Public Cloud - Forward Deployed Engineer VP - Citi

eFinancialCareers; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Performance bonus

Private medical care

Employee assistance program

Pension plan

Paid parental leave

Employee discounts

Learning & development resources

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to help shape Citi's public cloud strategy. You will contribute to a cloud‑based HPC platform and GenAI enablement, working across teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

Ideal candidates have hands‑on full‑stack skills (Python/Java/Go), with AWS/GCP experience and a strong DevOps mindset. Hybrid work up to 2 days at home per week is offered along with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Seasoned technologist with hands‑on engineering experience.
• Experience in public cloud adoption at enterprise scale.
• Proven track record in building cloud‑based enterprise products.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands‑on technical contributions within a product team for public cloud container fleet management.
• Collaborate with cloud engineers and full‑stack developers to deploy solutions.
• Identify and develop automation to improve cloud service consumption.

Skills

AWS

GCP

Full‑stack development

Python

Java

Go

AI/ML

Prompt engineering

LLMs

CI/CD

Kafka

MongoDB

SQL

DDD

EDA

Agile

DevOps

SRE

Communication

Teamwork

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Harness

Tekton

Jenkins

Job description

Discover your future at Citi

Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of approximately 219,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.

Job Overview

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.

Full time