AVP - Bigdata Engineer (Spark /Scala) -AI & NLP

The Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst is an intermediate level position responsible for participation in the establishment and implementation of new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to contribute to applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct tasks related to feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, IT planning, risk technology, applications development, model development, and establish and implement new or revised applications systems and programs to meet specific business needs or user areas
• Monitor and control all phases of development process and analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation as well as provide user and operational support on applications to business users
• Utilize in-depth specialty knowledge of applications development to analyze complex problems/issues, provide evaluation of business process, system process, and industry standards, and make evaluative judgement
• Recommend and develop security measures in post implementation analysis of business usage to ensure successful system design and functionality
• Consult with users/clients and other technology groups on issues, recommend advanced programming solutions, and install and assist customer exposure systems
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes
• Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts
• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role
• Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
• Expert in coding Python in building Machine Learning and developing LLM based application in a professional environment.
• SQL skills able to perform data interrogations is must
• Proficiency in enterprise level application development using Java 8,scala, Oracle (or comparable database) and Messaging infrastructure like Solace, Kafka, Tibco EMS
• Develop LLM solutions for querying structured data with natural language, including RAG architectures on enterprise knowledge bases.
• Build, scale, and optimize data science workloads, applying best MLOps practices for production.
• Lead the design and development of LLM-based tools to increase data accessibility, focusing on text-to-SQL platforms.
• Train and fine-tune LLM models to accurately interpret natural language queries and generate SQL queries.
• Experience /Knowledge with Big Data Development technologies in a huge environment like 500 to 800 GB/TB/PB
• Working experience in Micro services/Kubernetes 
• Good knowledge on no-SQL DB like Redis,Couchbase,HBase etc
• Experience working and architecting solutions on Big Data technologies 
• Experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
• Stay updated with advancements in AI and NLP to incorporate best practices and new technologies
  Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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