Principal AI Engineer – AI Document Intelligence & Automation

JD for Principal AI Engineer AI Document Intelligence & Automation

Exp: 10+ years

Must have hands-on coding experience

We are now productizing this internal platform into a scalable, standalone solution that supports AI ingestion for all lending + deposit processes .

To get there, were hiring a Director of Engineering who will scale the entire technical organization architecture, people, practices, delivery, and AI innovation.

What Youll Lead

This is a hands-on, high-impact leadership role:

Engineering & Technical Leadership

• Own the technical roadmap for Cyncs AI Document Intelligence platform
• Drive execution across multiple engineering teams:
• LOS AI ingestion, Servicing workflow automation, Vision AI, Integrations, Cloud Infra
• Architect modular, scalable pipelines for:
• Financial statements + tax returns
• Rent rolls + leases
• Appraisals + construction docs
• Borrowing base collateral files
• KYC/identity docs for deposits
• Build guardrails to ensure accuracy, traceability, compliance + explainability

Platform & Productization

• Convert one-off extraction workflows into a configurable platform :
• Document Layout Sub-section segmentation
• Contextual parsing based on content type
• Automatic table + image data conversion
• Natural language-based field extraction
• Retrieval pipelines powered by document metadata & embeddings
• Ensure interoperability across Origination Servicing Core banking systems

Execution & Scale

• Establish high-velocity engineering processes and release discipline
• Scale engineering headcount 23+ hires/month while raising the bar
• Implement modern observability, testing automation, and performance engineering
• Drive cost-efficient cloud scaling and AI model operations (model versioning, evaluation)

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with Product to turn customer workflows into intelligent automation
• Collaborate with Sales/Pre-Sales for enterprise deployments
• Work with Compliance/Risk to meet banking regulatory expectations
• Represent engineering in customer and executive steering sessions

What You Bring

• 10+ years of engineering experience with 3+ years leading teams
• Built & scaled:
• AI/ML or data platforms
• Workflow automation or enterprise SaaS
• High-availability, secure production environments
• Deep familiarity with LLMs + Vision Models (OCR not enough)
• Strong architectural ability event-driven, streaming, microservices, vector DB
• Proven ability to turn messy, unstructured data into reliable structured outputs
• Experience integrating with financial systems: core, GL, banking APIs
• Youve lived through scale: dozens to hundreds of engineers, before that you have worked at a well-run, high-bar company where you learned what great engineering culture looks like
• A true builder who enjoys hands-on contribution where needed

Success in This Role Means:

Cync delivers best-in-market accuracy on complex banking documents

AI extraction becomes fully integrated with LOS + Servicing workflows

Platform supports all loan + deposit products in the bank lifecycle

Deployment scalability: +100 banks with repeatable configuration

Engineering culture: fast, accountable, transparent, innovative

A thriving organization that executes at speed while staying resilient