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Lead Application Development Engineer, Generative AI Products - Senior Vice President

India, Pune · Job Posted May 04, 2026
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This is your chance to build the foundational systems for 'Citi Assist', a Generative AI assistant that will reach every Citi employee globally. You'll join us on the ground floor, shaping a high-visibility platform and helping to define the standards for how a global bank adopts this technology safely and at scale. This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You'll spend your time equally between writing code, architecting systems, and shaping both the technical and non-technical direction of our team and product. We're looking for someone who leads from the front, setting the standard through their own work while elevating everyone around them.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead, code, and deliver
  • Own critical systems
  • Shape our technical direction
  • Champion safety and security
  • Be a force multiplier
  • Communicate with purpose

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading technical projects and mentoring other engineers
  • Deep, hands-on experience building, deploying, and maintaining production-grade backend services
  • Strong proficiency in at least one backend language (Python, Java, Go, or TypeScript/Node.js)
  • Experience architecting and designing scalable, distributed systems
  • A firm grasp of software design patterns and a commitment to writing clean, testable, and maintainable code
  • Strong experience with containerised environments (we use OpenShift, but Kubernetes experience transfers well)
  • Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and a belief in automating things
  • Solid experience working with relational databases like Postgres
  • A hands-on technical leader
  • A pragmatic builder
  • A bias for action and a focus on shipping
  • A solutions-first mindset
  • Strong communication and influence
  • A collaborative spirit
  • Bonus points for: Strong Python experience
  • Experience with other languages like TypeScript, Go, or Java
  • Direct experience with Generative AI concepts, LLMs, or related projects
  • Experience with data pipelines and ETL tools like Apache Airflow or Dagster
  • Experience working in highly regulated environments

Nice to have

  • Strong Python experience
  • Experience with other languages like TypeScript, Go, or Java
  • Direct experience with Generative AI concepts, LLMs, or related projects
  • Experience with data pipelines and ETL tools like Apache Airflow or Dagster
  • Experience working in highly regulated environments

What we offer

Global benefits (general reference only, no specific list provided)

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