Generative AI Senior Engineer (Python/Java) – Vice President

Citi · Pune · 10+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-07-18

Tech stack: AWS, Azure, Docker, FastAPI, GCP, PostgreSQL, Python

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The Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities.
Responsibilities: - 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
- Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals
- Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions
- Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary
- Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular 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: 10 years of relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role
- Deep expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs)
- including OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, Llama and local/open‑source models
- Strong hands‑on experience with Python FastAPI async programming and high‑performance AI APIs
- Extensive experience with Gen‑AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, and Hugging Face
- Proven experience designing and implementing:
- Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG)
- systems Vector databases (PostgreSQL + pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS, etc.)
- Advanced retrieval strategies (hybrid search, re‑ranking, metadata filtering)
Qualifications: - with multi‑agent systems workflow orchestration, and stateful AI applications
- Solid grounding in ML/DL concepts with hands‑on experience using PyTorch and/or TensorFlow including fine‑tuning and embeddings
- Strong understanding of prompt engineering, workflow design, and Gen‑AI optimization
- (latency, cost, accuracy)
- deploying Gen‑AI systems using Docker production APIs, and monitoring/observability tools Understanding of AI system evaluation, safety, and governance
- (hallucination handling, guardrails, feedback loops)
- Tech leadership responsibilities including architecture ownership, design reviews, and mentoring AI engineers
- Familiarity with at least one major cloud provider ( AWS, GCP, or Azure Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications in managing and implementing successful projects Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of Applications Development Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate Demonstrated leadership and project management skills Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience Master’s degree preferred This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed.
- Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Qualifications

- with multi‑agent systems workflow orchestration, and stateful AI applications
- Solid grounding in ML/DL concepts with hands‑on experience using PyTorch and/or TensorFlow including fine‑tuning and embeddings
- Strong understanding of prompt engineering, workflow design, and Gen‑AI optimization
- (latency, cost, accuracy)
- deploying Gen‑AI systems using Docker production APIs, and monitoring/observability tools
- Understanding of AI system evaluation, safety, and governance
- (hallucination handling, guardrails, feedback loops)
- Tech leadership responsibilities including architecture ownership, design reviews, and mentoring AI engineers
- Familiarity with at least one major cloud provider ( AWS, GCP, or Azure Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications in managing and implementing successful projects Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of Applications Development Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate Demonstrated leadership and project management skills Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience Master’s degree preferred This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed.
- Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Responsibilities

- 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
- Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals
- Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions
- Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary
- Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular 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: 10 years of relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role
- Deep expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs)
- including OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, Llama and local/open‑source models
- Strong hands‑on experience with Python FastAPI async programming and high‑performance AI APIs
- Extensive experience with Gen‑AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, and Hugging Face
- Proven experience designing and implementing:
- Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG)
- systems Vector databases (PostgreSQL + pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS, etc.)
- Advanced retrieval strategies (hybrid search, re‑ranking, metadata filtering)

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