GenAI Full-Stack Engineer Lead

Citi; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model (up to 2 days home)

Competitive base salary

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Pension Plan

Parental Leave

Learning & development resources

Job summary

Citi Belfast seeks a hands-on engineering lead to drive AI-powered product development and shape engineering culture. You will provide technical leadership while staying close to code, partnering across the organisation to build scalable developer platforms and adopt Generative AI and modern practices.

Responsibilities span architecture, design, and mentoring; you’ll set direction across frontend to backend, cloud services, and APIs, while collaborating with senior stakeholders to align platform

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software engineering orgs in a hands-on capacity.
• Strong software engineering expertise across modern languages & frameworks (Python, Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, React).
• Experience delivering AI-enabled or Generative AI solutions in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive design and delivery of enterprise-scale applications for critical business functions.
• Remain hands-on with architecture, code reviews, and engineering decisions.
• Set technical direction across full-stack ecosystems (frontend, backend, APIs, cloud, platform).
• Partner with senior stakeholders to align platform strategy with priorities.
• Deliver high-visibility, business-critical programmes.

Skills

Hands-on technical leadership

Modern languages & frameworks

AI/Generative AI delivery

Cloud-native apps

Kubernetes

SQL/NoSQL

API design

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Tools

Kubernetes

Containers

Microservices

Event-driven architectures

Job description

We’re looking for a hands-on engineering lead with a passion for building AI-powered products and shaping engineering culture. You’ll provide technical leadership while remaining close to the code, partnering with teams across the organisation to build scalable developer platforms, influence engineering strategy and drive the adoption of Generative AI and modern engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the design and delivery of enterprise-scale applications supporting critical business functions and large user populations.
• Remain hands-on with software architecture, system design, code reviews and engineering decision-making.
• Set technical direction across full-stack ecosystems spanning frontend, backend, APIs, cloud services and platform components..
• Partner with senior technology and business stakeholders to align platform strategy with organisational priorities.
• Deliver high-profile, business-critical programmes with significant operational and executive visibility.
• Champion engineering excellence, DevSecOps principles, platform engineering and continuous improvement.
• Mentor engineering managers, principal engineers and senior engineers, building a culture of technical excellence and accountability.
• Drive adoption of developer platforms, automation capabilities and enterprise engineering standards across multiple teams.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience leading software engineering organisations in a hands-on technical capacity.
• Strong software engineering expertise across modern languages and frameworks, including experience coding in one or more of: Python, Go, TypeScript, JavaScript or React.
• Experience delivering AI-enabled or Generative AI solutions within enterprise environments.
• Experience building enterprise-scale cloud-native applications using Kubernetes, containers, microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, resiliency patterns, scalability and performance engineering.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL technologies, API design and integration patterns.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technology decisions across numerous teams and organisations.
• Growth mindset with a passion for mentoring, coaching and developing technical talent.

What we’ll provide you

By joining Citi Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Visit our Global Benefits page to learn more.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.

Job Family Group

Technology

Job Family

Applications Development

Time Type

Full time

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