Senior AI Developer

Description

At Affinity Plus every employee understands how their work affects our members experience and we strive to provide an experience that can't be found anywhere else. Great service starts with great employees and that is why we focus on providing not only the best place our members will ever bank but the best place our employees will ever work. Between our one of a kind culture, incredible benefits, and work/life balance;

we believe you will feel the Affinity Plus difference.

The Senior AI Developer designs and implements advanced AI and intelligent automation solutions to improve efficiency, strengthen governance, and enable new business capabilities. Focusing on LLMs, agent-based systems, and automation frameworks, this role leads solution design, system integration, and strategic guidance from concept to deployment. In collaboration with IT and business leaders, the Senior AI Developer aligns initiatives with organizational priorities, mentors teams in emerging practices, and drives innovation to equip the organization with future-ready capabilities.

• Lead the design and prototyping of AI-driven solutions, including intelligent automation, generative AI, and agentic AI systems, to improve operational efficiency and member experience
• Architect and implement automation frameworks, integrating AI models to enable self-learning workflows that streamline processes, minimize manual effort, and deliver scalable, future-ready solutions; evaluate, adopt, and operationalize emerging AI technologies (LLMs, AI agents, AI security frameworks, orchestration tools) while ensuring solutions are secure, transparent, and aligned with Responsible AI practices
• Develop and maintain robust, maintainable AI solutions through reviews, testing, and continuous improvement
• Define and guide AI integration and API strategy, enabling scalable, reusable services and SDKs for enterprise adoption
• Provide strategic direction for the AI/automation lifecycle - from experimentation and proof-of-concept to production deployment
• Collaborate with IT leadership to align AI/automation initiatives with the organizational roadmap, ensuring solutions create measurable business value
• Ensure solutions are secure, compliant, and aligned with Responsible AI practices (bias mitigation, transparency, governance)
• Mentor peers and teams in AI model adoption, prompt engineering, intelligent automation design, and emerging best practices to elevate organizational skills and mitigation
• Conduct research on AI and automation trends; share insights that drive innovation, maintenance, and ethical deployment
• Prepare and present solution proposals, trade-offs, and AI adoption strategies to business and technical stakeholders
• Anticipate challenges and risks in AI adoption, provide recommendations to strengthen compliance, governance, and support risk mitigation
• Other duties as assigned

• 2+ years of experience in AI, machine learning, intelligent automation, or solution architecture
• 5+ years of experience in a developer or similar role
• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with languages like Node.js or .NET for integration
• Experience with RPA/APA platforms (i.e. Automation Anywhere, UiPath, Blue Prism) and their integration with AI models
• Strong understanding of LLMs, generative AI, AI agents, and AI orchestration frameworks
• Knowledge of AI security and governance frameworks (model risk management, AI fairness, explainability)
• Familiarity with cloud AI services (AWS AI/ML, Azure Cognitive Services) and modern Dev Ops practices
• Experience designing and integrating APIs, microservices, and pipelines to support AI-driven workflows
• Ability to translate technical AI solutions into business value, communicating complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Track record of mentoring teams in AI adoption and intelligent automation design

• Working in a stationary position for 95% of the workday
• Travel up to 20% of the time
• Utilizing the telephone 20% of the day
• Bending, twisting, kneeling, stooping or crouching when appropriate, on occasion
• Repetitive movements, including but not limited…