Senior Engineering Manager

Citibank (Switzerland) AG; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 145,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Citibank (Switzerland) AG is seeking an exceptional Senior Engineering Manager to lead the development and modernization of Wholesale Lending Operations (WLO) technology platforms at the Mississauga Technology Centre.

You will drive technology strategy, platform engineering, and execution for loan origination, servicing, and related workflows for corporate and institutional clients. A strong background in distributed systems, cloud, DevOps, and GenAI tooling is essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in engineering leadership.
• Strong domain expertise in Wholesale Lending platforms.
• Proven ability in building and modernizing large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud, DevOps, and modern tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and modernization of WLO technology platforms.
• Ensure regulatory, risk, audit, and information security compliance.
• Collaborate with Ops, Product, Data & Risk teams to align roadmaps.
• Champion GenAI tooling, automated CI/CD gating, and modern software practices.
• Enforce API-first design, event-driven architectures (Kafka), and micro-frontends.
• Foster test automation, security, and zero-downtime releases.
• Build and mentor high-performing teams at Mississauga site and globally.

Skills

Wholesale Lending

Distributed Systems

Java/Spring Boot

Python

React/Angular

Microservices

Kafka

CI/CD

GenAI tooling

Testing automation

Security

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

## Senior Engineering ManagerApply: Hybrid: Mississauga Ontario Canada: Full time: Posted Today: 26996124We are seeking an **exceptional Senior Engineering Manager** to head the development and modernization of our **Wholesale Lending Operations (WLO) Technology platforms and initiatives**, based out of our **Mississauga Technology Centre**.This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for driving the technology strategy, platform engineering, and execution behind Citi’s global wholesale lending and credit lifecycle ecosystem. You will lead teams delivering mission-critical platforms that power loan origination, servicing, syndication, collateral management, and workflow automation for the world’s largest corporate, institutional, and commercial clients.**Responsibilities:** * **Regulatory, Risk & Compliance Excellence:** Ensure platforms adhere to rigorous regulatory commitments, audit readiness, information security mandates, and architectural governance standards.* **Cross-Functional Partnership:** Collaborate closely with Operations Leaders, Product Managers, Quantitative Analysts, Credit Risk Officers, and Global Architecture teams to align technology roadmaps with core business priorities.* **Champion AI-Driven Engineering:** Pioneer and institutionalize the adoption of GenAI developer tools, coding copilots, and automated CI/CD gating to accelerate development throughput and code quality.* **Modern Architecture & Engineering Standards:** Enforce best-in-class distributed systems engineering, API-first integrations, resilient event-driven pipelines (e.g., Kafka), and modern UI/micro-frontend architectures.* **Quality & Continuous Delivery:** Cultivate a culture of test automation, shift-left security, chaos engineering, and zero-downtime release practices.* **Build & Mentor High-Performing Teams:** Recruit, develop, and inspire top-tier software engineers, technical leads, and architects at the Mississauga site while orchestrating seamlessly with distributed global pods.* **Inclusive & Innovative Culture:** Foster an engineering culture defined by technical curiosity, continuous learning, psychological safety, and clear career progression pathways. **Recommended Qualifications:*** 10+ years of relevant experience* **Domain Expertise:** Strong background in **Wholesale Lending.** Familiarity with loan platforms is highly desirable.* **Full-Stack / Distributed Systems Mastery:** Deep technical foundation in modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Java/Spring Boot, Python, React/Angular), microservices architecture, and event streaming (Kafka/MQ).* **Cloud & DevOps:** Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, OpenShift/Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and modern infrastructure-as-code.* **GenAI & Tooling Enthusiasm:** Active champion of modern developer tooling, GenAI productivity assistants, automated code analysis, and DevOps telemetry **Education:** * Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience* Master’s degree preferred ------------------------------------------------------## **Job Family Group:**Technology------------------------------------------------------## **Job Family:**Applications Development------------------------------------------------------## **Time Type:**Full time------------------------------------------------------## **Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:**$145,100.00 - $217,700.00