Senior AI Application Development Lead, Senior Vice President
About the role
Citi is seeking a Senior AI Application Development Lead to spearhead the architecture and delivery of intelligent, distributed systems at the heart of one of the world's premier financial institutions. In this role, you will lead an innovative engineering team within Citi Wealth Technology, driving strategic solutions across Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Distributed Computing for our global wealth and private banking client base. This role is structured as 60% technical leadership, team mentorship, and architectural governance, and 40% hands-on systems design, prototyping, and core development. You will guide engineering squads, elevate development standards, and own end-to-end architecture across complex AI platforms — spanning modern LLM orchestration frameworks, cloud-native infrastructure, and scalable backend services.
Responsibilities
- Engineering Direction & Governance: Provide technical direction and architectural oversight across multiple engineering squads within Wealth Technology, ensuring adherence to enterprise design principles, scalability standards, and engineering best practices.
- Team Mentoring & Talent Development: Coach and mentor mid-level to senior engineers, conducting high-impact code reviews, technical deep-dives, and career growth coaching.
- Modern AI Engineering Practices: Drive team adoption of modern developer