakeholders, convert pilots into scalable implementations, and define adoption and impact metrics.
- Support hiring, mentoring, and technical leadership for AI engineers and cross-functional delivery teams.
- Advise leadership on AI opportunities, risks, implementation tradeoffs, roadmaps, operating models, and success metrics.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, AI/ML, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, AI engineering, platform engineering, or related technology leadership roles.
- Experience delivering production AI solutions and leading initiatives from strategy and experimentation through production delivery.
- Strong hands-on experience with Python, API design, microservices, cloud architecture, distributed systems, data pipelines, CI/CD, testing, observability, and secure software delivery.
- Deep experience with Azure, including Azure OpenAI, Azure ML, Databricks, ADLS, Azure AI Search, and enterprise integration patterns.
- Experience with prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, LLM orchestration, agentic workflows, evaluation frameworks, hallucination mitigation, and production controls.
- Hands-on experience with major LLM platforms and models including OpenAI ChatGPT/Codex, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot/Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Llama, or Mistral.
- Experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, model registries, monitoring and observability tools, and MLOps/LLMOps practices.
- Understanding of data quality, lineage, metadata, workflow design, controls, operational risk, responsible AI, prompt-injection risks, privacy, governance, and auditability.
- Experience in financial services, banking, fintech, insurance, or another regulated industry.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence senior stakeholders, mentor engineers, and translate AI capabilities into business solutions.
- Strong executive communication skills and ability to define AI roadmaps, operating models, standards, adoption plans, and success metrics.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree, experience establishing AI engineering teams and platforms, enterprise search and intelligent document processing experience, vendor evaluation experience, model risk management familiarity, and a record of mentoring senior engineers.
Benefits
- The position is based in the United States and requires legal authorization to work in the United States.
- Base pay range is USD $125,000.00 to $250,000.00 per year.
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About East West Bank
EastWest Banking Corporation is a Philippine universal bank providing retail and commercial banking, credit cards, deposits, auto and personal loans, SME lending, treasury, and cash management through a nationwide branch network. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Taguig, Metro Manila, it is a subsidiary of Filinvest Development Corporation. The bank also offers allied services such as non-life insurance brokerage, bancassurance, and leasing, earning primarily from net interest income and fees.