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Navy Federal Credit Union · 19 hours ago

Generative AI Engineer

Vienna, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$130K/yr - $180K/yr

7+ years exp

Navy Federal Credit Union is responsible for developing and implementing AI-driven solutions that enhance and scale AI adoption across the organization. The Generative AI Engineer will lead the design and implementation of AI systems, collaborating with various stakeholders to drive solutions and support the organization's AI initiatives.

AssociationFinancial ServicesNon Profit

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

As a key member of the AI Center for Enablement (C4E), provide platform, engineering, and enablement services to drive the adoption and utilization of Generative AI capabilities, fostering technological innovation and improving member experience through foundational AI capabilities

Develop AI standards and best practices and establish processes for curating and registering AI models into Model Garden, ensuring compliance with regulatory and security standards throughout the model lifecycle

Define, publish and socialize technology roadmaps for AI/ML enabled capabilities supporting business use cases and outcomes

Partner with senior EDIM, technology product, and engineering leaders to shape and contribute to the strategic goals and direction needed to continuously evolve NFCU's AI Center For Enablement capabilities

Lead and support enterprise developer productivity initiatives by leveraging AI-assisted coding assistants and creating chatbots for IT to drive efficiencies, navigating a complex environment with various tools and programming languages, and ensuring adoption and productivity gains across the organization

Design, develop and deploy AI Engineering solutions with a focus on enabling AI governance, incorporating automated ground truth validation processes, toxicity filters, and transparency measures

Curate, process and augment high-quality multimodal data while integrating RAG for robust model grounding and improved accuracy

Develop AI chatbots or agents by adapting task-oriented LLM models fine-tuned to meet NFCU-specific domains and evaluate model outcomes to ensure accuracy, reduce significant hallucinations, and assure compliance

Partner with business stakeholders to evaluate commercial AI solutions against custom-built options and deliver data-driven Build vs. Buy recommendations that balance technical capabilities, costs, reusability, and strategic business outcomes

Build and maintain strategic partnerships with technology vendors and professional services firms specializing in advanced analytics, generative AI, and natural language processing (NLP) to drive NFCU value outcomes

Build core engineering competencies in GPT algorithms, data ingestion for Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and NLP/Chatbot interface construction

Qualification

Generative AILarge Language ModelsAI StandardsAI GovernancePythonSQLAzure AIData SciencePrompt EngineeringNLPLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Data Analytics, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or related technical field

Experience with building and configuring a foundational GenAI platform including Model Garden, LLM model curation, prompt engineering, and setting up operational Governance controls

Experience with creating and publishing AI Standards, Best Practices, Architecture is required

Proven track record of driving and coordinating use of GenAI Code Assistants (GitHub Copilot, etc.) to drive Developer Productivity initiatives across the organization with clear value metrics

Hands-on experience building production grade AI agents using industry leading platforms (Azure AI Foundry, etc.)

Experience with data platforms (Databricks, etc.) and organizing, cataloging and chunking of unstructured data for scalable Generative-AI solutions and robust knowledge management

Hands-on experience leveraging advanced techniques including Retrieval Augmented Generation to drive model accuracy, minimize hallucinations, and ground the model in facts, specifically when building AI Chatbots

Experience with vector stores and graph databases for managing complex relationships to use in AI applications such as recommendation systems

Robust experience in Azure AI/Data solutions and a deep understanding of the evolving AI landscape, with proven track record in API integrations for accessing LLMs

Strong leadership capabilities with experience collaborating with cross functional teams and leading, and engaging teams

Working knowledge of Scaled Agile delivery approaches, Azure DevOps, and general CI/CD concepts

Strong communication and presentation skills to explain designs and solutions to business and technical stakeholders

Solid experience with Python and SQL required

Preferred

Master's in Computer Science, Data Science, Data Analytics, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or related technical field

7 years of experience in advanced AI/ML technologies

Experience working in an AI Center for Enablement

Experience with AI Governance and LLM Security methods

Experience with AIOps, Cost Scaling and model performance tuning

Knowledge of Navy Federal Credit Union instructions, standards, and procedures

Benefits

Highly competitive pay

Generous benefits and perks

Company

Navy Federal Credit Union

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Since 1933, Navy Federal has grown from seven members to over 4 million members. And since that time, their vision statement has remained

Founded in 1933

Vienna, Virginia, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.navyfederal.org

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