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In this senior role, you will define the technical direction for AI-powered platforms, lead teams of engineers, and build production-grade systems that power autonomous, multi-agent workflows across Citi's global technology organization. This is a rare opportunity to shape how Agentic AI is designed, deployed, and governed at enterprise scale within one of the world's largest financial institutions.\nResponsibilities\nArchitect secure, resilient, and high-performance full-stack applications designed to support complex Agentic AI workflows at enterprise scale.\n\nLead hands-on development across the full application stack - from React and TypeScript frontends to Python and Java microservices and RESTful/gRPC APIs - ensuring code is clean, modular, and production-ready.\n\nDesign and implement stateful, multi-turn, and multi-agent AI workflows using frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, or Semantic Kernel.\n\nIntegrate applications with Citi's secure LLM gateway to access and manage AI models from Azure, Vertex, and other providers, including token usage, rate limits, and billing analytics.\n\nEstablish and enforce technical standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices for full-stack development and AI agent integration across teams.\n\nArchitect data models and integrate with relational and vector databases to enable stateful AI operations across complex, data-intensive workflows.\n\nLead and develop multiple engineering teams, owning performance evaluations, hiring decisions, and the technical growth of team members.\n\nEvaluate emerging AI frameworks and tooling to evolve the technical stack and maintain a competitive engineering capability.\n\nRequired Qualifications & Skills\n6 or more years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of technical delivery and team leadership across complex, large-scale programs.\n\nDeep expertise in frontend development using React, TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3, with a focus on building responsive, accessible, and production-grade user interfaces.\n\nAdvanced proficiency in Python (FastAPI, Flask, Celery) and/or Java (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud) for building scalable backend services and APIs.\n\nProven ability to design and build Agentic AI and LLM-integrated systems, with applied knowledge of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector embeddings, and semantic search.\n\nHands-on experience with Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, Docker, and CI/CD platforms such as Harness, Jenkins, or Tekton for cloud-native deployments.\n\nSolid command of enterprise security principles, including OAuth2, OIDC, TLS, and secrets management using tools such as HashiCorp Vault.\n\nExperience designing and querying both relational databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Couchbase) within production environments.\n\nBachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.\n\nBeneficial Skills & Qualifications\nExperience deploying and managing agents on enterprise Agentic AI runtime platforms, with familiarity around network policy compliance, egress controls, and resource governance.\n\nFamiliarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) for mediating agent interactions with downstream business systems and databases.\n\nExperience with NoSQL and vector database technologies such as Milvus or Pinecone in support of AI-native data architectures.\n\nMaster's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.\n\nWhat We Offer\nJoining Citi means working on technology that operates at global scale, with the scope and resources to make a genuine impact. As a Lead Software Engineer at this level, you will have real ownership over technical direction, access to cutting-edge AI infrastructure, and the opportunity to shape how enterprise-grade Agentic AI evolves within one of the world's most complex financial organizations.\nA hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely, giving you the structure of collaboration alongside meaningful flexibility.\n\nStrategic ownership over high-impact engineering decisions that influence how AI systems are built and deployed across Citi globally.\n\nExposure to advanced AI and LLM infrastructure at a scale few organizations can offer, keeping your technical capabilities at the forefront of the industry.\n\nContinuous learning and development opportunities, including access to emerging tools, frameworks, and engineering practices as they evolve.\n\nA performance-driven environment where your contributions to delivery, architecture, and team development are recognized and rewarded.\n\nCompetitive financial wellbeing support, including compensation and benefits designed to reflect the seniority and scope of this role.\n\nThe ability to lead, mentor, and grow engineering teams, building lasting capability and technical culture within a global organization.\n\nApply now to lead the engineering of Agentic AI systems that will define how one of the world's largest financial institutions builds, deploys, and scales intelligent technology.\n------------------------------------------------------\nJob Family Group:\nTechnology------------------------------------------------------\nJob Family:\nApplications Development------------------------------------------------------\nTime Type:\nFull time------------------------------------------------------\nPrimary Location Full Time Salary Range:\n$120,800.00 - $170,800.00------------------------------------------------------\nMost Relevant Skills\nPlease see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------\nOther Relevant Skills\nFor complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------\nAutomated Processing and AI\nWe use automated processing, including artificial intelligence, for our legitimate business interests (or our reasonable and appropriate business purposes) to identify and align the candidate's skills and abilities with a specific job opening. 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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