GenAI Full-Stack Engineer Lead

Citigroup Inc.; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave plus bank hols

Discretionary annual bonus

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees and/or

Learning and development resources

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. in Belfast is seeking a hands-on engineering lead to build AI-powered products and shape engineering culture.

You will provide technical leadership while coding hands-on and partnering with teams to design scalable developer platforms. You will set technical direction across frontend, backend, APIs, and cloud services; mentor engineers; drive Generative AI adoption; and champion DevSecOps and platform engineering across multiple teams.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Drive the design and delivery of enterprise-scale applications
• Remain hands-on with software architecture, system design and reviews
• Set technical direction across full-stack ecosystems (frontend, backend, APIs, cloud)
• Partner with senior stakeholders to align platform strategy
• Deliver high-profile programmes with executive visibility
• Champion engineering excellence, DevSecOps and platform engineering
• Mentor engineering managers and senior engineers
• Drive adoption of developer platforms and enterprise standards across teams

Skills

Python/Go/TS/JS/React

Leadership

AI in enterprise

Kubernetes/microservices

Distributed systems

SQL/NoSQL

Tools

Kubernetes

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 discretionary 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 ourGlobal Benefitspage 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.

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Job Family Group: Technology

Job Family: Applications Development

Time Type: Full time

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

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