Lead AI Transformation Engineer

About the role

As a Lead AI Transformation Engineer, you will play a critical role in advancing AI-driven engineering practices and establishing technical excellence across the Issuer Solutions portfolio. You will work closely with software development and mainframe teams across the organization to drive the adoption of AI-assisted development tools and deliver solutions that align with the business goals and client needs.

Responsibilities

• Set and evolve engineering standards (code quality, architecture patterns, CI/CD practices, security posture) across the Issuer Solutions portfolio
• Conduct solution architecture reviews, code reviews, and design consultations that raise the quality bar for teams building in Java/Spring, .NET, Angular, Python, and related technologies
• Define reusable patterns, reference implementations, and decision frameworks that teams can adopt independently
• Bridge the gap between corporate platform teams (AI CoE, Cloud Engineering, Security) and delivery teams by translating enterprise mandates into actionable delivery
• Evaluate, pilot, and operationalize AI-assisted engineering workflows demonstrating measurable impact on quality and throughput
• Identify systemic quality issues across the portfolio and propose durable, root-cause solutions by building internal tools and contribute to critical-path code when the situation demands it
• Deliver technical training and enablement sessions on AI adoption emerging AI-assisted practices while mentoring senior engineers toward deeper architectural thinking, production ownership, AI fluency, and cross-team influence

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 5 years operating at a staff, principal, or architect level of influence across multiple teams
• 8+ years of hands-on experience across mainframe and distributed technologies, including Assembler, COBOL, and Java-based enterprise applications, with the ability to bridge legacy and modern architectures
• 8+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and AppOps practices, including production support, monitoring, incident management, and operational excellence
• 8+ years of experience with cloud-native and containerized environments (OpenShift, AWS/Azure/GCP), with exposure to hybrid mainframe-cloud ecosystems
• 8+ years of experience with modern databases (SQL, No-SQL) and mainframe data stores where applicable
• 5+ years of experience in modernizing and integrating mainframe systems with distributed platforms (microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures)
• 3+ years of experience adopting and championing AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering outcomes at scale

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education, work, and/or military experience

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills — able to produce clear technical documentation, present to senior leadership, and mentor engineers across platforms and domains
• Prior experience in the financial services industry

Benefits

• On-site Monday through Friday
• Approximately 10% travel off-site or to other office locations is expected

Pay

$186,000.00 - $285,600.00 These pay ranges apply to employees in New Jersey and New York. Pay ranges for employees in other states may differ. It is unlawful to discriminate against a prospective employee due to the individual's status as a veteran.

Sponsorship

For incentive eligible associates, the successful candidate is eligible for an annual incentive opportunity which may be delivered as a mix of cash bonus and equity awards in the Company’s sole discretion.

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