Software Engineer- AI Agents / Generative AI

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success.

About the role

As a Software Engineer within PNC's Technology organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA or Cleveland, OH. You will support PNC's Data & Analytics (DnA) organization by designing, developing, and deploying AI-powered applications and agentic systems that leverage large language models (LLMs), orchestration frameworks, and enterprise data platforms. You will work closely with data scientists, data engineers, and business stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable AI solutions. In addition to development responsibilities, you will monitor production AI solutions, analyze performance and telemetry metrics, identify optimization opportunities, and implement enhancements to improve reliability, efficiency, and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy AI agents and GenAI-driven applications.
• Develop agentic workflows utilizing modern orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph and LangChain.
• Build integrations with internal and external systems through REST APIs and other service interfaces.
• Implement and support Model Context Protocol (MCP) based solutions and integrations.
• Develop AI-powered automation solutions for data and analytics use cases.
• Collaborate with data scientists to operationalize AI models and measure business impact.
• Monitor deployed AI agents using observability and telemetry tools to evaluate performance, reliability, and usage patterns.
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and maintain AI applications in production environments.
• Partner with data engineers and analytics teams to automate and enhance data workflows.
• Contribute to best practices for AI engineering, model governance, scalability, and software development.
• Develops, tests and implements software solutions.
• Designs software solutions to address business needs.
• Writes code, tests and deploys software.
• Prepares technical and procedural documentation required for software.
• Maintains and debugs software.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience developing applications in Python.
• Experience building or integrating AI, machine learning, Generative AI, or LLM-based solutions.
• Experience with agent orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph and/or LangChain.
• Experience developing and consuming REST APIs.
• Knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP) concepts and AI tool integrations.
• Experience deploying and supporting production software solutions.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
• Experience building autonomous or agentic AI systems.
• Experience with PySpark and/or data engineering pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud-native development and AI services.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, telemetry, and operational analytics.
• Experience working in large-scale enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a university / college degree, with 2+ years of relevant professional experience. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Pay

Base Salary: $75,000.00 – $137,500.00. Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.

Benefits

PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include:

• Medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options.
• Employee and spouse/child life insurance.
• Short and long-term disability protection.
• 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans.
• Dependent care reimbursement account.
• Back-up child/elder care.
• Adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement.
• Educational assistance, including select programs fully paid.
• A robust wellness program with financial incentives.
• Paid time off, including maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level and years of service.

PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.