Citi
Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Transformation - Director
Why it's interesting
Another megabank makes FDE a Director-level seat: Citi wants someone to re-engineer core processes with its in-house AI agents and 'apprentice future experts' inside a 219,000-person institution. Joins BNY, Barclays, and FIS in proving Wall Street now hires FDEs by title, not just by function — and the $170K–$300K band is real, employer-posted, not a Glassdoor estimate.
The role
Director-level Forward Deployed Engineer at Citi's NYC headquarters, partnering with business-process owners and technology leaders to reimagine core processes with agentic AI. Design and rapidly prototype AI-powered solutions (POCs/MVPs), bridge business and core engineering, define KPIs and ROI, and build/mentor a team while driving adoption of reference solutions across the bank's growing set of AI agents. 6+ years across software engineering, solution architecture, AI/ML or data engineering, including prior forward-deployed experience. Hybrid, 3 days in office. Posted 2026-08-06, closes ~2026-08-13. Verified on Citi's careers site.
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