Principal AI Engineer
Wells Fargo
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This role pays less than 73% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$246,800 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $163k versus about $204k for comparable roles.
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U.S. Bank (U.S. Bancorp) is the fifth-largest bank in the United States, providing retail banking, corporate and commercial banking, wealth management, and payment services to millions of customers. Industry: Banking & Financial Services
US Bank currently has 47 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $119,765–$140,900 across 29 roles with salary data.
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JOB TITLE: Principal AI Engineer – AI Acceleration & Enterprise Enablement As a Principal AI Engineer, you will join the team to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence across the enterprise. This senior individual contributor role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership to identify high-value opportunities and build secure, scalable, production-ready solutions. You will design and deliver Generative AI solutions, develop reusable frameworks, and create intelligent automation for complex structured and unstructured information, including document intelligence and data extraction. Your daily work involves applying LLMs, Agentic AI, RAG, and prompt engineering using Python, APIs, pipelines, and cloud AI services like Azure OpenAI. You will establish engineering practices for testing, security, and scalability while mentoring teams to expand organizational AI capabilities within a highly regulated financial services environment.
What does a AI Engineer earn in California?
Median $246150 from 100 postings across 17 companies.
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