Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Vice President - Citi

ZipRecruiter; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution seeks an experienced technical leader to guide and mentor a high-performing engineering team in London. The role involves driving innovation, ensuring operational excellence, and building strong stakeholder relationships. Ideal candidates should have substantial engineering leadership experience, particularly in cloud platforms and DevOps, and the capacity to nurture engineering talent in a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Opportunity to lead high-impact initiatives

Collaborative and innovative culture

Hybrid work arrangement

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in engineering leadership roles.
• Strong hands-on technical background in cloud platforms and DevOps.
• Proven ability to build relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team.
• Drive technical innovation while ensuring operational excellence.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and translate requirements.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cloud platforms

DevOps practices

System architecture

Mentoring talent

Stakeholder management

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

DynamoDB

Job description

Overview

Discover your future at Citi Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 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.

Engineer the future of global finance. At Citi, our Tech team doesn't just support finance - we are helping to redefine it. Every day, $5 trillion crosses through our network. We do business in 180+ countries operating at a scale few can match. From deploying advanced AI to helping shape global markets, we build systems that matter. Look to join a team where your work helps influence economies, your ideas can drive innovation and outcomes, and your growth is backed by mentorship, continuous learning and flexibility with potential hybrid work opportunities. Help solve real-world challenges that touch millions and get the opportunity to build the future of finance with Citi Tech.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Serve as a hands-on technical leader who can architect, design, and guide the implementation of highly resilient systems.
• Build a compelling vision and strategic roadmap for our SRE, DevOps, and Platform Engineering functions.
• Establish and evangelize engineering best practices across teams and the wider organization.
• Drive technical innovation while ensuring operational excellence.
• Provide architectural guidance to ensure systems meet resilience, scalability, and performance requirements.

• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a high-performing team of DynamoDB specialists, SREs, DevOps engineers, and platform engineers across global locations.
• Develop team members through goal setting, performance management, and career development planning.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
• Attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent.
• Create growth opportunities for team members and help them achieve their career aspirations.

• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with technology and business stakeholders across the organization.
• Effectively translate business requirements into technical solutions and strategic initiatives.
• Partner with development team managers and technical leads to align platform capabilities with product roadmaps.
• Represent the team in senior leadership forums and drive cross-functional initiatives.
• Manage expectations and communicate effectively about team initiatives, capabilities, and constraints.

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience in engineering leadership roles.
• Strong hands-on technical background in cloud platforms, containerization, and modern DevOps practices.
• Demonstrated experience leading SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering teams.
• Deep understanding of system architecture, resilience patterns, and high-availability design.
• Experience developing strategic roadmaps and executing technical vision.
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Track record of mentoring and developing engineering talent.
• Experience leading distributed global teams.

Desired Skills

• Experience in financial services technology environments.
• Knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, observability platforms, and CI/CD technologies.
• Background in transforming legacy systems to modern architectures.
• Experience with DynamoDB and cloud-native database technologies.
• Understanding of UK and global financial regulatory requirements.

What We Offer

• Chance to shape the technical direction of a global financial institution.
• Opportunity to lead high-impact, transformative engineering initiatives.
• Collaborative and innovative organizational culture.
• Hybrid work arrangement based in London.

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