Bank of America Corporation

Engineering Lead - Agentic AI Platform Engineering & Performance

Bank of America Corporation$150K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of engineering leadership in enterprise platforms or AI systems
  • Proven ability to define architecture and technical strategy
  • Deep expertise in runtime profiling and latency optimization
  • Experience in designing orchestration patterns balancing quality and scalability
  • Strong understanding of model performance monitoring systems
  • Foundational background in site reliability engineering (SRE) best practices
  • Track record of scaling high-performance platforms for enterprise adoption

Responsibilities

  • Manage relationships with technology executives and vendors for deliverables
  • Create an inclusive working environment by resolving impediments
  • Conduct portfolio resourcing and financial management activities
  • Facilitate performance and career development through reviews and coaching
  • Establish a culture of risk and compliance management
  • Ensure alignment of execution with Portfolio strategy
  • Manage procurement and vendor evaluations for technical products

Benefits

  • Inclusive working environment
  • Opportunities for coaching and skill development
  • Focus on innovation and technology advancement
  • Emphasis on process efficiency and streamlining operations
  • Commitment to risk management and compliance standards
Full Job Description
Job Description:

This job is responsible for building and leading an organization to deliver technology products and services that meet strategic business outcomes. Key responsibilities include enabling the portfolio strategy by setting strategic technology outcomes, creating a resource and people development strategy, managing the financial and resource plan, advocating and advancing organizational agility, improving end-to-end processes, and promoting learning and improvement. Job expectations may include coaching, mentoring, and driving leadership succession planning and development of employees.

We are seeking a highly accomplished Agentic AI Platform Engineering & Performance Distinguished level to define and drive the architecture, engineering standards, and technical roadmap for high-performing, resilient agentic systems embedded across the Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC). This role will shape how engineering teams design, measure, optimize, and scale agent runtime platforms to deliver reliable, responsive, and cost-effective AI capabilities across developer workflows.

This role requires deep technical leadership in agent runtime and latency profiling, model performance monitoring and routing, caching, streaming, orchestration, load testing, and site reliability engineering (SRE). The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on engineering depth, platform design expertise, and a track record of building scalable performance frameworks that improve responsiveness, throughput, resiliency, observability, and operational efficiency for agentic systems in production.

Developer Experience (DevEx) provides enterprise technical standards and common technical services, platforms, and tools that are leveraged by delivery teams across all lines of business. Within the SDLC Software Delivery Lifecycle program, this role leads engineering direction for agent runtime performance, production scalability, and operational reliability capabilities that improve how AI-enabled delivery systems execute, respond, and perform across software delivery workflows.

Responsibilities:

  • Manages relationships with business and technology executives/sponsors and vendors for technical products and understands the work deliverables and performance of the Technology Management team by following outcomes from business and client feedback
  • Creates an inclusive and healthy working environment and helps to resolve organizational impediments/blockers by sponsoring opportunities that improve processes, staying close to teams and their experiences, and identifying new opportunities to enhance efficiency and gain a competitive advantage
  • Conducts portfolio level resourcing and financial management activities, establishes target outcomes through objectives and key results, tracks strategic technology outcomes aligned to the portfolio strategy, and promotes the organization and its resources to achieve them
  • Facilitates performance and career development of teams through performance reviews, coaching, and creating development plans that are needed to build competencies and skills
  • Establishes a culture of risk and compliance management, ensuring the organization is compliant with all applicable policies and standards
  • Ensures that execution is aligned with Portfolio strategy by working with Portfolio Product Executives and other value stream stakeholders
  • Manages procurement, vendor evaluations, and negotiating vendor contracts for technical products and services for the organization
  • Improve the experience for our developers, making it easier to deliver industry-leading solutions, while managing work efficiently and with the right controls
  • Advance our technology platforms through innovation
  • Reduce risk and improve quality across our technology portfolio by aligning to a single enterprise architecture strategy and delivering governance that enables consistency, integration and automation


Required Qualification:

Engineering Leadership & Enterprise Platforms
  • 15+ years of engineering leadership across enterprise platforms, developer tooling, or AI-enabled systems
  • Proven ability to define architecture, standards, and technical strategy, influencing senior leaders and operating effectively in regulated environments


Agent Runtime Performance, Profiling & Optimization
  • Deep expertise in runtime profiling and latency optimization, including bottleneck analysis across orchestration, models, tools, and dependencies
  • Strong ability to implement performance strategies (caching, batching, async processing, streaming) to improve throughput and reduce cost
  • Experience designing efficient orchestration patterns that balance execution quality, scalability, and failure isolation


Model Performance Monitoring, Routing & Production Controls
  • Experience building model performance monitoring systems (latency, throughput, errors, cost, and fallback behavior)
  • Strong understanding of model routing and runtime controls to optimize quality, resiliency, and cost across varying workloads


Load Testing, Reliability Engineering & Resilience
  • Strong foundation in SRE practices (SLOs, error budgets, incident response, capacity planning, production readiness)
  • Proven ability to design for resilience (load testing, graceful degradation, retries, timeouts, and failure containment)


Operational Excellence, Scale & Engineering Impact
  • Track record scaling high-performance platforms to enterprise adoption, improving latency, reliability, cost efficiency, and developer experience


Desired Qualification:
  • Advanced degree in a technical discipline or equivalent record of distinguished technical leadership in agent runtime performance, platform reliability engineering, model operations, or AI-enabled software delivery engineering


Skills:
  • Business Acumen
  • Financial Management
  • Influence
  • Result Orientation
  • Risk Management
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Collaboration
  • Data Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Technical Strategy Development
  • Architecture
  • DevOps Practices
  • Solution Delivery Process
  • Solution Design
  • User Experience Design


Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40

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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