Principal AIML Architect

Varo is the first consumer fintech with a national bank charter. We combine startup innovation with banking power to build financial inclusion for all.

Join Varo Bank as a Principal AI/ML Architect and help us redefine the future of digital banking. This is a builder-leader role designed for someone who thrives in a fast-paced high-growth environment. You wont just draw diagrams; you will engineer the intelligent systems that power our lending infrastructure. We are looking for a technical hybrid who thrives on autonomy and innovation. You will act as a key thought leader partnering with the Senior Director of Data and AI/ML Engineering to drive Varo toward becoming an AI-first organization. Whether you are designing our future-state Feature Store using Databricks or deploying GenAI summary bots for our call centers your work will directly influence the financial lives of millions of users.

Reporting directly to the Head of Data Engineering and Analytics you will serve as the technical North Star for our AI evolution. You will leverage the full AWS GenAI stackfrom Bedrock and AgentCore to complex RAG architecturesto turn Varo into a GenAI-native powerhouse. If you enjoy moving at start-up speed with the resources of a licensed bank this is your seat.

• Architecting GenAI Ecosystems: Design and implement production-grade GenAI agents using AWS Bedrock AgentCore and Strands Agents. Build robust RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines utilizing OpenSearch and S3 Vector stores.

• Scale Modern MLOps & Feature Stores: Lead the development and integration of a world-class MLOps platform. Build and maintain Varos Feature Store Platform architecture and ensure low-latency data availability for both real-time lending decisions and batch model training.

• Data Fabric & Integration: Oversee the integration of core AWS analytics services (Glue Glue Data Catalog Athena) to ensure AI models have high-quality governed data fuel.

• High-Velocity Execution: Navigate the complexities of a fast-changing environment collaborating across Data Science Credit and Product teams to move from PoC to production in weeks not months.

• Executive Influencing: Act as a key contributor to the Architecture Guild using strong presentation skills to translate complex EKS/EC2 infrastructure and AI scaling strategies for executive stakeholders.

• Drive Strategy: Serve as a subject matter expert within the Architecture Guild presenting technical proposals and influencing senior leadership on emerging AI trends.

• Collaborate Horizontally: Partner across domains including Data Science Credit Policy and Data Engineering to ensure technical alignment with business goals.

• Deep Experience: Ideally 10 years in technical architecture with at least 57 years specifically focused on Machine Learning.

• Architectural Foundation: Strong mastery of foundational architecture with proven experience building agents context stores and vector stores.

• AWS Mastery: Deep hands-on experience with AWS SageMaker AI Bedrock S3 and OpenSearch. Familiarity with AgentCore and Strands Agents for autonomous task execution.

• Infrastructure & Compute: Proficiency in managing server infrastructure for AI workloads specifically Amazon EKS (Kubernetes) and EC2 optimization for model hosting.

• Data Engineering Foundation: Expert knowledge of the AWS data stack: AWS Glue for ETL Glue Data Catalog for metadata management and Athena for serverless querying.

• Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty is highly preferred.

  • The Bridge Mindset: A unique ability to balance high-level strategic thought leadership with a passion for hands-on tactical execution.

Varo is an equal opportunity employer. Varo embraces diversity and we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran or disability status.

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