Principal AI Engineer - AI Acceleration & Enterprise Enablement
U.S. Bank
Charlotte, NC · $150k–$176k a year · Posted November 4, 2026
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Where Charlotte, NC ranks
Where Charlotte, NC placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #2Best cities for manufacturing and industrial jobs645 openings · of 100
- #2Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Southeast298 jobs · of 72
- #3Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Southeast654 openings · of 65
- #5Best cities for financial services jobs726 openings · of 90
- #6Cities hosting the most business conferences in the Southeast13 conferences · of 21
- #8Best cities for healthcare pay after cost of living$143k · of 24
Rankings about data & analytics jobs
- Best cities for data and analytics jobs #1 New York (1,713 openings)
- Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
- Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
- AI tools named most often in data and analytics jobs #1 Databricks (7.6%)
- Employers with the most data and analytics jobs #1 Amazon (711 roles)
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $162,710 a year. Across 25 open principal ai engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $190,000 to $245,500 and the median is $216,500. That is 25% below the median, below the middle half of those listings.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among computer and information research scientists, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for computer and information research scientists: 34% (high).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
U.S. Bank has filed one layoff notice in the last twelve months, covering 36 workers, most recently May 2026. These are public filings with state labor departments, and an open role can sit alongside them. See the filings
About the job
...The Principal AI Engineer will serve as a senior individual contributor focused on accelerating enterprise adoption of AI. This role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership to find high-value AI opportunities and deliver secure, scalable, production-ready...