Principal Engineer, Artificial… at NatWest Group · Manchester

Principal Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Location: Edinburgh Join us as a Principal Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Join us in RBSI CIO as we begin building Gen AI solutions to real business challenges, where a driven Principal Engineer will lead the technical delivery of a software engineering team focused on business‑facing Gen AI development You’ll play a hands-on role working directly with senior business stakeholders to shape, define and build AI-powered solutions that support real business processes You’ll be responsible for leading solution design options and working collaboratively with the business to explore trade-offs, ambiguity and constraints explaining the pros and cons to key stakeholders for appropriate decision making You’ll demonstrate a strong interest in AI experimentation and actively seek opportunities to drive forward AI-led innovation and transformation across business functions, particularly through the practical application of Generative AI to solve business problems Hone your existing technical skills and advance your career in this innovative and challenging role If you don’t currently live in Jersey you’ll need to specifically state in your CV that you have the right to live and work here to be considered for this role What you'll do In this role, you'll lead the development and deployment of innovative generative AI-based products and services within the bank’s ecosystem. You’ll define the technical vision and strategy for AI-driven projects, aligning them with the bank’s overall technology roadmap and clearly articulated business outcomes. We’ll look to you to oversee the work quality of the software engineering team, making sure that it meets the technical standards for all services output, as well as implementing a culture of concise and comprehensive technical documentation as a continuous process. Day-to-day, you’ll be: Driving the development of scalable, maintainable, and reliable software architecture that can handle AI applications and AI model hosting at scale Collaborating with stakeholders across various business units, including product management, compliance, and risk, embedding yourself with the business to understand processes, objectives and areas of uncertainty, incorporating them into AI solutions Monitoring the technical progress against plans, while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance and providing updates to stakeholders, often in situations where requirements are evolving Leading and mentoring the team in the understanding of relevant software languages and technical domains Liaising with engineers, architects, business analysts and other key stakeholders to understand the objectives, requirements and options , acting as a trusted technical partner to senior stakeholders The skills you'll need To be successful in this role, you’ll need a background in software engineering, extensive demonstrable experience in working to co-create software with the business stakeholder or product owners as well as experience in providing technical leadership and accountability for a software engineering team. We’ll also look to you to have experience of test-driven development and the use of automated test frameworks, mocking, stubbing and unit testing tools, along with knowledge of the key phases of the software delivery lifecycle and established software development methodologies. You’ll also demonstrate: The ability to develop software in an SOA or micro-services paradigm Development experience in a programming language A background of implementing programming best-practice, especially around scalability, availability and performance Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders Hours 35 Job Posting Closing Date: 17/05/2026 Ways of Working:Hybrid Additional Locations: St Helier-Jersey, Manchester, London