Senior GenAI Developer - Innovation Labs (VP)

Did your personal AI agent lead you to this opportunity? Fantastic! That kind of forward-thinking ingenuity is exactly what we champion at Citi Innovation Labs. Whether by AI or human insight, we're thrilled you're here to discover how you can shape the future of finance with us.

 

Citi Innovation Labs is a global network of innovation centers focused on delivering cutting edge solutions to all of Citi’s lines of business.  

 

Our Mission is to create a competitive advantage for our clients, manifested as change in the way they operate, by providing innovative technological solutions with strong client engagement, from idea to production, and by leveraging the entrepreneurial spirit and technological excellence fostered in the Innovation Labs. 

 

Our Labs Network is a global organization that spans across New York, London, Tel Aviv, and various other locations globally. We focus on delivering innovative products using cutting-edge technologies in highly complex architectures and with the highest delivery standards. The Innovation Labs team performs research and implementation in many advanced domains spanning across AI, Machine learning, NLP, Analytics, and many more. 

 

We're on the hunt for a highly skilled and experienced senior engineer to lead the design and development of the various AI services as part of the Citi Innovation Labs. The ideal candidate has an excellent track record in high-scale engineering products and specifically AI solutions. In this role, you'll be a key player in driving innovative AI projects throughout the bank. 

 

Responsibilities:

• Lead development of highly complex AI solutions, infrastructure, and architecture topics
• Work with internal and external partners to design, validate and deliver solutions with a commercial benefit for Citi
• Manage multiple concurrent initiatives and projects of varying sizes & complexity
• Engage with data-science, technical and business stakeholders to define and design overall architecture for key use-cases across our lines of business
• Maintain a strong focus on business outcomes, ensuring technical solutions are developed with an understanding of their strategic impact and commercial benefits.
   

Qualifications:

• Deep expertise in the software industry building enterprise software is a must
• Proven experience in senior positions as hands-on principal engineer or architect
• Highly experienced in delivering complex solutions and services into production, preferably in Python and AI/ML ecosystem
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python. While Python remains foundational, a growing portion of our development leverages GenAI coding tools. We seek individuals actively engaged with these tools, capable of adapting and bridging across multiple programming languages as needed.
• Great passion and proven hands-on experience integrating with AI/ML technologies
• Strong and diverse technical background. 
• Ability to quickly learn and understand new technologies, influence highly skilled engineering teams, guide technology decisions and vision.
• Experience with cloud architectures, and specific experience with public cloud offerings
• Exceptional communication skills, demonstrating an ability to listen actively, effectively solve problems through dialogue, and build strong relationships across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Highly developed analytical and problem-solving abilities, including the capacity to decompose complex problems, accurately assess timing, ask insightful questions, and strategically select the right tools and solutions to achieve optimal outcomes. 

What we’ll provide you

This is a unique role that will put you in the position to be part of a new venture and actively drive change. Every day there will be new challenges that will help you develop new skills that can drive your career.

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
   

Visit our Global Benefits page to learn more.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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