
GenAI Tech Engineer - VP -New York (Hybrid)
- Job Req Id:
- 25857201
- Location(s):
- New York, New York
- Job Type:
- Hybrid
- Posted:
- Jul. 24, 2025
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Job Overview
Overview of Citi:
Citi is a world-leading global bank. We have approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 100 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. We enable clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.
Overview of the organization:
The CTO organization is responsible for defining and executing the core architecture and technology strategy for the firm by working across the business units (Markets, Treasury and Trade Services, Banking, and Shared Services) and functions. Ensuring strategic alignment and efficiency of solutions across a diverse portfolio of engineering and transformation efforts. The COO Enterprise Solution Engineering capability sits within CTO and is responsible for the development of best-in-class technology platforms for Operations, including development of an integrated portfolio of Operations tools, end-to-end solution design for large scale transformation initiatives, design governance, and adoption of Generative AI solutions for driving operational efficiencies.
Job Purpose:
We are seeking an innovative GenAI Engineering Lead to drive the adoption of Large Language Models and agentic flows to drive process efficiencies, automation, simplification, and risk reduction across enterprise business solutions. In this role you will be responsible for driving and contributing to the technical direction of our products and services, instilling engineering best practices into the team, and promoting cultural change across the organization. You will also work with various technology teams to push the adoption of Generative AI technologies and agentic flows, across enterprise-wide applications and processes. Developing partnerships with third party providers to validate and adopt best-of-breed solutions.
You will be joining us right at the beginning of our journey. We are seeking experienced software engineers who thrive in a results-driven environment, passionate about GenAI and who (just like us!) love programming.
What you’ll do:
- Contribute to both, engineering and research
- Take a product-focused approach and build solutions that are robust, scalable, and easy to use
- Work in a fast-paced environment tackling cutting-edge problems by constantly testing and learning
- Pair programming for our products, be lean in your approach and remove bureaucracy where you see it
- Deliver fast, iterating and pivot as you go, rather than defining the perfect solution upfront
- Develop foundational components and mature technology capabilities in AI and LLMs
- Drive adoption across the enterprise
What we’ll need from you:
- Deep hands-on experience in engineering and executing enterprise solutions that scale
- Fluency in at least two programming language, with preference for Python, Javascript/Typescript, Golang
- Pytorch, TensorFlow experience
- Understanding of language models, transformers, agentic frameworks
- Rich understanding of vector stores and search algorithms
- Experience in Java 8, SpringBoot, Python, Oracle/MongoDB & Docker/Kubernetes/Open Shift, messaging platforms
- Direct engineering experience of high performance, large-scale AI/ML systems
- Have experience supporting fast-paced startup engineering teams
- Experience in model risk management, guardrails development, and end-user adoption pathways of AI / GenAI solutions
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Job Family Group:
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Job Family:
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Time Type:
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Primary Location:
New York New York United States------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$142,320.00 - $213,480.00
In 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. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.
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Most Relevant Skills
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Other Relevant Skills
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Anticipated Posting Close Date:
Sep 25, 2025------------------------------------------------------
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