This role pays less than
90%
of similar roles. Most pay
$202,800–$261,875
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$163k
versus about
$232k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About US Bank
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
50 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$111,605–$131,300
across 30 roles with salary data.
Principal AI Research Scientist
The Principal AI Research Scientist joins the Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence to advance the bank's AI strategy from early-stage research through enterprise deployment. This role involves monitoring emerging technologies, identifying business opportunities, and rapidly prototyping novel solutions for complex financial services problems. The candidate will manage the full R&D lifecycle, including data preparation, modeling, and production-ready deployment while ensuring security and compliance in a highly regulated environment. Key responsibilities include developing generative AI, large language models, multimodal systems, and agentic workflows using retrieval-augmented generation and fine-tuning techniques. Required skills include Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face, Langchain, and LangGraph. The role requires expertise in neural networks, transformer architectures, and inference optimization to build scalable capabilities while providing technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and data scientists across the organization's AI initiatives.
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