Bank of America Corporation

Data Engineer III (AI/BI)

Bank of America Corporation$104K — $157K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in data management, analytics, engineering, governance, or AI initiatives.
  • Expertise in data governance, metadata management, and data quality frameworks.
  • Strong background in implementing compliance controls for privacy, security, and risk management.
  • Proven track record in driving the adoption of data platforms and AI solutions.
  • Hands-on experience with metadata and governance platforms, such as data catalogs and knowledge graphs.
  • Ability to establish operating models for tenant enablement and service delivery.
  • Effective stakeholder management with strong communication and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead story refinement and delivery of requirements through project lifecycles.
  • Code solutions for data integration, transformation, and quality control processes.
  • Collaborate with development teams to document system requirements and client needs.
  • Develop and oversee test plans, analyzing results and leading issue triage.
  • Guide technology partnerships to enhance data management standards compliance.
  • Manage complex IT projects to ensure timely delivery and risk management adherence.
  • Define strategic roadmaps for data governance and platform service capabilities.

Benefits

  • Access to industry-leading benefits and paid time off.
  • Resources and support for employee impact and community contributions.
Full Job Description

Position Summary:

Join a groundbreaking team at Bank of America, at the forefront of innovation in AI.  We are building the next generation of Gen AI platform, empowering new AI initiatives across Consumer, Small Business, Global Banking, and Wealth organizations. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a critical platform that will enable secure, scalable, and high-performance AI capabilities across the organization. We value curiosity, collaboration, and a passion for pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with AI.

This position is focused on design, build, and serve the Gen AI BI capabilities. This is a unique opportunity to shape the enterprise data ecosystem by establishing governance standards, improving data discoverability, enabling self-service capabilities, supporting platform tenants, and ensuring secure, scalable, and compliant usage of data platform technologies. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in data governance and metadata management with a strong customer-centric mindset focused on platform adoption and business value realization.
This role is responsible for defining and leading the governance, adoption, onboarding, and tenant support strategy for enterprise data platforms while partnering with engineering, architecture, risk, and business stakeholders to drive enterprise-wide outcomes.

This job is responsible for driving efforts to develop and deliver complex data solutions to accomplish technology and business goals. Key responsibilities include leading code design and delivery tasks with the integration, cleaning, transformation and control of data in operational and analytical data systems. Job expectations include liaising with vendors and working with stakeholders and Product and Software Engineering teams to implement data requirements, analyzing performance, and researching and troubleshooting issues within system engineering domains.

Responsibilities:

  • Leads story refinement and delivery of requirements through the delivery lifecycle and assists team members in resolving technical complexities
  • Codes complex solutions to integrate, clean, transform, and control data, builds processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, data quality controls, dependency, and workload management, assembles complex data sets, and communicates required information for deployment
  • Leads documentation of system requirements, collaborates with development teams to understand data requirements and feasibility, and leverages architectural components to develop client requirements
  • Leads testing teams to develop test plans, contributes to existing test suites including integration, regression, and performance, analyzes test reports, identifies test issues and errors, and leads triage of underlying causes
  • Leads work efforts with technology partners and stakeholders to close gaps in data management standards adherence, negotiates paths forward by thinking outside the box to identify and communicate solutions to complex problems, and leverages knowledge of information systems, techniques, and processes
  • Leads complex information technology projects to ensure on-time delivery and adherence to release processes and risk management and defines and builds data pipelines to enable data-informed decision making
  • Mentors Data Engineers to enable continuous development and monitors key performance indicators and internal controls
  • Define and execute strategic roadmaps for governance, adoption, and tenant service capabilities.
  • Partner with engineering organizations to ensure platform services are scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with enterprise standards.
  • Establish operating models, service processes, SLAs, and support frameworks that improve platform stability and user experience.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and industry best practices related to data governance, cataloging, metadata management, platform operations, and AI governance.
  • Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of enterprise data governance frameworks, standards, controls, and operating models.
  • Drive adoption of metadata management, data lineage, business glossaries, data classification, and data quality practices across the enterprise.
  • Partner with data stewards, platform teams, architects, and risk partners to ensure compliance with governance, privacy, security, and regulatory requirements.
  • Identify gaps and establish remediation plans to improve data quality, transparency, accountability, and trust.
  • Enable effective understanding, and consumption of enterprise data assets through governance-enabled self-service capabilities.
  • Promote consistent use of lineage, classification, tagging, annotations, and data quality indicators to improve trust and usability.
  • Develop and execute strategies to increase adoption of enterprise data platform capabilities, self-service analytics, and AI-enabled data solutions.
  • Define onboarding frameworks, best practices, playbooks, and training programs to accelerate tenant success and platform utilization.
  • Partner with business and technology stakeholders to understand user needs and improve platform capabilities, experience, and accessibility.
  • Drive awareness and education programs to increase understanding of platform services, governance requirements, and supported use cases.
  • Measure adoption trends, identify barriers, and implement continuous improvement initiatives to maximize business value.

