Senior Frontend AI Automation Engineer- Vice President

Overview

Senior UI Developer for AI-based automation initiatives and an AI-enabled Client Inquiry Management Platform within Citi Market Operations Technology, building interfaces that trigger, control and monitor AI-driven automated workflows.

What you'll do

• Design and implement high-performance frontend interfaces that initiate, parameterize and execute multi-step AI automated actions and workflows.
• Connect frontend application layers to backend LLM orchestrators, AI agent frameworks, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and REST/WebSocket automation endpoints.
• Implement low-latency streaming states (SSE, WebSocket), live execution logs, and automated progress trackers for long-running AI tasks.
• Develop fast, intuitive validation workflows enabling users to review, edit, approve or override AI-generated actions before execution.
• Create modular components, form-autofill handlers and action dispatchers that other engineering squads can reuse.
• Implement operational dashboards tracking AI task success rates, execution latency, failure modes and automated time-savings metrics.
• Assess risk when business decisions are made, drive compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and escalate, manage and report control issues with transparency.

What you'll need

• 10+ years of relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role.
• Full Stack Senior Hands-on Developer.
• Strong technology background with working knowledge of evolving technologies.
• Extensive experience in system analysis and in programming of software applications.
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of Applications Development.
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of professional development experience in modern web technologies (React, TypeScript, Next.js).
• Strong hands-on experience handling Server-Sent Events (SSE), WebSockets, and resilient asynchronous API integration.
• Demonstrated experience integrating with LLM APIs (internal enterprise AI gateways), tool-calling/function-calling interfaces, and AI agent frameworks.
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, JSON-RPC, GraphQL, or gRPC endpoints, along with Node.js/Python scripting for automation hooks.
• Experience with client-side caching, optimistic updates, and complex multi-step workflow state machines.

Nice to have

• Master's degree.
• Experience working with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or agent tool-calling ecosystems.
• Familiarity with workflow orchestrators and automation systems.
• Background in building internal developer tools, enterprise RPA bridges, or intelligent operations dashboards.
• Experience in automated frontend testing (Jest, Playwright/Cypress) and CI/CD automation pipelines.

Details

• Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India.
• Employment type: Full time.
• Job family: Applications Development (Technology).