MarTech Data Engineering & Application Lead, Vice President

Role Overview

Citi is seeking an experienced Application Development Lead to spearhead the architecture and delivery of intelligent, distributed systems at the heart of one of the world’s premier financial institutions. In this role, you will lead an innovative engineering team within Citi Wealth Technology, driving strategic solutions across March Tech, AI driven personalization and Distributed Computing for our global wealth and private banking client base.

What You Will Do

As a Technical Leadership & Mentorship (30%), you will provide technical direction and architectural oversight of an engineering squad within Wealth Technology, ensuring adherence to enterprise design principles, scalability standards, and engineering best practices. You will also coach and mentor junior to mid-level engineers, conducting high-impact code reviews, technical deep-dives, and career growth coaching.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role requires a strong problem-solving abilities, high ownership, commitment to code quality, and excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will also have the opportunity to drive team adoption of modern developer productivity tools, including AI coding agents, and establish frameworks for accelerated software delivery.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive software engineering and application development experience
• Deep hands-on proficiency in Python and/or Java
• Strong relational database design and complex querying skills in SQL
• Strong experience designing and consuming distributed event-driven systems using Apache Kafka or Apache Flink
• Proven track record building and deploying microservices on Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift
• Cloud experience on AWS or GCP and container packaging using Helm
• Strong foundation in relational database management (e.g., PostgreSQL) and caching/in-memory data stores (e.g., Redis)
• Working knowledge of automated CI/CD pipelines and security scanning tools (Checkmarx, Snyk, Black Duck)
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related quantitative discipline

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision coverage
• 401(k)
• Life, accident, and disability insurance
• Wellness programs
• Paid time off packages
• Paid holidays

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