Sr AI Automation Engineer - SDLC & GenAI Platforms

About the role

Ameriprise Financial is seeking a Senior AI Automation Engineer to lead the next phase of AI-enabled SDLC maturity across Investment Technology.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a GenAI-augmented SDLC strategy, embedding AI across requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and auditability.
• Drive spec-to-code, code-to-test, and test-to-deployment automation using LLM-powered workflows aligned to enterprise SDLC standards.
• Partner with Architecture, DevSecOps, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure secure, governed, and auditable AI adoption.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Anthropic Cloud Code capabilities, including: Prompt engineering standards, agent-based orchestration patterns, and secure model invocation and policy enforcement.
• Design and deploy agentic AI workflows to automate: Requirements for elaboration and decomposition, Jira story and acceptance criteria generation, unit, integration, and UAT test generation, SDLC artifact and control evidence creation.
• Integrate AI automation into existing enterprise platforms (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, SDLC tooling, cloud platforms).
• Establish reusable AI components, frameworks, and guardrails for product and engineering teams.
• Enable adoption through reference architectures, implementation patterns, and developer enablement.
• Identify and quantify productivity, quality, and cycle-time improvements driven by AI.
• Define KPIs and success metrics tied to SDLC efficiency, developer experience, and risk reduction.
• Support executive visibility into AI-driven outcomes and maturity progress.

Requirements

• Experience integrating GenAI into requirements management, testing automation, and SDLC controls.
• Familiarity with enterprise GenAI governance models, including model risk management and auditability.
• Experience working in financial services or highly regulated industries.
• Thought leadership in AI platforms, automation, or engineering productivity initiatives.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience operationalizing Large Language Models (LLMs) at scale.
• Deep understanding of modern Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices.
• A strong bias toward automation, governance, and measurable business outcomes.

Skills

• Expertise in Anthropic Cloud Code capabilities.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Benefits

We offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being, including but not limited to vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental, and life insurance.

Pay

The estimated base salary for this role is $128,000 - $168,000/year. We have a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives depending on the role.

Schedule

This is a Full-Time position and Exempt role.

Job Family Group

Technology

Line of Business

TECH Technology

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship, disability status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor

We request Priority Protected Veteran & Disabled Referrals for all of our locations within the state.