Citigroup, Inc

Senior Applied AI Full-Stack Engineer - Vice President

Citigroup, Inc$120K — $170K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot for scalable microservices
  • Expertise in building large-scale web platforms using microservices architecture
  • Strong understanding of systems analysis, design patterns, and SDLC
  • Ability to produce design artefacts such as sequence and class diagrams
  • Proficient in Python for automation or AI-related tooling
  • Experience with MongoDB and modern database design
  • Hands-on proficiency with AI coding tools like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot

Responsibilities

  • Design and build extensive web application platforms on microservices architecture
  • Lead system design with a focus on security, scalability, and performance
  • Utilize AI coding agents for code generation and debugging tasks
  • Critically review and validate AI-generated code for deployment readiness
  • Integrate AI workflows into CI/CD pipelines and manage concurrent workstreams
  • Act as a mentor and hands-on contributor within small engineering squads
  • Apply strong knowledge of Corporate Banking to ensure technical solutions meet business needs

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment fostering innovation
  • Opportunities for upskilling and coaching junior team members
  • Focus on outcomes over traditional metrics
  • Access to cutting-edge AI development tools and resources
  • Contribution to significant, real-world applications in Corporate Banking
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to join our Corporate Banking Technology team. You will design and deliver enterprise-grade web application platforms, leveraging AI development agents (e.g., Claude Code, Devin, Cursor) to accelerate delivery and raise engineering standards.

This role demands end-to-end technical ownership, hands-on delivery, and the ability to lead and coach within small, high-autonomy squads. The ideal candidate is AI-first in mindset, strong in domain understanding, and accountable for the quality and reliability of everything that ships.

What Sets This Role Apart

This is not a conventional engineering role. You are expected to operate as a force multiplier - directing AI agents across multiple workstreams, validating output for production safety, and coaching others to do the same. The measure of success is not lines of code written, but outcomes delivered, quality maintained, and the team's collective capability raised.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and build large-scale internet/intranet web application platforms on microservices architecture, owning decisions across the full stack - from Angular frontends to Java/Spring Boot backends and MongoDB data layer.
  • Lead system design at both high and low levels, producing artefacts such as sequence diagrams, class diagrams, and data models, while ensuring security, scalability, and performance are built in from the start.
  • Leverage AI coding agents (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Devin) for code generation, debugging, and routine tasks; engineering high-quality context (repository structure, API specs, Jira tickets) to maximize the accuracy and reliability of AI output.
  • Critically review, validate, and take ownership of all AI-generated code ensuring structural integrity, security compliance, and production readiness before anything reaches deployment.
  • Integrate agentic workflows into CI/CD pipelines; manage multiple workstreams concurrently through intelligent delegation to AI agents.
  • Act as a player/coach within small, co-located squads - hands-on in delivery while actively upskilling junior engineers to become effective AI-first practitioners.
  • Apply a strong functional understanding of Corporate Banking to ensure solutions address real business outcomes, not just technical requirements.


Required Skills & Experience
  • 6+ years' hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot for building scalable microservices, and Angular 16+, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, JSON, CSS, Web Sockets, and Ajax.
  • Proven experience designing large-scale internet/intranet platforms using microservices architecture.
  • Strong fundamentals in systems analysis, design patterns, and SDLC, including unit testing and CI/CD practices.
  • Ability to produce high-level and low-level design artefacts (sequence diagrams, class diagrams).
  • Proficiency in Python for scripting, automation, or AI-adjacent tooling.
  • Hands-on experience with MongoDB; solid understanding of modern database design and data modelling.
  • Good understanding of message brokers; Kafka experience highly desirable.
  • Demonstrated, hands-on proficiency with AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent).
  • Spec driven development - Ability to write structured prompts, engineer context, and decompose complex problems into tasks suitable for AI agent delegation.
  • Proven ability to identify and resolve AI failure modes before they reach production.
  • Strong experience with GitHub for source control and Jira for project management.
  • Proven experience in Agile/Scrum delivery.

Domain
  • Functional understanding of Corporate Banking - able to articulate why their work matters, not just how it is built.


Education:
  • Bachelor's degree/University degree in Engineering, Finance, or equivalent experience


Job Family Group:
Technology

Job Family:
Applications Development

Time Type:
Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$120,800.00 - $170,800.00

Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.

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

Automated Processing and AI

We 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.

Importantly, 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. Please refer to any Jurisdictional Considerations, with specific provisions for your country (where relevant) for further details.

This job opening is for an existing job vacancy.

About Citigroup, Inc

Citigroup is a financial services holding company that provides financial products and services. The company operates through two segments, Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and Institutional Clients Group (ICG). The GCB segment offers traditional banking services to retail customers through retail banking, commercial banking, Citi-branded cards, and Citi retail services. The ICG segment offers various banking, and financial products and services to corporate, institutional, public sector, and high-net-worth clients. This segment provides wholesale banking products and services, including fixed-income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivative services, equity and fixed-income research, corporate lending, investment banking, and advisory services, private banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. Citi is committed to sustainability and social responsibility, and the company invests in initiatives that promote economic progress.

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