Digital Performance Engineering Lead

Citi; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Digital Performance Engineering Lead in Pune to guide performance engineering strategy for enterprise-grade, cloud-native applications. The role requires deep expertise in system analysis, programming, and cross-functional leadership.

You will coach mid-level developers, drive NFR validation, and ensure adherence to architecture blueprints while aligning with Citi’s risk, compliance, and operational excellence standards.

Qualifications

• High-level experience in performance engineering or applications development.
• Strong expertise in system analysis and software programming.
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide performance engineering strategy and benchmarking for cloud-native apps.
• Collaborate with management to plan system enhancements for product deployment and process improvements.
• Resolve complex performance issues in business and system processes.

Skills

Performance engineering

Apps Development

Systems analysis

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Java

Python

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Tekton

CI/CD pipelines

Harness

Job description

The Digital Performance Engineering Lead is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and execute enterprise-wide performance engineering strategy, workload modeling, non-functional requirements (NFR) validation, and benchmarking for distributed, cloud-native applications
• Partner with multiple management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals as well as identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements
• Resolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards
• Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals
• Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions
• Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary
• Appropriately assess risk when business 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 behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Recommended Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of relevant experience in performance engineering or Apps Development or systems analysis role
• Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of performance engineering
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

• Design, build, and maintain robust performance testing frameworks, load generators, automated test suites, and diagnostic utilities utilizing hands-on Java and Python coding
• Integrate automated performance regression testing, non-functional quality gates, and automated deployment validations directly into Citi's Lightspeed (Tekton / Harness) CI/CD pipelines
• Analyze, tune, and optimize containerized workloads running on Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms, including pod sizing, resource allocation, and container runtime diagnostics
• Architect and implement full-stack observability and production intelligence frameworks utilizing metrics, logs, distributed tracing, and AI-driven telemetry to proactively detect performance anomalies and reduce operational incidents (MTTD/MTTR)
• Lead site reliability and resilience engineering practices, including chaos engineering experiments, automated fault injection, and high-availability/failover validations across distributed systems
• Conduct deep-dive root cause analysis (RCA) on complex performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, thread contention, and database query latency, providing automated diagnostic and self-healing solutions

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Development

Time Type:

Full time

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