Principal Engineer

Agentic AI Framework & Harness Principal EngineerAt Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!We are seeking a highly accomplished Agentic AI Framework & Harness Principal Engineer to define and drive the architecture, engineering standards, and technical roadmap for reusable agent frameworks and harness capabilities embedded across the Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC). This role will shape how engineering teams design, compose, test, and operationalize agentic workflows through robust framework abstractions, deterministic execution patterns, and enterprise-grade developer tooling.This role requires deep technical leadership in agent orchestration, memory patterns, policy hooks, tool calling, planning loops, simulator harnesses, deterministic workflow design, eval integration, and SDK, API, and CLI design. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on engineering depth, platform design expertise, and a track record of building reusable framework capabilities that improve correctness, composability, governance, testability, and developer productivity for agentic systems in production.Responsibilities:Develops the engineering approach for the entire program/portfolio solution and works with Architecture, to develop/analyze/deliver the implementation of technical enablersLeads the planning, definition, and design of the complex features which span multiple teams and explore solution alternativesCreates ideas on designing complex technology and solution development approachesLeads the technical oversight for teams in solution development including design reviews and code within own domainDefines the technology tool stack for the solution within ranged of internally approved and supported technologiesExplores state-of-the-art technologies to improve development efficiencies, quality of test/QA coverage, and release managementLeads and is responsible for the end-to-end test strategy/creation/adherence, and the integration between teams for a program/portfolio solutionImprove the experience for our developers, making it easier to deliver industry-leading solutions, while managing work efficiently and with the right controlsAdvance our technology platforms through innovationReduce risk and improve quality across our technology portfolio by aligning to a single enterprise architecture strategy and delivering governance that enables consistency, integration and automationRequired Qualifications:15+ years of engineering experience with deep technical leadership in enterprise software platforms, developer tooling, or AI-enabled engineering systemsDemonstrated ownership of architecture, standards, and engineering direction for shared platforms used across multiple delivery teams or lines of businessExperience engineering solutions in highly regulated environments with strong SDLC, risk, audit, and control requirementsAbility to influence senior technology leaders, platform teams, and risk partners through clear technical strategy, architecture guidance, and engineering standardsSkills:AutomationInfluenceResult OrientationStakeholder ManagementTechnical Strategy DevelopmentApplication DevelopmentArchitectureBusiness AcumenRisk ManagementSolution DesignAgile PracticesAnalytical ThinkingCollaborationData ManagementSolution Delivery ProcessShift: 1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week: 40