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Senior AI Engineer - Wholesale Credit Risk Analytics - Senior Vice President

Jersey City, NJ $177k - $265k/yr Full time Posted 9d ago

Job Description

Build an agentic AI platform to support end-to-end credit risk model development while leading delivery, architecture, and team execution.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with quantitative model developers, Model Risk Management (MRM), and business leaders to translate stakeholder pain points into a technical vision and product roadmap
  • Identify, scope, and prioritize use cases for an agentic workflow platform that deliver measurable value and align to strategic objectives
  • Act as a primary technical liaison between engineering teams and users to maintain a tight feedback loop
  • Lead architectural design for a scalable, robust, secure agentic AI platform, including:
    • Orchestration components
    • Knowledge retrieval capabilities (e.g., RAG)
    • Tool integration
  • Contribute hands-on engineering work for foundational components, proofs-of-concept, and complex technical challenges
  • Design and implement secure integrations with internal data sources, external APIs, and multiple LLMs in alignment with data governance and security policies
  • Establish CI/CD, testing, logging, and monitoring frameworks for a mission-critical enterprise application
  • Lead, mentor, and guide software engineers to promote technical excellence, innovation, and collaboration
  • Direct architectural decisions, enforce code quality best practices, and oversee agile development
  • Manage project timelines, resource allocation, and delivery of key platform milestones

Requirements

  • 10+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and shipping complex, scalable software systems to production
  • Demonstrable experience with AI agentic solutions, including ad hoc data analysis, documentation, and workflow orchestration
  • Proven experience leading software development teams with technical mentorship, architectural guidance, and project oversight
  • Strong proficiency in Python and its ecosystem for backend development and data processing, plus modern AI frameworks such as LangChain
  • Hands-on experience building applications using Large Language Models (LLMs), including:
    • Prompt engineering
    • Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
    • Agentic patterns
  • Solid system design background, including microservices architecture, REST APIs, and event-driven systems
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders and translate business needs into technical requirements

Technologies

  • Python
  • LangChain
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • CI/CD
  • REST APIs

Benefits

  • Medical, dental & vision coverage
  • 401(k)
  • Life, accident, and disability insurance
  • Wellness programs
  • Paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays
  • Discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards (for eligible employees)
  • For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

Nice-to-have

  • Experience in financial services, particularly in quantitative finance, risk management, or Model Risk Management (MRM) contexts
  • Understanding of the market and/or credit risk model development lifecycle (e.g., PD, LGD, EAD models) and related regulatory requirements (e.g., SR 11-7, CCAR, CECL)
  • Experience building auditable and compliant software in highly regulated environments
  • Familiarity with frontend technologies and building user interfaces for technical workflows
  • Experience with Java/C++ in addition to Python

Job Details

  • Location: Jersey City, NJ (onsite)
  • Employment type: Full time
  • Salary range: USD 176,720 - 265,080 per year
  • Job family group: Technology
  • Job family: Applications Development
  • Primary location full time salary range: $176,720.00 - $265,080.00
  • Most relevant skills: See requirements listed above
  • Anticipated posting close date: Oct 02, 2026

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