Director of Embedded AI Delivery & Engineering

Citigroup; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineering Director to lead a high-performance squad embedded within Citi’s Lines of Business. You’ll translate complex business challenges into production-ready AI agents while enforcing architectural standards and engineering excellence.

You will partner with LOB Managing Directors and CIOs across NYC/London, directing 3-5 AI agent projects, mentoring 8 senior engineers, and ensuring compliance with enterprise blueprints and guardrails.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in technology with 8+ years leading engineering squads in Tier-1 banking, tech, or fintech.
• Hands-on understanding of modern AI paradigms including LLMs, autonomous agents, embeddings, vector search, and MCP.
• Proven track record of managing high-bandwidth client relationships and delivering complex distributed software in regulated production environments.
• Demonstrated ability to attract, recruit, develop, and retain elite senior engineering talent.
• Strong working knowledge of financial products, capital markets, wealth management, or enterprise banking operations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary delivery partner to LOB MDs, CIOs, and business heads across NYC and London hubs.
• Direct sprint planning, resource allocation, architecture, and rapid delivery for 3-5 AI agent projects.
• Ensure all agentic software adheres to enterprise blueprints, evaluation gates, and Lakera Guardrails.
• Mentor and coach an embedded squad of 8 senior Forward Deployed Engineers (AVP–SVP).
• Drive design and integrations between autonomous agents and core banking backends, databases, and third-party APIs.

Skills

AI leadership

Distributed systems

Talent development

Stakeholder management

Regulatory banking knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

LLMs

Embeddings

Vector search

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Job description

Citigroup is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineering Director to lead a high-performance squad embedded within Citi’s Lines of Business. You’ll translate complex business challenges into production-ready AI agents while enforcing architectural standards and engineering excellence.

You will partner with LOB Managing Directors and CIOs across NYC/London, directing 3-5 AI agent projects, mentoring 8 senior engineers, and ensuring compliance with enterprise blueprints and guardrails.