Vice President, AI / Machine Learning Software Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 13, 2026. BNY scores A on the Alion truth index.
Vice President, AI / Machine Learning Software Engineer
At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.
Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance - and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.
We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, AI / Machine Learning Software Engineerto join our Global Payments & Trade CAOteam. This role is in Pune.
In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:
AI Solution Engineering
- Design and develop AI-powered applications, autonomous agents, copilots, and intelligent automation solutions.
- Build and integrate LLM-based applications using frameworks such as LangChain, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, or equivalent.
- Develop Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions leveraging vector databases and enterprise knowledge stores.
- Fine-tune, evaluate, and optimize AI models for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Implement responsible AI, model governance, explainability, and monitoring capabilities.
AI Architecture & Platform Development
- Translate business requirements into scalable AI solution designs and technical architectures.
- Define patterns for agent orchestration, prompt management, tool integrations, memory management, and context engineering.
- Design reusable AI engineering components and accelerate solution delivery through standardized frameworks.
- Participate in architecture reviews and technology evaluations.
Data Engineering
- Design and build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, transform, and curate structured and unstructured data.
- Develop data workflows supporting AI and analytics use cases.
- Engineer datasets for machine learning and generative AI applications.
- Build integrations with enterprise systems, APIs, databases, and cloud services.
- Ensure data quality, lineage, security, and governance standards are upheld.
MLOps & AI Operations
- Build CI/CD pipelines for machine learning and AI applications.
- Automate model deployment, monitoring, retraining, and lifecycle management processes.
- Implement observability, logging, performance metrics, and drift detection mechanisms.
- Support production AI workloads and continuously improve solution reliability.
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:
Experience
- 10+ years of software engineering, AI engineering, machine learning, or data engineering experience.
- Minimum 8+ years of hands-on experience building Generative AI applications.
- Experience leading technical workstreams or small engineering teams.
Technical Skills
Programming
- Python (Expert)
- SQL (Advanced)
- JavaScript/TypeScript (Preferred)
- REST API development
AI/ML
- Large Language Models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, etc.)
- Prompt Engineering
- Agentic AI architecture
- RAG implementations
- Machine Learning fundamentals
- NLP and document intelligence
Data Engineering
- Databricks, Spark, or equivalent
- Data pipelines and workflow orchestration
- Structured and unstructured data processing
Cloud Platforms
Experience with one or more:
- Microsoft Azure (Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Fabric, Data Factory)
- AWS (Bedrock, SageMaker, Glue, Lambda, EMR)
MLOps / DevOps
- GitHub / Azure DevOps
- Docker
- Kubernetes (preferred)
- MLflow
- CI/CD pipelines
- Monitoring and observability tools
Databases
- SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Snowflake
- Vector databases (ChromaDB, Pinecone, Weaviate, MongoDB Atlas Vector Search)
- NoSQL databases
Leadership & Delivery
- Lead small teams of AI engineers and developers on multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Mentor junior engineers and establish engineering best practices.
- Drive technical decision-making and code quality reviews.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, data, business, risk, compliance, and technology stakeholders.
- Contribute to estimation, sprint planning, technical roadmaps, and delivery governance.
At BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check out the latest BNY news at:
Here’s a few of our recent awards:
- America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
- World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
- “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025
Our Benefits and Rewards:
BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.
BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.