Required qualifications:

  • 8+ years of experience leading data management, data analytics, data engineering, data governance, or data platform initiatives enabling AI, or GenBI.
  • Deep expertise in data governance, metadata management, data lineage, business glossaries, data quality, master data management, and information lifecycle management.
  • Strong experience implementing governance controls supporting privacy, security, risk, and regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Proven success driving enterprise adoption of data platforms, self-service analytics, cloud data services, and AI-enabled solutions.
  • Hands-on experience with metadata and governance platforms, including data catalogs, lineage tools, semantic layers, knowledge graphs, and business metadata repositories.
  • Experience establishing operating models for platform onboarding, tenant enablement, customer success, and service delivery.
  • Strong understanding of modern cloud-based data platforms and large-scale enterprise data ecosystems.
  • Experience managing multiple business tenants in shared enterprise platforms while ensuring appropriate governance, security, and operational controls.
  • Ability to define and monitor platform adoption metrics, governance KPIs, service health metrics, and operational effectiveness measures.
  • Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills with senior business and technology leadership.
  • Demonstrated ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on execution in a complex enterprise environment.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience supporting enterprise AI, analytics, or data science platforms from a governance and enablement perspective.
  • Knowledge of data governance frameworks, AI governance, responsible AI, and model lifecycle governance.
  • Experience leading cloud migration, platform modernization, and adoption programs.
  • Strong understanding of user experience and customer journey design for enterprise data platforms.
  • Experience developing training, enablement, and community engagement programs to drive sustained platform adoption.
  • Track record of building high-performing teams and driving a culture of quality, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Experience evaluating and piloting emerging governance, cataloging, observability, and platform management technologies.

Skills:

  • Analytical Thinking
  • Application Development
  • Data Management
  • DevOps Practices
  • Solution Design
  • Agile Practices
  • Collaboration
  • Decision Making
  • Risk Management
  • Test Engineering
  • Architecture
  • Business Acumen
  • Data Quality Management
  • Financial Management
  • Solution Delivery Process

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Pennington - 1500 American Blvd - Hopewell Bldg 5 (NJ2150)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$104,000.00 - $157,700.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

About Bank of America Corporation

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the corporate and investment banking division of Bank of America. It provides services in mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets, lending, trading, risk management, research, and liquidity and payments management. It was formed through the combination of the corporate and investment banking activities of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch following the acquisition of the latter by the former in January 2009. Bank of America completed the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co on 1 January 2009. Bank of America began rebranding all of its corporate and investment banking activities under the Bank of America Merrill Lynch name in September 2009. In April 2010, Bank of America Merrill Lynch appointed Christian Meissner as head of investment banking for Europe, Middle East and Africa. In April 2011, Bank of America Merrill Lynch integrated its corporate and investment banking operations into a single division. In October 2013, Bank of America Merrill Lynch was recognised as the Most Innovative Investment Bank of the Year in The Banker's Investment Banking Awards.

Bank of America Corporation Careers

Join the dynamic team at Bank of America Corporation, a premier global financial institution where innovation, leadership, and growth go hand in hand. As one of the largest banks in the world, we offer unparalleled job opportunities and a culture that values diversity, inclusion, and professional growth. Work You’ll Do At Bank of America Corporation, you’ll be part of a team that’s dedicated to making a real difference. Whether you’re helping families buy their first home, advising businesses on expansion, or developing cutting-edge financial technologies, your work will have an impact. Our commitment to leadership in the financial industry has never been stronger, and we need passionate, skilled professionals to lead our journey. Explore a World of Opportunities From entry-level positions to leadership roles, Bank of America Corporation offers a variety of career paths in areas such as investment banking, technology, marketing, and risk management. Our job opportunities span the globe, providing the chance to work alongside the best in the industry and develop skills that will propel your career forward. Internship Programs Kickstart your career with Bank of America Corporation’s internship programs. These opportunities provide hands-on experience and a chance to engage in meaningful work that complements your academic studies. Interns gain invaluable networking opportunities, receive mentorship from seasoned professionals, and learn about the culture and operations of a global financial leader. Benefits and Growth Bank of America Corporation is committed to the well-being and continuous professional development of our team members. We offer a competitive benefits package that supports the health, financial stability, and work-life balance of our employees. Our training programs and development initiatives ensure that every team member has the opportunity to grow and advance within the company. Inclusive Culture We believe our strength lies in our diversity. Bank of America Corporation fosters an inclusive environment where all employees can thrive. Through diversity training and a commitment to equal opportunities, we cultivate leadership and innovation that reflect the wide-ranging communities we serve. Join Our Team Are you ready to advance your career at a company that’s at the forefront of the financial industry? Explore the positions available at Bank of America Corporation and find where your skills and interests align with our needs. We are continuously hiring and looking for individuals who are curious, creative, and eager to drive change. Stay Connected Keep up to date with the latest from Bank of America Corporation Careers by subscribing to our job alert emails. Tailor your subscription to receive updates that match your career interests and get insider tips that can help you during your application and interview process. Bank of America Corporation is not just a company—it’s a place where you can shape your future and the future of finance. Join us and be part of a team that’s redefining what a bank can be.
Learn more about Bank of America Corporation
Size
208,000 employees
Market Cap
$260.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$17.8 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
-1.4%
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