Senior Manager - Workflow Platforms

Citigroup Inc.; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 199,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services company seeks a Senior Engineering Manager in Mississauga to lead technical teams in developing strategic platforms for business stakeholders. The role demands strong managerial and coding skills with at least 10 years of experience in application development using Java, Spring Boot, and React. Candidates should have experience in microservices architecture and cloud environments. Competitive salary range of $145,100 to $217,700 with full-time employment benefits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience managing technical teams with diverse skill sets.
• Experience in Application Development with Java, Spring Boot, and React.
• Knowledge of microservices system design and current architectural patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead an Application Development team to achieve set goals.
• Develop and maintain the strategic vision of the workflow platform.
• Provide mentorship to developers and project managers.

Skills

Team management

Application Development

Java

Spring Boot

React

Microservices architecture

SQL

DevOps Tools

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

SQL

Oracle

MS SQL

Mongo DB

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Purpose

We are in search of a dynamic Senior Engineering Manager to lead technical team in the development of strategic platforms, utilized across various business stakeholders across Markets.

In this senior role, you will be primarily responsible for establishing and steering the strategy for the technical domain in collaboration with Senior Business Users, Product Managers, Software Architects, and multiple Software Engineering partners.

The ideal candidate will exhibit exceptional managerial, architectural, hands‑on coding, and infrastructure skills, along with a solid track record of leading high‑performing engineering teams.

We are seeking someone with robust management and operational skills to enhance efficiency and expedite execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Hands‑on leadership of Application Development team to achieve set goals and conduct personnel duties (e.g., coding, deploying, hiring, performance evaluations, etc.).
• Construct and uphold the strategic vision and design of the entire workflow and inventories platform, ensuring prompt delivery of work items within both functional and non‑functional areas.
• Develop and execute an engineering excellence plan for multiple software engineering teams to consistently improve technical implementation areas.
• Troubleshoot various high‑impact problems/projects through evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards.
• Provide subject expertise and superior knowledge of applications programming, ensuring application design conforms to the overarching architecture blueprint.
• Cultivate extensive knowledge of business areas, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to achieve business goals.
• Investigate in‑depth and employ interpretive thinking to identify issues and develop pioneering solutions.
• Serve as a mentor or coach to developers, architects, and project managers, delegating work as necessary.
• Enforce adherence to the highest code quality and testing standards among all team members.
• Evaluate and conduct Proof of Concepts (POC) for new strategic technical products and applications, assessing their applicability to the workflow platform.

Skills & Qualifications

• 10+ years of extensive commercial experience managing technical teams with diverse skill sets (e.g., backend engineers, full stack engineers, software engineers in test, and system reliability engineers).
• Proficient in workflow management, or possessing a good understanding BPM tools with a proven capacity to quickly develop workflow management solutions.
• Significant hands‑on experience in Application Development leveraging Java, Spring Boot, and React, including scalable backend services, APIs, and advanced frontend UI’s.
• Comprehensive understanding of microservices‑based applications system design and modern architectural patterns, including Event‑Driven Design.
• Professional experience using SQL and non‑SQL DB technologies (Oracle, MS SQL, Mongo DB), and a thorough understanding of in‑memory caching and searching technologies (Hazelcast, Redis, etc.).
• Prior experience deploying fault‑tolerant distributed systems on Linux in a cloud environment, familiarity with cloud computing concepts and DevOps tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift). Experience working in a DevOps culture and a willingness to promote it.
• Ability to uphold high development standards under pressure, especially concerning code quality, code reviews, unit testing, continuous integration, and deployment.
• Eagerness to take on challenges and utilize new technologies.
• Experience working in fast‑paced development environments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree preferred.

Location & Compensation

Full Time

Job Family Group: Technology

Job Family: Applications Development – Technology Group

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

EEO Statement

Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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