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The Lead AI Engineer will shape both technical delivery and AI-first engineering culture, partnering closely with multiple technology and business teams.\nKey Responsibilities\nEnd-to-End AI Leadership: Lead the design, hands-on implementation, and deployment of scalable agentic AI and generative AI solutions for high-impact business use cases.\nAgentic Architecture: Architect advanced agent-based systems (perception, reasoning, planning, execution), integrating multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google).\nFull-Stack AI Engineering: Build and deliver production-grade, full-stack AI applications using modern ML/LLM platforms and AI coding tools (e.g., Devin, GitHub Copilot).\nRapid Value Delivery: Champion MVP-driven delivery, rapid iteration, hypothesis testing, and experimentation (A/B testing) to achieve fast time-to-value.\nEvaluation & Optimization: Define rigorous evaluation frameworks and metrics for AI and agent performance, ensuring continuous optimization and alignment with business goals.\nTechnology Foresight: Proactively evaluate and integrate emerging AI technologies, particularly in agent-based and autonomous AI systems, while acting as a thought leader and coach.\nTechnical Leadership & Mentorship: Provide front-line technical leadership, guide architectural decisions, and mentor engineers across AI, data, and application teams to build an AI-first engineering culture.\nStrategic Domain Alignment: Ensure all AI solutions are grounded in deep banking domain understanding and clearly articulate business and risk impact beyond pure technical implementation.\nQualifications\nProgramming: Expert-level proficiency in Python and/or Java (Spring Boot); solid experience with JavaScript/TypeScript (Angular, Node.js).\nAI/ML Expertise:\nDeep knowledge of AI fundamentals (knowledge representation, automated planning, decision-making under uncertainty, multi-agent systems).\nExtensive hands-on experience with LLM platforms (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google), RAG pipelines, MCPs, and agent frameworks (Google ADK).\nDemonstrated effectiveness with AI coding tools (Devin, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Antigravity).\nStrong experience with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) and data science libraries.\nProven ability to design and expose robust, scalable APIs for AI services.\nEngineering Excellence: Deep expertise in software engineering best practices, including system design, CI/CD, testing strategies, resiliency, security, and operational stability for AI-driven platforms.\nArchitecture & Data: Strong experience designing API-first, microservices-based, and event-driven systems, including AI-focused data pipelines and lifecycle management.\nPlatforms: Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.\nLeadership & Communication: Exceptional ability to articulate complex technical concepts, influence senior stakeholders, and lead high-impact technical discussions.\nDomain Expertise: Strong understanding of banking and regulated financial environments, with the ability to connect AI capabilities to measurable business outcomes.\nNice to Have\nAdvanced data science expertise (statistical modeling, experimentation).\nDemonstrated experience mentoring and scaling AI-first engineering talent in rapidly evolving toolchains.\nExperience:\n10+ years of progressive software engineering experience with sustained hands-on contributions.\nAdvanced level of expertise in Python language\n3+ years of dedicated experience in AI, LLM-based systems, and agentic architectures.\nProven success architecting and delivering multiple enterprise-scale AI solutions into production.\nEducation:\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI, Robotics, or a related quantitative discipline.\n------------------------------------------------------\nJob Family Group:\nTechnology------------------------------------------------------\nJob Family:\nApplications Development------------------------------------------------------\nTime Type:\nFull time------------------------------------------------------\nPrimary Location:\nJersey City New Jersey United States------------------------------------------------------\nPrimary Location Full Time Salary Range:\n$176,720.00 - $265,080.00In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. 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Additionally, if you so choose, or consent, we can match your skills and abilities to other suitable roles at Citi.\nImportantly, all our hiring processes and decisions, including determining your suitability for a role, are conducted, checked, and decided by individuals. Our automated processing and AI do not involve relying on automatic or autonomous decision-making. 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