Job Summary:
Huntington National Bank is seeking a Senior Innovation Software Engineer responsible for building and delivering innovative applications and automation solutions. The role involves developing AI integrated applications, APIs, and user experiences while collaborating closely with the Innovation team to ensure high-quality prototype applications.
Responsibilities:
• Lead the development of prototypes and proof-of-concept solutions to validate new ideas and technologies, with emphasis on building working applications end-to-end.
• Design and implement APIs, backend services, workflow automations, and UI experiences to support innovation use cases.
• Build AI-enabled application capabilities (e.g., agent workflows, prompt/tooling patterns, evaluation and guardrails) in partnership with AI technical leadership
• Experiment with, develop, and implement emerging technology solutions (e.g., agent-based workflows, digital assets, etc.) and translate into working solutions.
• Develop and maintain rapid development patterns for innovation solutions (starter kits, reusable components, internal demos, and implementation playbooks).
• Integrate solutions with enterprise systems as needed (identity/access, data sources, eventing, internal services), partnering with architecture and platform stakeholders.
• Evaluate emerging tools and frameworks that improve engineering velocity and quality (AI-assisted development, orchestration frameworks, UI frameworks).
• Operate with limited supervision, proactively defining tasks, making progress visible, and driving solutions to completion.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related technical field.
• 8 - 12 years of experience in software engineering, application development, and end-to-end innovative solution delivery.
Preferred:
• Demonstrated hands-on software development experience building full-stack applications end-to-end such as APIs, back-end applications, and UIs.
• Strong experience building AI-enabled solutions and integrating models/services into applications in a hands-on capacity.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment, progressing despite ambiguity and ability to independently lead development workstreams from concept to execution.
• Clear, structured verbal and written communication skills; collaborative and proactive working style.
• Strong full-stack experience (backend apps and building functional UIs quickly).
• Experience with Google Cloud / Vertex AI / Gemini or comparable AI platforms.
• Strong hands-on development experience using modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Java, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar) and/or experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools.
• Experience with cloud development, containerization, CI/CD, and deploying applications into enterprise environments.
• Experience building automation solutions (workflow engines, scripting, web automation, system-to-system integration).
• Experience with secure coding practices, application security basics, and building in regulated environments.
• Proven track record of delivering innovative solutions using emerging technologies, with focus on rapid experimentation, implementation, and measurable outcomes.
Company:
Huntington National Bank offers consumer, small business, and commercial banking, mortgages, wealth, and insurance services. It is a sub-organization of Huntington Distribution Finance. Founded in 1866, the company is headquartered in Columbus, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.