Citi Innovation Labs is a global network of innovation centers focused on delivering cutting edge solutions to all of Citi’s lines of business.
Our Mission is to create a competitive advantage for our clients, manifested as change in the way they operate, by providing innovative technological solutions with strong client engagement, from idea to production, and by leveraging the entrepreneurial spirit and technological excellence fostered in the Innovation Labs.
Our Labs Network is a global organization that spans across New York, London, Tel Aviv, Shanghai, and various other locations globally. We focus on delivering innovative products using cutting-edge technologies in highly complex architectures and with the highest delivery standards. The Innovation Labs team perform research and implementation in many advanced domains spanning across AI, Machine learning, NLP, Analytics, Blockchain/Distributed Ledger Technology and many more.
We're on the hunt for a highly skilled and experienced GenAI expert to lead the design and roadmap of Generative AI platform solutions at the Citi Innovation Lab. The ideal candidate has excellent track record in high scale engineering products and specifically AI and GenAI solutions. In this role, you'll be a key player in driving innovative projects throughout the bank using generative AI and Large Language Models.
Responsibilities:- Lead design and architecture for a broad range of AI infrastructure tools and technologies
- Lead research activities with the goal of finding innovative solutions with substantial impact potential for the business units across Citi
- Manage executive stakeholder audience in technology by acting as a partner, trusted advisor and operating through influence
- Work with internal and external partners to design, validate and deliver solutions with a commercial benefit for Citi
- Manage multiple concurrent initiatives and projects of varying sizes & complexity
- Engage with technical and business stakeholders to define and design overall architecture for key use-cases across our TTS, Markets, Securities Services and Banking Business Lines
- Work with external vendors and start-ups around joint initiatives and around exploration of new directions. Manage partner and vendor relationships where required
- Partner with Citi’s AI Centre of Excellence to ensure best practice is followed from the perspectives of good governance, risk management, standardization, and tooling.
Qualifications:
- Academic degree in Computer Sciences or equivalent. MSc / PhD – preferred
- At least 12 years of experience in the software industry
- At least 3 years of proven experience as a tech lead or an architect of large unit
- 4 years+ experience in Machine Learning, delivering complex solutions to production.
- Great passion and proven hands-on experience with AI technologies
- Strong and diverse technical background. Ability to quickly learn and understand new technologies, influence highly skilled engineering teams and overall have a personal impact on technology decisions and vision.
- Vast experience with cloud architectures, and specific experience with public cloud offerings
- In-depth knowledge of deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and other open sources libraries / APIs or similar.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python.
- Excellent communication skills
- Leadership and organizational abilities
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strategic thinker
- Experience in the financial industry – major advantage
- Background in Securities Services / Custody – major advantage
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