Vice President - Bigdata Engineer - AI & NLP

The Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with multiple management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals as well as identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements
• Resolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards
• Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals
• Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions
• Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary
• 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:

• 13 + years of relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role
• Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
• Expert in coding Python in building Machine Learning and developing LLM based application in a professional environment.
• SQL skills able to perform data interrogations is must
• Proficiency in enterprise level application development using Java 8,scala, Oracle (or comparable database) and Messaging infrastructure like Solace, Kafka, Tibco EMS
• Develop LLM solutions for querying structured data with natural language, including RAG architectures on enterprise knowledge bases.
• Build, scale, and optimize data science workloads, applying best MLOps practices for production.
• Lead the design and development of LLM-based tools to increase data accessibility, focusing on text-to-SQL platforms.
• Train and fine-tune LLM models to accurately interpret natural language queries and generate SQL queries.
• Experience /Knowledge with Big Data Development technologies in a huge environment like 500 to 800 GB/TB/PB
• Working experience in Micro services/Kubernetes 
• Good knowledge on no-SQL DB like Redis,Couchbase,HBase etc
• Experience working and architecting solutions on Big Data technologies 
• Experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
• Stay updated with advancements in AI and NLP to incorporate best practices and new technologies.
• 5+ years of experience in leading a small to medium-size development teams
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior data scientists and developers.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred