Director, Applied AI & Agentic Platform Engineering

Citi

Remote Actively hiring Posted this week
Jersey City, New Jersey Posted 3 days ago $170,000–$300,000 / year
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TL;DR

The Director of Agentic Platform Engineering will lead a new initiative to build an advanced AI platform for banking workflows at a senior level within the technology team. This role involves designing and developing a scalable agentic AI system that integrates large language models and multi-agent systems, while also overseeing technical leadership and hands-on engineering tasks. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in building cloud-native platforms and possess deep expertise in Python, Java/Spring Boot, Go, microservices architecture, and DevSecOps practices on GCP. Additionally, knowledge of financial services and banking workflows is highly beneficial, as the platform aims to enhance productivity and deepen client relationships across corporate, commercial, and investment banking sectors.

Skills

Python Java Spring Boot Go GCP AWS Kubernetes Terraform GitHub Actions Jenkins PostgreSQL Oracle MongoDB Cassandra Kafka Docker CI/CD Prometheus Grafana LLM Agentic Frameworks ADK Vertex AI MCP Knowledge Graphs RAG Elastic Pinecone Model Lifecycle Governance Secure Coding API Security Zero Trust Data Privacy Encryption Access Control Regulatory Compliance

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and development of a scalable agentic AI platform from concept to production.
  • Write code, build prototypes, and guide critical technical decisions for the platform.
  • Recruit, hire, and mentor an agile engineering team focused on innovation and excellence.
  • Define product strategy and roadmap in partnership with senior business leaders.
  • Integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) and other AI/ML technologies to solve banking challenges.

What we're looking for

  • Over 12 years of software engineering experience with at least 4 years in a leadership role.
  • Proven ability to lead and contribute as a "player-coach" in technical development and team mentorship.
  • Strong track record of designing, building, and launching scalable cloud-native platforms from scratch.
  • Deep expertise in AI/GenAI/agentic systems, including LLMs and multi-agent architectures on GCP.
  • Experience with enterprise data platforms, API-driven integration, and event-driven workflows.
  • Hands-on experience with backend development, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure technologies.

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