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The PNC Financial Services Group

55,000 Total Employees
Year Founded: 1865

The PNC Financial Services Group Innovation & Technology Culture

The PNC Financial Services Group Employee Perspectives

When it comes down to it, we want to build tech that will eventually be used. If we don’t anticipate all hurdles at the design stage, we run the risk of not realizing our vision. It’s about innovating thoughtfully and setting the team up for success.

Ned Carroll
Ned Carroll, Head of Data and Automation

Fraud is so varied, and fraudsters are so creative, so you are always developing something new. It can be fun and exciting. And PNC enables you to work with big data tools, so there’s just a ton of creativity involved in the job.

Andrew Burkhart
Andrew Burkhart, Senior Data Scientist

On PNC continuously incorporating modern engineering practices:

“Our work has a real impact. Applications are used by our customers every day and it is a critical tool in their financial life. It’s much more than testing. It allows us to have design discussions, risk decisions, and our work is both challenging and rewarding.”

Hemamalini Balasundaram
Hemamalini Balasundaram, QA Engineering Manager

The PNC Financial Services Group Employee Reviews

PNC’s technology environment is defined by innovation and a forward-thinking mindset, empowering employees to apply their technical expertise to meaningful business challenges. With a focus on modern tools and transformational change, the company enables teams to drive impact through advanced technology solutions.

“I’m excited to wake up every day and be part of a forward-thinking, thought leadership–oriented company that allows me to apply technical expertise to real business problems. I get to bring about transformational change using PNC’s advanced, modern technologies.”

Manisha C.
Manisha C., Software Services Group Manager, Asset Management Group
Manisha C., Software Services Group Manager, Asset Management Group

What People Are Saying About The PNC Financial Services Group

  • Customer-Centered Innovation: Low Cash Mode delivers alerts, extra time, and payment‑prioritization controls that materially reduced overdraft fees in pilot and have since been credited with more than $1 billion in avoided fees, with a U.S. patent granted in June 2024. This reflects a clear emphasis on solving everyday customer pain points at scale.
  • Differentiated Market Position: PNC is a founding bank on The Clearing House RTP network, reports high volumes and thousands of business users, and later joined FedNow to broaden instant‑payment options, with industry recognition (e.g., Celent Model Bank) underscoring strength in corporate payments. Federal Reserve materials also highlight PNC’s rationale and real‑time use cases.
  • Innovation Operating Model: PNC favors pilot‑then‑scale execution and focused vertical launches (e.g., healthcare Claim Predictor) alongside in‑house incubation via numo and structured testing in iLab. Shareholder materials describe a staged online‑banking migration and responsible‑AI principles, signaling disciplined, risk‑managed delivery.

The PNC Financial Services Group's Tech Stack

AWS (Amazon Web Services)
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
SERVICES
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure
SERVICES
JIRA
JIRA
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Tableau
Tableau
ANALYTICS
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
COLLABORATION