Principal Software Engineer – Gen AI Platforms

• Engineering at scale: You will build scaled, robust services and platforms centred around generative AI. This may also include developing CLIs, SDKs, runtimes and more
• Thought Leadership: Drive architectural vision and lead the 0-1 build of foundational, enterprise-grade AI platforms and products
• System Design: Design and build high-quality, highly reliable, and secure distributed systems with developer and user experience at the center
• Strategic Direction: Create "firsts" in the Generative AI space for Citi, acting as a core member of the team that defines the strategic technical direction for the entire bank
• Scale & Iterate: Continually iterate and scale Generative AI products to handle massive throughput, whilst anticipating and listening to the complex needs of internal customers
• Cross-Org Influence: You must be able to drive technical alignment across multiple engineering organizations, breaking down silos to deliver cohesive AI capabilities

• 14+ Years of Hands on experience is a must have
• Expert-level fluency in Golang is a must-have
• Deep experience building concurrent, high-throughput systems
• Deep expertise in the Kubernetes ecosystem, container orchestration, and modern security paradigms
• Understanding of language models, fine-tuning methodologies, and RAG architectures, JIT context retrieval strategies
• Proven experience designing control planes, sandboxing systems for AI experimentation, and managing large-scale vector stores and search algorithms
• Extensive experience in large-scale ETL development and data pipeline architecture
• Experience maintaining and/or contributing to bug bounty, responsible disclosure programs, and AI safety/guardrail implementations
• Experience leading technical initiatives within fast-paced startup environments or driving startup-like agility within a large enterprise

Python is a strong desirable addition