BankUnited ยท 2 months ago
AI Architect and Engagement Lead (Hybrid-Miami Lakes)
Miami Lakes, FL, 33016, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
6+ years expBankUnited is a financial institution looking for an AI Architect and Engagement Lead to drive their AI strategy and implementation. This leadership role involves collaborating with business and technical teams to develop AI use cases, enhance business processes, and ensure compliance with ethical standards in AI deployment.
BankingFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify opportunities for using AI to enhance business processes and achieve desired outcomes
Work across engineering teams to recommend suitable AI technologies and solutions to address identified opportunities and to leverage synthetic data to address data drift, data quality, and mitigate bias in AI solutions
Establish a deep understanding of our customers' business needs and communicate key insights/findings/requirements to engineering teams
Conduct PoCs to demonstrate the value and feasibility of AI solutions to the lines of business
Advise on the selection and implementation of appropriate AI technologies based on business needs and technical considerations
Perform risk assessments of AI solutions, identifying potential risks and recommending effective mitigation strategies
Translate the vision of business leaders into realistic technical implementations, while identifying misaligned initiatives and impractical use cases
Contribute toward the development of a comprehensive AI Architecture framework inclusive of patterns and guidelines that support the deployment, evaluation, and management of AI solutions
Contribute to the definition of the Bank's AI/ML technical direction and architectural vision, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and AI transformation efforts
Assist toward the selection of appropriate AI technologies from a pool of open-source and commercial offerings, considering deployment models and integration with existing tools
Understand LLM model architecture and evaluate its use (embedded or otherwise) as part of 3rd party platform evaluation
Contribute to the successful execution of AI-powered applications using an agile methodology
Work closely with security and risk leaders to identify and mitigate risks, ensuring ethical AI implementation and compliance with upcoming regulations
Work with the HR training department to develop and roll out appropriate AI training
Help AI product managers and business stakeholders to understand the potential and limitations of AI when planning new products
Building positive relationships with various line of business to understand their goals and objectives
Assist toward the preparation of AI Architecture design for Architecture Review Board approval
Identification/research of forward-looking AI use-cases and emerging technologies that will drive the AI roadmap for the bank, covering ML, advanced LLM architectures that provided competitive advantage
Provide leadership, oversight and guidance on AI application design and development
Contribute to the establishment of technology standards, best practices for data privacy, model security, and compliance for AI including ML, Gen AI lifecycle management
Spearhead the design and integration of Generative AI applications including prompt engineering, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning(LoRA, QoRA), and multimodal AI for Enterprise use
Lead the design and implementation of scalable MLOps/LLMOps frameworks ensuring robust model lifecycle management, CI/CD and automated model monitoring
Adheres to and complies with applicable, federal and state laws, regulations and guidance, including those related to anti-money laundering (i.e. Bank Secrecy Act, US PATRIOT Act, etc.)
Adheres to Bank policies and procedures and completes required training
Identifies and reports suspicious activity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in any of Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Data Science or a related field required
6+ years of experience translating business requirements into technical requirements and design documents required
6+ years of experience with application architecture analysis, design, and delivery required
6+ years of full application development life cycle implementations required
Experience working with Traditional AI and GenAI Technologies required
Experience in a project team lead role and road mapping exercises required
Banking/Financial background or experience a plus required
Excellent communication skills and business acumen
Ability to communicate technical topics in a clear, succinct, and relevant way
Working knowledge of AI / ML frameworks and tools
Working knowledge of data science, data engineering, and software development principles
Consistently demonstrate professional, positive, and approachable attitude, demeanor and discretion
Agentic AI, Model Context Protocols (MCP), LLM model fine-tuning methods such as LoRA, QoRA
Preferred
Relevant certifications in Cloud AI platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle and data technologies a plus preferred
Company
BankUnited
BankUnited, Inc. (BKU) is a bank holding company with three wholly owned subsidiaries:
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2011-02-02IPO
Leadership Team
Rajinder Singh
Chief Executive Officer
Mario Facella
Senior Vice President
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