Senior AI Developer

Job Description

Job 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.

Position Overview :

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.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• 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

Qualifications and Skills :

Workplace Environment :

Required Work Schedule :

Standard Monday through Friday business hours. Consistent and reliable attendance is a required essential function of this role to meet the needs of the department / team and organization.

This position will have the opportunity to work mostly virtual with onsite expectations in St. Paul, MN as needed for team events, projects, meetings and collaboration.

Compensation :

This position has a starting pay range of $114,200 — $148,500 annually

In alignment with our commitment to pay transparency, we are providing a good-faith estimate of the pay range for this position. This range reflects what we anticipate offering a successful candidate based on factors such as the role’s responsibilities, required qualifications, and relevant experience. The actual pay may vary depending on the selected candidate’s skills, experience, and other qualifications.

Total Rewards :

Affinity Plus offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package that goes beyond base pay. In partnership with the State of MN Employer Group, Affinity Plus provides low-cost medical, dental and vision insurance coverage options. Additionally, Affinity Plus frontloads all sick time hours and a portion of vacation hours for all new employees, offers a variety of paid leave options, a monthly wellness benefit, and immediate 401K matching up to 5%. Our Total Rewards philosophy is designed to support your well-being and growth while fostering a fair and inclusive workplace.

Disclaimer

Applicants may be subject to a background and credit check. Employees in this position must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of the position. If requested, Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union will make every effort to provide reasonable accommodations to enable employees with disabilities to perform the position’s essential job duties. As markets change and the Organization grows, job descriptions may change over time as requirements and employee skill levels evolve. With this understanding, Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

Application Deadline

Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union accepts applications on a rolling basis.