Director of AI
Director of AI Platform Engineering
eFinancialCareers · Financial Services / Banking · 230,000+ employees · 📍 Belfast, UK
Citi is hiring a senior engineering director to build and lead AI-powered Engineering Excellence platforms, driving developer productivity and engineering quality at global scale across a 230,000-person financial institution.
AI Maturity
scaling
Reports To
CTO
Why Role Exists
Expansion
Company Stage
public
Source
reed
Key Responsibilities
- Lead delivery of Engineering Excellence AI platforms and tooling across Citi's global engineering organisation
- Drive engineering quality, developer productivity, and platform adoption at scale
- Manage cross-functional engineering teams and stakeholder alignment across business units
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Senior Engineering Manager or Director in a large-scale engineering environment
- Hands-on background in building or operating AI/ML platforms or developer tooling
Signals
- ⚠ No salary or compensation range disclosed
- ⚠ Job description is truncated — full scope and team structure unclear
- ⚠ Posted via eFinancialCareers aggregator, not Citi's own careers site — may limit application quality signal
- ⚠ Location listed as Belfast only, which may limit senior candidate pool for a global-impact role
- ✓ Citi is one of the world's largest financial institutions, providing resource depth and platform scale
- ✓ Dedicated 'Engineering Excellence AI Platforms' function signals strategic internal investment in AI tooling
- ✓ Role has clear mandate around measurable engineering outcomes (excellence, quality, productivity)
- ✓ Belfast is an established Citi technology hub with a growing engineering headcount