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Engineer I - AI Business Engineer

Western Alliance Bancorporation
dental insurance, tuition assistance, 401(k)
United States, Arizona, Phoenix
Sep 23, 2025

Job Title:

Engineer I - AI Business Engineer

Location:

Block 23

What you'll do:

As an IT Engineer you'll be in an entry-level role designed for recent graduates or individuals with limited professional experience in engineering and or technology. You'll support senior engineers in the development and support activities as well as project tasks as directed. As a IT Engineer I, you'll work in a designated domain or functional area in networking, data, development or application support. You'll have an excellent opportunity to work as part of a team in a collaborative environment, while assisting with the design and development of engineering projects while growing your career.

The AI Business Engineer is a hybrid coach, thinker, and hands-on innovator within the AI Forward Engineering team. The ideal candidate is a passionate advocate for AI, someone who thrives on coaching & empowering non-technical users, uncovering hidden inefficiencies, and unlocking new levels of productivity through intelligent automation - someone who can ignite curiosity, inspire change, and empower others to embrace AI with confidence.

The AI Business Engineer will:
*Serve as the eyes and ears on the ground, identifying untapped opportunities for AI-driven transformation
*Champion ideas that enhance productivity and efficiency, bringing them forward to the Leads and/ or AI Council for prioritization and execution
  • Rapidly build Proof of Concepts (PoC) solutions primarily using Copilot Studio, M365 Copilot, Azure services and platforms with a focus on Generative AI.
  • Participate in discovery sprints and AI ideation efforts
  • Act as a translator between business needs and technical possibilities
  • Document prototypes and share learnings across the team
  • Assist in the design and development of engineering projects.
  • Conduct research and gather data to support project planning and execution.
  • Perform calculations and analyses under the guidance of senior engineers.
  • Prepare technical documentation, reports and presentations as well as support the testing and validation of unit code, in conjunction with error handling through pipelines.
  • Collaborate and coach business stakeholders about usage of AI in their daily operational areas while identifying inefficiencies and opportunities for AI-driven transformation
  • Conduct office-hours teaching and informing the enterprise about existing and new capabilities within AI space

What you'll need:

  • Bachelor's degree in related field required.
  • Exposure to M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, knowledge of cloud platforms and rapid prototyping tools.
  • Awareness of advancements in Agentic AI space including LLMs, Agents and other related protocols.
  • Good understanding of Prompt Engineering.
  • Full stack development skills are a plus.
  • Problem-solving skills, with the ability to think creatively, to develop innovative AI solutions.
  • Entry level knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
  • Entry level knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
  • Entry level organizational and interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with team members, stakeholders, and external partners.
  • Entry level experience from the classroom working with code repositories and automated code build solutions for CI/CD Pipelines.
  • Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills.

Benefits you'll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation

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