Full Stack Engineer - Senior Vice President

Citibank (Switzerland) AG; Mississauga; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Leadership ownership

Learning programs

Career mobility

Performance-driven team

Family support benefits

Job summary

Citi is hiring a Head of Application Development to lead enterprise CRM and financial platforms. You will architect and drive high-availability systems for global institutional clients, combining strong technical leadership with hands-on engineering excellence.

You will guide architecture, implement microservices with Java/Spring, and oversee releases with zero-downtime deployments while mentoring a 20+ person team. Hybrid work model offered with global scope.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building and managing enterprise CRM applications with high availability.
• Proven leadership of engineering teams of 20+ professionals.
• Expert level in Java and Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Data, JPA, Maven/Gradle).
• Hands-on with middleware like Kafka, TIBCO, Apache MQ over SSL.
• Experience migrating monolithic apps to microservices in cloud or on-prem environments.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering/tech field.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and development of enterprise CRM and financial apps to ensure 24/5 availability.
• Design and deliver microservices-based solutions using Java/Spring and RESTful architecture.
• Own engineering roadmap for stability, quality, and functionality across production.
• Automate release pipelines for zero-downtime deployments.
• Serve as technical liaison between business, tech teams, and vendors.
• Mentor and coach a cross-functional team of 20+ engineers.
• Assess risks and ensure compliance with policies and regulatory standards.

Skills

Enterprise CRM architecture

Team leadership

Java & Spring

Microservices & cloud

RESTful services

TDD & QA practices

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering/tech

Tools

Java

Spring Framework

Kafka

TIBCO

Apache MQ

Job description

Citi is hiring a Head of Application Development at the Senior Vice President level to lead enterprise-scale CRM and financial platform engineering within the Institutional Services Group (ISG), a key division of Citi's Institutional Clients Group (ICG). In this role, you will architect and drive the delivery of mission-critical, high-availability systems that serve global institutional clients — combining deep technical leadership with hands-on engineering excellence. This is an opportunity to shape the technology direction of a platform that disrupts industry norms through innovation and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and development of enterprise-grade CRM and financial applications, ensuring 24/5 availability and alignment to business objectives across global institutional clients.
• Design and deliver loosely coupled, microservices-based solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful architecture — driving the migration of monolithic platforms to cloud-ready, scalable architectures.
• Own the engineering roadmap for application stability, quality, and functionality, setting and meeting service level expectations across production environments.
• Automate the release pipeline to achieve zero-downtime deployments across the full application platform, reducing operational risk and accelerating delivery cycles.
• Act as the primary technical liaison between business users, internal technology teams, and external vendors — translating complex requirements into clear, actionable engineering solutions.
• Mentor and coach a cross-functional engineering team of 20 or more, fostering technical growth, knowledge sharing, and high-performance delivery culture.
• Assess technology and business risks during decision-making, ensuring solutions adhere to applicable policies, regulatory standards, and safeguard client assets and firm integrity.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 10+ years of experience developing and managing enterprise CRM applications, with at least 10 years focused on solution architecture for high-availability financial systems.
• Proven experience leading and managing engineering teams of 20 or more professionals across varied technical disciplines.
• Expert-level proficiency in Java (version 10 or above) and the broader Spring ecosystem, including Spring Boot, Spring Data, JPA, Maven/Gradle, WebSockets, and Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Hands-on experience designing and developing solutions using Message-Oriented Middleware technologies such as Kafka, TIBCO, and Apache MQ over SSL.
• Deep knowledge of microservices architecture patterns, Object-Oriented Design, and Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns — with demonstrated experience migrating monolithic applications to microservices in on-premises or cloud environments.
• Working knowledge of web service standards including REST, SOAP, JSON, JAXB, and JAX-WS, as well as message formats such as XML, JSON, and Protobuf.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a relevant engineering or technology discipline.

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• Experience architecting enterprise-wide solutions that span multiple business domains, with the ability to communicate complex technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to re-prioritize rapidly in dynamic environments, balancing long-term architecture goals with immediate delivery demands.
• A track record of fostering technical learning and knowledge-sharing practices within large engineering teams.

What We Offer

At Citi, you will join a global technology organization with over 200 years of financial expertise, where senior engineering leaders have real ownership, strategic influence, and the platform to build solutions that matter.

• Hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely, providing structure alongside flexibility.
• Strategic leadership ownership with the autonomy to shape architecture decisions and engineering direction at enterprise scale.
• Access to Citi's robust learning and development programs, continuously updated to reflect the most current technology practices and leadership capabilities.
• Long-term career mobility across a global organization, with genuine opportunities to grow laterally and vertically across Citi's technology and business functions.
• A collaborative, performance-driven team environment where technical excellence and delivery impact are recognized and rewarded.
• Family support benefits, including dedicated programs for parents returning to work and those balancing caregiving responsibilities.
• A global platform operating across markets worldwide, offering exposure to complex, high-stakes technology challenges at institutional scale.

Build the next generation of institutional financial technology.

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range: $145,100.00 - $217,700.00

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