Senior GenAI Data Scientist

Are you looking for taking your career to the next level by working at the forefront of financial technology? Bring your expertise in innovation, advanced analytics, and cutting edge technology development to Citi Innovation Labs team, where you will help shape the future of banking through impactful, high-tech solutions.

By joining Citi, you will be part of a global innovation network focused on developing state-of-the-art products across cities like New York, Dublin, London, Tel Aviv, and Shanghai. Together we will harness technologies like GenAI, machine learning, NLP, blockchain, and data analytics to deliver world-class financial services and drive economic growth.

Team/Role Overview

As a GenAI Data Scientist, you will join a team dedicated to delivering advanced technology products to internal stakeholders across Citi’s global business lines. From ideation to production, the team drives a full lifecycle of solution development, with data scientists taking full ownership of their work – actively shaping project direction and leading execution. This is a hands-on, impact driven role where your contribution will directly influence how innovative AI solutions are designed, built, and deployed across the organization.

What you’ll do (Key responsibilities)

Hands-On Leadership: Lead by example and actively contribute to the development and delivery of generative AI solutions, driving innovation and excellence within the team.

Monitoring Ongoing Research: Stay actively engaged in monitoring ongoing research efforts, keeping abreast of emerging trends, and ensuring that the Generative AI team remains at the forefront of the field.

Model Delivery to Production: Take a hands-on approach to ensure AI models are successfully deployed into production environments, meeting high-quality standards and performance benchmarks.

Strategy Implementation: Execute the strategy for generative AI research and development, aligning it with the bank's overarching goals and objectives.

Research and Development: Lead and participate in research activities to explore and advance state-of-the-art generative AI techniques, including GANs, VAEs, and other relevant technologies.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to collaborate effectively with various teams, including product managers, engineers, and data scientists, to integrate AI technologies into products and services.

Quality Control: Ensure the quality and performance of generative AI models, conducting rigorous testing and evaluation.

Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with business stakeholders across the bank to drive the adoption of generative AI and Large Language Models, identifying opportunities for innovation and value creation.

Regulatory Compliance: Ensure that AI initiatives meet regulatory requirements while pushing the boundaries of technology innovation.

What we’ll need from you

Ph.D., master’s or equivalent experience in a relevant field (Computer Science, Machine Learning, etc.).

Very strong experience in Machine Learning, delivering complex solutions to production.

Proven hands-on experience in data science and Natural Language Processing (NLP), Natural Language Understanding (NLU) and Natural Language Generation (NLG).

Strong proven delivery track record.

In-depth knowledge of deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and other open sources libraries / APIs or similar.

Proficiency in programming languages such as Python.

Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively.

Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Publications and contributions to the AI research community are a plus.

Experience in high tech or financial industry is beneficial but not mandatory.

What we can offer you

The role offers exceptional career development opportunities, including hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI technologies and their real-world applications. You will also collaborate with the senior leaders across diverse business units, gaining valuable exposure and having an opportunity to influence within a global organization.

By joining Citi Tel Aviv, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits

such as:

Generous holiday allowance starting at 22 days

Private medical insurance packages

Employee Assistance Program

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day.

We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Apply to join our team!

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Data Science

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Time Type:

Full time

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