Application Architect - Risk Technology, Vice President

Citi; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Vice President in architecture to lead critical software solutions for Credit Risk Management. The role involves technical leadership, innovative architecture design, and collaboration with global teams. Ideal candidates bring extensive experience in Java and cloud technologies, with a focus on scalable solutions. Join a dynamic team shaping the future of financial technology.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience delivering system design, application development.
• Full-stack developer with 6+ years of experience in robust applications.
• Advanced knowledge of cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to software engineers and analysts.
• Design & develop scalable micro-services for Risk Management.
• Lead architectural governance and improve engineering standards.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelors or equivalent in the field of engineering

Master's degree

Tools

JIRA

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

We are looking for a Vice President in architecture area with experience building robust, high-performance, large-scale applications. We are working on several firm-wide initiatives, and we are seeking individuals who are motivated to take challenging tasks

Team Background
The Credit Risk Technology Team is responsible for delivering Counterparty Credit Risk Management software solutions. These tools allow salespeople, traders, operations staff and risk officers to manage Citi's exposure to financial institutions, governments and corporates that trade with Citi. The team builds and maintains software that provides a complete platform for our users: limit monitoring, exception management, stress testing analysis and escalation workflow capabilities are some key areas of focus. Our users rely on the system for an integrated view of trades, collateral, market data, across many dozens of sources.

Ideal Background

• Participates in architecture governance bodies.
• Provide technical leadership to the team of Software Engineers/Analyst. Ensure application design adheres to the appropriate architectural and design patterns in the systems.
• Executes creative architecture solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions and break down technical problems.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems.
• Design & develop scalable micro-services to build a functional component that will support Risk Management functions.
• Partner with the product management team and other stakeholders in brainstorming sessions to identify solutions.
• Host sessions for design and code review at multiple levels of the organization.
• Improve our engineering standards and process to make the team more capable and efficient.
• Collaborate effectively with a large global team of software engineers, business analysts, dev-ops and support staff to deliver software solutions for the business.
• Lead the adoption of new technologies where appropriate to solve business problems while adhering to Citi's architectural guidelines.
• Coach junior developers and analysts, helping build the overall engineering capabilities of the team.
• Appropriately assess risk when decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
• Ideal background
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability for data delivery architectures.
• Full-stack developer with 6+ years of experience in designing and developing robust, scalable, and maintainable applications applying Object Oriented Design principles.
• Advanced knowledge of architecture and one or more programming languages
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Advanced knowledge of one or more software, application, and architecture disciplines
• Hands-on experience in REST-APIs, and Backend using Java/J2EE technologies.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms(AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and deployment/packaging solutions such as Dockers/Kubernetes, OpenShift
• Experience with Agile software development processes with a strong emphasis on test driven development.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and experience in tools such as JIRA, Synk, SONAR, Checkmarx etc
• Deep understanding of JVM internals such as class loading and memory management
• Ability to evaluate design trade-offs and document choices effectively.
• Demonstrated capacity to build sophisticated tooling for development and production team use.

Qualification
Extensive experience working with most if not all the technologies listed below:

• Java Core with extensive hands-on experience with concurrent programming.
• Spring Framework including Core, Integration, Batch, JDBC, JPA, Hibernate.
• Distributed Caching frameworks such as Oracle Coherence, Redis or equivalent.
• Cloud computing technologies with practical experience working with containers, microservices and large datasets (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Databases - RDBMS preferably Oracle, NoSQL preferably MongoDB.
• Familiarity with Linux environment including scripting skills.
• SDLC/Dev Ops - Git/BitBucket, CI/CD pipeline frameworks such as Jenkins, SonarQube, JIRA, Any secure coding toolkits.

Education

• Bachelors or equivalent in the field of engineering
• Master's degree an advantage

Other Competencies
• Excellent oral and written English
• Strong leadership
• Ability to collaborate in a large global team and influence key architectural decisions across groups
• Ability to work well under pressure
Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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