Job Description

Senior Vice President AI/ML Software Engineer

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President AI/ML Software Engineer to lead the architecture and delivery of production-grade AI systems built on agentic frameworks, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and LLM orchestration. This is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for a team of engineers building autonomous AI pipelines that extract, validate, and reason over complex unstructured documents. You will own the technical vision for a multi-agent ecosystem -- designing pipeline orchestration engines, embedding/vectorization strategies, knowledge retrieval systems, and AI-assisted code generation tooling. You will lead a VP-level engineer and a broader team of 4-8 developers. This role is in New York, NY

What Sets This Role Apart - You build the agent framework, not just configure one -- custom orchestration engine, not a LangChain wrapper - Production AI with real consequences -- extraction accuracy directly impacts financial operations - Full RAG ownership -- from raw OCR bytes through embedding, retrieval, and generation - Evaluation-driven culture -- golden-truth datasets, automated regression, measurable quality gates - Greenfield AI + enterprise integration -- build new AI-native systems that plug into established platforms

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to impact on our organization in the following ways:

Technical Leadership & Architecture

Architect agentic AI systems: multi-agent orchestration, tool-use patterns, planning/reasoning loops, and autonomous decision chains - Design and evolve RAG infrastructure -- chunking strategies, embedding pipelines, vector store selection, retrieval ranking, and context window optimization - Define vectorization strategy: embedding model selection, dimensionality trade-offs, hybrid search (dense + sparse), and re-ranking approaches - Own the AI pipeline orchestration framework -- blocks, inlets/outlets, blackboards, memory stores, and content policy enforcement - Make build-vs-buy decisions across the AI toolchain (vector databases, agent frameworks, evaluation harnesses, model gateways) - Establish patterns for prompt engineering at scale: prompt versioning, chain-of-thought decomposition, few-shot management, and guardrails

Agentic & RAG Systems

Design multi-agent architectures with shared memory, blackboard patterns, and inter-agent communication protocols - Build autonomous extraction agents capable of planning, tool selection, self-correction, and validation - Implement knowledge graph construction from unstructured documents -- entity extraction, relationship mapping, and graph-based retrieval - Develop evaluation frameworks: retrieval precision/recall, extraction accuracy, agent task completion rates, and hallucination detection - Design feedback loops: human-in-the-loop correction, reinforcement from golden-truth datasets, and continuous prompt refinement

Team Leadership

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 4-8 engineers (AI/ML, backend, full-stack) - Directly manage a VP-level AI engineer; provide technical guidance and career development - Drive architecture reviews, design sessions, and technical decision-making - Own sprint planning, technical backlog, and delivery commitments - Foster a culture of rapid experimentation balanced with production rigor

Hands-On Engineering -

Implement core agentic components: agent loops, tool registries, memory persistence, and reasoning traces - Build embedding pipelines -- document preprocessing, chunk boundary detection, metadata enrichment, and vector index management - Develop scoring and validation systems (Bayesian confidence, cross-agent consensus, golden-truth comparison) - Contribute to platform services (Java/Spring Boot) and AI service layer (Python/FastAPI) - Build AI-assisted developer tooling: code generation workflows, automated test generation, and intelligent code review

Delivery & Operations

Own CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and environment promotion - Define observability: agent execution traces, token usage tracking, retrieval quality metrics, and pipeline telemetry - Manage schema evolution and data stores (relational + vector) - Coordinate cross-team dependencies with platform engineering, data engineering, and infrastructure

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

Bachelor's degree or Advanced degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required. 10+ years of professional software engineering experience - 3+ years leading or technically mentoring engineering teams - Deep expertise in AI/ML systems: - LLM orchestration, prompt engineering, chain-of-thought reasoning - RAG architectures: chunking, embedding, retrieval, re-ranking, context assembly - Agentic patterns: ReAct, tool-use, planning loops, multi-agent coordination - Vector databases and embedding models (OpenAI embeddings, sentence-transformers, FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate, or similar) - Strong Python (3.11+): FastAPI, async/await, Poetry, Pydantic, pytest - Solid Java experience: Java 21, Spring Boot 3.x, microservice architecture - Production AI delivery: not just prototypes -- systems handling real workloads with observability, error recovery, and audit trails - Document intelligence: OCR pipelines, NLP, structured extraction from unstructured text - Testing & evaluation: golden-truth validation, retrieval metrics (MRR, NDCG), extraction F1 scores, agent success rates - Enterprise architecture: API design, circuit breakers, caching, event-driven patterns

Preferred Qualifications

Experience building custom agent frameworks (not just using LangChain/CrewAI out-of-the-box) - Knowledge of graph-based retrieval -- knowledge graphs, graph RAG, entity-relationship extraction - Experience with code AI: AI-assisted development tools, code generation pipelines, automated refactoring - Familiarity with model fine-tuning, LoRA/QLoRA, or RLHF techniques - Exposure to evaluation-driven development -- automated prompt regression testing, A/B testing of retrieval strategies - Angular/TypeScript experience for full-stack visibility - Capital markets or financial services domain knowledge - Familiarity with enterprise AI governance: content policies, PII handling, data residency

Technology Stack

AI/Agentic- LLM orchestration, multi-agent systems, ReAct patterns, tool-use, autonomous pipelines

RAG & Vectors- Embedding models, vector stores, hybrid search, re-ranking, chunk optimization

LLM- Azure OpenAI, GPT-4o, enterprise model gateways, prompt versioning

Python- Python 3.12/3.13, FastAPI, Poetry, Pydantic, async pipelines

Java- Java 21, Spring Boot 3.x, Maven, Resilience4j, Hazelcast

Frontend- Angular 19, TypeScript, D3.js, ECharts

Database- Oracle, PostgreSQL, vector databases

Infrastructure- Docker, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory

Observability- Agent traces, token tracking, retrieval quality metrics, audit pipelines

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.