AI Engineer - Vice President

Job Description:

Job Title: AI Engineer

Corporate Title: Vice President

Location: Cary, NC

Who we are:

In short – an essential part of Deutsche Bank’s technology solution, developing applications for key business areas.

Our Technologists drive Cloud, Cyber and business technology strategy while transforming it within a robust, hands-on engineering culture. Learning is a key element of our people strategy, and we have a variety of options for you to develop professionally.   Our approach to the future of work champions flexibility and is rooted in the understanding that there have been dramatic shifts in the ways we work.

Having first established a presence in the Americas in the 19th century, Deutsche Bank opened its US technology center in Cary, North Carolina in 2009. Learn more about us here.

Overview

As an AI Engineer, you will design, build, and scale end‑to‑end AI solutions across backend services, cloud infrastructure, and user-facing applications. You will work across LLM processing pipelines, data ingestion and transformation workflows, API-driven services, and modern web interfaces, while ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and production-ready. This role requires strong engineering fundamentals in Python, cloud-native development, and modern frameworks, along with the ability to collaborate across platform, infrastructure, and frontend teams to deliver enterprise-grade AI capabilities.

What We Offer You

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration
• A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days
• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits

• Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain LLM processing pipelines and AI‑powered services
• Build and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and API‑driven workflows supporting AI applications
• Develop and integrate backend services with modern web interfaces to deliver seamless end‑to‑end user experiences
• Implement and maintain cloud‑native deployment architectures and CI/CD pipelines for AI solutions
• Ensure AI applications meet enterprise standards for scalability, reliability, security, and compliance
• Rapidly prototype solutions to automate manual processes and improve development efficiency

How You’ll Lead

• Implement and manage enterprise system integrations, cloud services, and event‑driven architectures supporting AI workflows

Skills You’ll Need

• Strong proficiency in Python and API design for production‑grade AI systems
• Experience building and deploying cloud‑native applications on GCP (e.g., GKE, Cloud Run, IAM)
• Hands‑on experience with modern web technologies such as React JS and frontend‑backend integration patterns
• Experience working with relational, vector, and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, pgvector, Graph DBs)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑as‑code, and automated deployment practices
• Experience with Google ADK / Vertex AI

Skills That Will Help You Excel

• Experience integrating open‑source and commercial AI frameworks into enterprise environments
• Ability to design scalable, secure AI systems that support high‑concurrency production workloads

Expectations

It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the Cary office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model. 

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

The salary range for this position in Cary is $125,000 to 185,000.  Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, education, work location and other qualifications.  Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of remuneration.

Deutsche Bank Benefits

At Deutsche Bank, we recognize that our benefit programs have a profound impact on our colleagues. That’s why we are focused on providing benefits and perks that enable our colleagues to live authenti­cally and be their whole selves, at every stage of life. We provide access to physical, emotional, and financial wellness benefits that allow our colleagues to stay financially secure and strike balance between work and home. Click here to learn more!

Learn more about your life at Deutsche Bank through the eyes of our current employees:  https://careers.db.com/life

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We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Click these links to view Deutsche Bank’s Equal Opportunity Policy Statement and the following notices: EEOC Know Your Rights; Employee Rights and Responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act; and Employee Polygraph Protection Act.