Principal Engineer I – AI Engineering

Western Alliance Bank

. Serve as enterprise technical owner and SME for GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted software engineering .

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeUnited StatesLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted software engineering, with a strong focus on enterprise architecture, security governance, and developer enablement. Proven ability to design and implement scalable solutions while mentoring teams and communicating effectively with leadership.

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GitHub Copilot ExpertiseAI-Assisted Software EngineeringEnterprise Development PlatformsSecurity GovernanceDevOps Practices

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringPlatform EngineeringCI/CDSource ControlAutomationIntegrationAPIsDeveloper ToolingGenerative AIAgentic Architectures

Soft Skills

Advanced Communication SkillsTeam CollaborationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

GitHub EnterpriseAzure DevOpsCI/CD PlatformsEnterprise Architecture

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceInformation TechnologyEngineering

Industry Keywords

Regulated Financial-Services EnvironmentTechnology Risk AssessmentsCompliance ObligationsSecurity FrameworksGovernance Standards

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as enterprise technical owner and SME for GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted software engineering
Define technical strategy, architecture, standards, configuration model, and operating model for enterprise GitHub Copilot and agentic software engineering capabilities
Engineer, configure, and evolve enterprise GitHub Copilot capabilities, including policies, model availability, custom agents, skills, instructions, rules, plugins, and approved MCP servers
Evaluate new GitHub Copilot and agentic engineering capabilities through controlled testing and experimentation
Design and evolve the enterprise Agentic SDLC Harness governing AI-agent interactions with developers, repositories, CI/CD platforms, tools, and enterprise systems
Design and implement security and governance guardrails for AI-assisted engineering
Establish lifecycle management practices including source control, peer review, testing, approval, versioning, staged deployment, promotion, and rollback
Serve as technical escalation point for complex GitHub Copilot and agentic engineering issues
Establish monitoring and operational practices for platform availability, configuration health, integrations, usage, and technical risks
Develop reference implementations, standards, engineering patterns, playbooks, reusable examples, quick-start guides, and enablement materials
Define and monitor enterprise metrics for adoption, usage, developer experience, quality, reliability, effectiveness, and value realization
Communicate platform roadmap, adoption, risk, technical health, and value realization to engineering and technology leadership
Maintain technical architecture and engineering documentation, including reference architectures, integration patterns, configuration standards, security models, decision records, support procedures, and operational runbooks
Partner with Development, Architecture, DevOps, Quality Engineering, Security, Cloud, Governance, project sponsors, platform owners, and technology leaders
Mentor engineers in GitHub Copilot, agentic engineering, DevOps, and related software engineering practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of progressive software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, developer enablement, or related IT experience
5+ years designing, engineering, administering, or supporting enterprise development platforms
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, system analysis or a related study
Deep understanding of modern software engineering practices, SDLC processes, source control, CI/CD, developer tooling, and platform engineering
Hands-on experience with enterprise development platforms, including GitHub Enterprise and preferably Azure DevOps
Experience with repository governance, identity and access, integrations, policies, CI/CD, and developer tooling
Hands-on experience with GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted software engineering, including enterprise configuration, agentic capabilities, customization, integration, governance, and developer enablement
Experience architecting enterprise developer platforms and developer enablement ecosystems
Strong understanding of generative AI and agentic architectures, including AI agents, tool calling, agent orchestration, prompt engineering, context engineering, retrieval patterns, human-in-the-loop controls, and secure enterprise integrations
Experience designing security and governance controls for AI-assisted engineering
Software engineering experience designing, building, testing, and maintaining automation, integrations, developer tooling, APIs, scripts, and reusable engineering components
Ability to translate emerging technologies into secure, scalable, supportable enterprise solutions
Ability to work effectively in a team environment
Advanced knowledge of enterprise architecture, technology governance, security and risk frameworks
Experience working within a regulated financial-services environment and supporting technology risk assessments, audits, regulatory examinations, and control-evidence requests preferred
Advanced speaking and writing communication skills
Advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices
Previous technical leadership experience preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salaries
Ownership stake in the company
Medical and dental insurance
Time off
401k matching program
Tuition assistance program
Employee volunteer program
Wellness program
Opportunity to bolster business knowledge and gain hands-on experience to grow your career