Lead/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Vice President

Citigroup; New York (NY); On-site; USD 177,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision coverage

401(k)

Life, accident, and disability ins.

Wellness programs

Paid time off

Job summary

Citigroup in New York, NY seeks a Lead/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer to architect and deploy agentic workflows for flagship banking use cases. You will drive complex integrations with core backends and set technical standards for the squad, mentoring senior engineers in a high-stakes enterprise environment.

You will collaborate with AI architecture leaders, ensure security and risk controls, and deliver production-grade solutions across distributed systems and APIs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering with backend/distributed systems experience.
• 2+ years deploying production LLM/agentic applications.
• Masters preferred; Bachelor's required as minimum.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical anchor collocated with LOB squads, guiding architecture and problem solving.
• Architect and deploy end-to-end agentic workflows using Python and Arc platform.
• Lead deep integrations with core banking systems, microservices, and MCP servers.
• Implement enterprise security controls (mTLS, OAuth2, Vault, OpenShift).
• Mentor engineers and conduct architecture reviews and security assessments.
• Collaborate with Principal AI Architect on patterns and reusable components.

Skills

Python

Asyncio

Distributed systems

Leadership

Security

Kafka

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Docker/OpenShift

APIs

Databases

Kafka

Job description

The Lead / Staff Forward Deployed Engineer is a senior technical leadership position responsible for serving as the technical anchor within an embedded LOB delivery pod. The overall objective of this role is to architect, develop, and deploy end-to-end agentic workflows for flagship LOB use cases, leading complex technical integrations with core banking backends, and setting technical standards for the squad.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the senior technical anchor collocated with LOB engineering squads, leading technical problem-solving and architecture on the front lines of agent deployments.
• Architects and builds end-to-end agentic workflows using Python, ADK, LangGraph, and the Arc platform for high-impact business use cases.
• Leads deep technical integrations with sensitive core banking systems, databases, and microservices via custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.
• Implements robust enterprise security controls for agentic executions, including mTLS, OAuth2 token delegation, HashiCorp Vault, and OpenShift container security.
• Mentors C12 and C13 engineers within the pod, conducting rigorous code reviews, architecture critiques, and security assessments.
• Partners closely with the C15 Principal AI Architect to evaluate field design patterns and contribute to enterprise agent blueprints and reusable components.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant software engineering experience, with 7+ years in backend/distributed systems and 2+ years building and deploying production LLM/agentic applications.
• Mastery of Python, asynchronous programming (asyncio), state machines, Docker/OpenShift, and distributed microservices architectures.
• Demonstrated expertise in integrating enterprise APIs, relational/NoSQL databases, and event streams (Kafka) into agent reasoning loops.
• Deep knowledge of application security, zero-trust patterns, and safe tool execution environments.
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities, with excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Education

• Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience; Master's degree preferred.

Job Family Group

Technology

Job Family

Applications Development

Primary Location

New York New York United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range

$176,720.00 - $265,080.00

Employee Benefits

Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs.

• medical
• dental & vision coverage
• 401(k)
• life, accident, and disability insurance
• wellness programs

Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays.

• planned time off (vacation)
• unplanned time off (sick leave)
• paid holidays

For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com.

Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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