Principal Generative AI Engineer - Lead LLM Pipelines

Citi; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision coverage

401(k)

Life, disability insurance

Wellness programs

Paid time off

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Principal Generative AI Engineer to lead design, development, and deployment of intelligent operations and automation platforms within the AI Automation Forward Deployed Engineering team. You will set the technical direction for generative AI, including LLM orchestration, RAG pipelines, and governance to meet security and regulatory standards.

You will work with OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud AI services, delivering scalable AI infrastructure while aligning with

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in application development or engineering, with AI/ML in production.
• Deep expertise in LLM architectures and AI orchestration frameworks.
• Hands-on experience deploying open-source LLMs and cloud AI platforms.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver end-to-end generative AI solutions for intelligent operations.
• Lead the engineering of LLM pipelines and RAG implementations.
• Build AI governance frameworks with guardrails and auditing controls.
• Deploy scalable, cloud-native AI infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure AI models meet strict risk, auditability, and data security standards.

Skills

LLM architectures

Python

LangChain

AI orchestration

CI/CD

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Security/compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Llama

Mistral

Gemma

Vertex AI

Pinecone

Milvus

Chroma

Docker

Job description

Citi is seeking a Principal Generative AI Engineer to lead design, development, and deployment of intelligent operations and automation platforms within the AI Automation Forward Deployed Engineering team. You will set the technical direction for generative AI, including LLM orchestration, RAG pipelines, and governance to meet security and regulatory standards.

You will work with OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud AI services, delivering scalable AI infrastructure while aligning with