Lead AI Engineer – VP

Overview

In this Lead AI Engineer role, you will shape the technical direction of enterprise AI initiatives and mentor engineers within Citi’s global technology team. You will architect scalable AI-driven applications and data pipelines, focusing on production-ready systems that leverage data at scale. The position emphasizes RAG-based solutions, agent orchestration, and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver impactful, compliant AI capabilities. You will own architectural decisions and drive quality through standards, tests, and risk management.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work arrangement
• continuous learning and development
• collaborative engineering culture
• competitive compensation and benefits
• wellbeing support and work-life balance resources

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop AI-driven applications and data pipelines using Python
• Lead design and implementation of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems and agent orchestration frameworks
• Collaborate with technology and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust implementations
• Define and enforce coding standards, testing practices, and implementation processes
• Evaluate business and system challenges to craft innovative solutions
• Coach and guide mid-level engineers and analysts, aligning work with project delivery
• Identify and manage technical risks, ensuring security, compliance, and platform integrity

Key requirements

• 6–10 years of software or application development experience
• Hands-on Python for application development, data ingestion, and ETL
• Experience building RAG pipelines and with ADK, LangGraph, or LangChain
• Advanced SQL skills for large-scale data queries
• Solid understanding of Transformer architecture in production AI
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and deliver in fast-paced environments
• Strong communication skills to convey complex concepts to diverse audiences

• leadership
• cross-functional collaboration
• clear communication
• Python
• RAG pipelines
• agent orchestration (ADK, LangGraph, LangChain)

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