Public Cloud - Forward Deployed Engineer (VP)

Citigroup Inc.; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Pension Plan

Learning and development resources

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to join Citi's Cloud Technology Services team in a hybrid role. You will contribute hands-on to public cloud strategies, develop container-based platforms, and drive automation across AWS and GCP to enable scalable enterprise solutions.

The role requires strong full-stack development, cloud expertise, and collaboration across cross-functional teams to deliver reliable services and innovative capabilities.

Qualifications

• Hands-on enterprise-grade application development with cloud focus.
• Proven experience in full-stack development across AWS/GCP.
• Strong automation, CI/CD and modern software engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical contribution within a product team focused on public cloud container fleet management.
• Collaborate with cloud engineers and full-stack developers to deliver solutions.
• Identify and develop automation to improve cloud service consumption and client value.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align cloud initiatives with business goals.
• Help define and measure service availability and reliability in the product domain.

Skills

Full-stack development

Excellent communication

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Strategic thinking

Tools

AWS

GCP

Python

Java

Go

Cucumber

JBehave

Pytest-BDD

CI/CD

Kafka

MongoDB

SQL

DDD

EDA

Job description

About the Opportunity

Are you a seasoned technologist with a passion for building cutting-edge enterprise products and a hands-on approach to engineering? Join Citi's Cloud Technology Services (CTS) team and be part of our commitment to transform Citi's technology by leveraging game-changing cloud capabilities to drive agility, efficiency, and innovation.

We're providing our businesses with a competitive edge by leveraging the scale of the public cloud and enabling new infrastructure economics. As the Forward Deployed Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our public cloud strategy.

You will be part of a team that continues to deliver big! From building a cloud-based High-Performance Compute (HPC) platform to run huge risk calculations, enabling Citi to leverage GenAI at scale, all the way to enabling payments solutions, this team is at the forefront of innovation.

What You'll Do:

• Technical Expertise: Provide hands-on technical contribution within a product team that focuses on public cloud container fleet management services, supporting Citi's secure and enterprise-scale adoption of the public cloud.
• Collaborative Development: Contribute to a team of cloud engineers and full-stack software developers, building and deploying solutions that advance the public cloud strategy.
• Automation: Identify and develop automation initiatives to improve processes related to public cloud service consumption, enhancing client satisfaction and delivering business value.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with teams across Citi's technology landscape to ensure alignment between public cloud initiatives and broader business goals.
• Engineering Excellence: Contribute to defining and measuring success criteria for service availability and reliability within the specific product domain.

Who You Are:

You are a talented developer with a proven track record of hands-on enterprise grade application development, expertise in public cloud, and a passion for engineering best practices. You have:

• Development Expertise: Experienced in full-stack software development with a focus on AWS and GCP. Demonstrates hands-on software development and engineering expertise. Key areas of proficiency include:
  • Programming Languages: Python, Java and Go.
  • AI/ML: prompt engineering, LLMs, RAG, Semantic Search, Vector Databases, etc
  • Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) Testing: Cucumber, JBehave, Pytest-BDD, etc.
  • CI/CD pipelines: Harness, Tekton, Jenkins, etc.
  • Knowledge on middleware & distributed messaging (Kafka)
  • Databases (MongoDB and SQL)
  • Familiarity with Domain Driven Design and Event Driven Architecture

• Agile and DevOps Mindset: Familiarity with Agile Development, DevOps, and SRE practices.
• Adaptability: A demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies and adapt to changing project requirements.
• Strategic Thinking: Experience evaluating complex requirements and rationalizing them into a consistent service offering.
• Excellent Communication: The ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Exceptional Teamwork and Collaboration: A proven ability to contribute effectively within a cross-functional team environment.

What we can offer you:

By joining Citi, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Visit ourGlobal Benefitspage to learn more.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.

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