MUFG
Software Engineering Lead - GenAI Platform Modernization, VP
Jersey City, NJ · Vp
Work authorization required$140k-$205kDetected 8 days ago
PythonJavaSwiftDistributed SystemsSQLDockerKubernetesCI/CDSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringRESTKafkaLLMsRAGLangGraphAI OrchestrationAccountingLeadershipMentoring
About the role
- The role combines hands-on architecture leadership with delivery accountability across regulated banking platforms, including payments, workflow orchestration, real-time integration, observability, and AI governance.
- This includes partnering closely with Product, Operations, SRE, QA, Security, Architecture, and vendor teams to ensure solutions are scalable, governed, auditable, and fit for enterprise production use.
Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise platform modernization programs across Transaction Banking with accountability for architecture, execution, adoption, and operational readiness.
- Design and productionize agentic GenAI solutions for engineering productivity, legacy modernization, operational diagnosis, and knowledge retrieval in regulated banking environments.
- Build and govern reusable AI platform patterns including prompt templates, tool/function calling, context management, reducer/summarization logic, evaluation instrumentation, and LLM gateway integration.
- Deliver Graph RAG and knowledge systems using graph databases, vector retrieval, text-to-query patterns, embeddings, and auditable execution ledgers.
- Own distributed integration architecture across REST APIs, IBM MQ, Kafka, file-based interfaces, and event-driven systems.
- Partner with enterprise governance, cyber, risk, and architecture teams to ensure AI, data, and integration solutions meet security, audit, resilience, and control expectations.
- Lead vendor architecture reviews, RFP evaluations, technical due diligence, and re-platforming assessments to determine where capabilities should be bought, integrated, or insourced.
- " Visa sponsorship/support is based on business needs.
- We do not anticipate providing visa sponsorship/support for this position."
- Experience building governed, auditable systems in regulated environments, including metadata capture, run identifiers, token/cost accounting, traceability, failure classification, and operational controls.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience in financial services, with significant ownership of enterprise platforms, distributed systems, or banking technology delivery.
- Deep hands-on experience with Java and Python, including microservices, REST APIs, SQL, integration frameworks, and production-grade platform design.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
- equivalent practical experience in enterprise software engineering will be considered.
Nice to have
- Preferred Domain Expertise
Skills
- depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location.
Compensation
- The typical base pay range for this role is as follows:
Company info
- We are seeking a highly experienced VP Software Engineering lead focusing on AI-enabled engineering transformation, enterprise integration, and platform modernization within Transaction Banking Technology.
- We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business.
Visa & Work Authorization
- " Visa sponsorship/support is based on business needs.
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