Senior Software Engineering Manager – Data and Automation, Machine Learning Operations

PNC

Software Engineering Manager within PNC's Data and Automation organization driving MLOps initiatives. Leading engineering talent management and fostering technological innovation across multiple product lines.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeStrongsville • Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $80,000 - $217,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerJenkinsKubernetesOpenShiftTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as Senior Software/Data Manager to drive ML Ops initiatives in the Bank.
Define and execute the enterprise MLOps roadmap, selecting and integrating cutting-edge tools for feature stores, model training, deployment, and monitoring.
Partner directly with data science and application development teams to understand their challenges and provide elegant, scalable MLOps solutions.
Establish and enforce best practices for model management, versioning, and security, ensuring our ML platform is both powerful and compliant.
Provide technical guidance to onshore and offshore development teams, fostering a culture of excellence in MLOps.
Stay ahead of the curve by evaluating new technologies (e.g., AWS SageMaker, MLflow, Kubernetes) and incorporating them into our tech stack to maintain a competitive edge.
Manage a group of software engineers/managers across multiple product lines.
Oversee the talent management of engineering talent, including recruiting, mentoring, and enabling a culture of learning with a focus on engineering craftsmanship.
Foster technological innovation, ensuring adoption of current trends, capabilities, and practices emerging in the market.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven leadership experience in MLOps systems
Expertise with core MLOps capabilities
Solid understanding of machine learning principles and the end-to-end ML lifecycle platforms (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow, or cloud-specific services like AWS SageMaker)
Experience supporting development teams and collaborating with product vendors on issue resolution and security vulnerabilities
DevOps/DataOps fundamentals: CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab CI), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Drive hybrid/on-prem deployments using OpenShift (OCP) and Kubernetes, ensuring cost efficiency and high availability
Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable.
At least 8 years of industry experience
5 years of prior management experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature)
dental and vision options
employee and spouse/child life insurance
short and long-term disability protection
401(k) with PNC match
pension and stock purchase plans
dependent care reimbursement account
back-up child/elder care
adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
educational assistance,
a robust wellness program with financial incentives
maternity and/or parental leave
up to 11 paid holidays each year
9 occasional absence days each year
between 15 to 25 vacation days each year

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Hard Skills & Tools

MLOpsmachine learningmodel managementversioningsecurityCI/CDcontainerizationinfrastructure as codehybrid deploymentscloud-specific services

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationmentoringtechnical guidanceinnovationproblem-solvingcommunicationculture of learningexcellencetalent management

Certifications

Masters degreePhD