Director of Applied AI & Agentic Platform Engineering

About the role

Citi is building a next‑generation Agentic AI Platform to transform banking workflows for corporate, commercial and investment bankers. As Director of Applied AI & Agentic Platform Engineering you will lead the technical vision, architecture and hands‑on development of this greenfield platform, working closely with product, business and AI teams.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement a scalable, secure, resilient AI platform from concept to production.
• Serve as the lead engineer, making critical decisions on frameworks, technologies and infrastructure while writing code and building prototypes.
• Recruit, hire and mentor a high‑performing team of software and machine‑learning engineers.
• Partner with product management and senior banking leaders to define strategy and technical road‑maps.
• Collaborate with horizontal AI platform teams, enterprise architecture and external vendors to leverage existing capabilities.
• Define and execute the integration of Large Language Models, agentic frameworks such as Google ADK and LangChain, and other AI/ML technologies.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading large, complex engineering teams in AI or related domains.
• Strong track record of delivering production‑grade software at scale.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence senior business stakeholders.
• Hands‑on expertise in building AI‑driven products and platforms.

Required skills

• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Google ADK
• LangChain