Senior Full-Stack Architect & AI Platform Lead

Citibank (Switzerland) AG; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Citibank (Switzerland) AG in Belfast is seeking a hands-on Full Stack Lead Architect at Vice President level to steer enterprise digital platforms across cloud, data, and AI ecosystems. You will shape the technology strategy, mentor multiple teams, and deliver secure, scalable solutions using Java, microservices, and AI-enabled approaches.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership, modernization roadmaps, and collaboration with business and technology leaders to drive data-driven outcomes in a

Qualifications

• Software engineering experience with enterprise application architecture.
• Proven experience leading large-scale technology initiatives and distributed teams.
• Experience with Java 17+ and Spring Boot in microservice architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and delivery of enterprise applications.
• Define technology strategy for modernization and AI adoption.
• Mentor engineering teams and govern technical reviews.
• Collaborate with global Architecture, Product, Data, Infrastructure teams.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Microservices

Angular

React

REST APIs

Event-Driven Architecture

Kafka

Solace

Redis

Hazelcast

Oracle

MongoDB

Snowflake

Databricks

Spark

Azure Cloud

AWS Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Git

Jenkins

Azure DevOps CI/CD

GitHub Copilot

AI-enabled development

LLMs

RAG architectures

AI Agents

Vector Databases

Prompt Engineering

Data Engineering concepts

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Azure DevOps CI/CD

Kafka

Solace

Redis

Hazelcast

Oracle

MongoDB

Snowflake

Databricks

Spark

Azure

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Citibank (Switzerland) AG in Belfast is seeking a hands-on Full Stack Lead Architect at Vice President level to steer enterprise digital platforms across cloud, data, and AI ecosystems. You will shape the technology strategy, mentor multiple teams, and deliver secure, scalable solutions using Java, microservices, and AI-enabled approaches.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership, modernization roadmaps, and collaboration with business and technology leaders to drive data-driven outcomes in a