Citigroup, Inc

Staff Generative AI Engineer - Vice President

Citigroup, Inc • $120K — $170K *
Mississauga, ON L4T 0A1In-Person
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience in commercial production systems.
  • Expertise in Python and AI/ML ecosystem.
  • Hands-on experience with Generative AI concepts, LLMs, and agentic frameworks.
  • Familiarity with container technologies, particularly OpenShift.
  • Proficient in database management, including PostgreSQL and vector databases.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of production-grade Generative AI applications using Python.
  • Design intelligent agents to automate complex workflows.
  • Manage containerized application deployments in OpenShift.
  • Shape technical direction and architectural decisions for Generative AI solutions.
  • Ensure high-quality software practices through testing and documentation.
  • Stay updated with advancements in Generative AI and related technologies.
  • Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

  • Access to state-of-the-art AI development tools like Devin and Copilot.
  • Opportunities for innovation and research in AI applications.
  • A culture that values knowledge sharing and collaboration.
  • Possibility to influence the technical strategy and roadmap in Generative AI.
Full Job Description
We are seeking an exceptional Staff Generative AI Engineer to join our team. This is a critical, deeply hands-on role for a seasoned software engineer with a profound passion for Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and agentic frameworks. You will be instrumental in designing, building, and deploying real-world, commercial production systems, not just proofs-of-concept.

As a Staff Generative AI Engineer, you will:
  • Architect & Build Production Systems: Lead the hands-on development of sophisticated Generative AI applications, LLM-powered solutions, and intricate agentic frameworks primarily using Python. Your code will be clean, performant, scalable, and deployed directly into commercial production environments, solving real business problems.
  • Pioneer Automation with Agents: Design and implement intelligent agents capable of understanding, reasoning, and orchestrating complex workflows to automate critical enterprise business processes, driving efficiency and reducing operational risk at scale.
  • Master Containerized Deployments: Demonstrate deep comfort and expertise with container technologies, particularly deploying and managing applications within OpenShift environments.
  • Drive Technical Direction & Ownership: Contribute significantly to the technical strategy and roadmap for Generative AI adoption, influencing architectural decisions and technology choices across our product portfolio, ensuring all solutions are production-ready.
  • Champion Engineering Excellence: Instill and uphold rigorous software engineering best practices, including robust testing, code reviews, documentation, and continuous integration/delivery, ensuring the highest quality for our mission-critical systems running in production.
  • Innovate & Research: Stay at the bleeding edge of Generative AI, actively exploring new models, techniques, and frameworks.
  • Contribute to both applied engineering and research initiatives within the domain. You will have access to state-of-the-art AI- assisted development tools like Devin and Copilot to amplify your productivity and creativity.
  • Mentor & Collaborate: Act as a technical leader and mentor to junior engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions.
  • Iterate & Deliver: Thrive in an agile, fast-paced environment, prioritizing rapid delivery, iterative development, and adaptability.
  • Focus on delivering measurable business value and learning quickly from prototypes and deployments, always with a path to production in mind.
  • Ensure Responsible AI: Design and implement robust guardrails and ethical considerations into AI solutions, proactively assessing and mitigating risks in line with organizational and regulatory standards.
  • Partner with multiple management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals as well as identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements
  • Resolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards
  • Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint
  • Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
  • Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating 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.


Recommended Qualifications:
  • 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, demonstrating a strong track record of designing, building, and delivering scalable enterprise-grade solutions in commercial production environments, not just proofs-of-concept.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Python is a must-have, with a deep understanding of its ecosystem for AI/ML development, data engineering, and backend services. Full-stack development experience is a distinct advantage.
  • Extensive hands-on experience with Generative AI concepts, Large Language Models (LLMs), transformer architectures, RAG, and advanced agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, Google ADK. Optionally AutoGen, CrewAI, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel).
  • Deep comfort and practical experience with containers and orchestration technologies, specifically OpenShift.
  • Demonstrated ability to architect, develop, and deploy highly performant, large-scale AI/ML systems into production
  • environments.
  • Strong understanding of modern software development principles, clean code practices, data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
  • Proficiency with Relational (preferably, PostgreSQL) and Vector (preferably, pgvector) databases.


Preferred Qualifications (Bonus Points):
  • Practical experience in model risk management, developing AI guardrails, and establishing end-user adoption pathways for Generative AI solutions.
  • A proven track record of contributing to open-source projects or publishing relevant research in AI/ML.


Education:
  • Bachelor's degree/University degree 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.

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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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Market Cap
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Net Income
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Founded
1812
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