Java Engineering Lead - Senior Vice President

Citigroup Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. in Pune, India is seeking an Applications Development Group Manager to lead senior teams responsible for building and revising application systems in coordination with the Technology Team.

The role focuses on driving systems analysis and programming activities to meet strategic objectives. You will manage multiple teams, influence resources and budgets, and provide strategic direction while ensuring compliance and quality standards across development efforts.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in applications development
• Experience in management
• Experience managing global technology teams
• Working knowledge of industry practices and standards
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple teams of professionals to accomplish established goals and conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
• Provide strategic influence and exercise control over resources, budget management and planning while monitoring end results
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve issues
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards
• Integrate in-depth knowledge of applications development with overall technology function to achieve established goals
• Provide evaluative judgement based on analysis of facts in complicated, unique, and dynamic situations including drawing from internal and external sources
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, as well as communicate with external parties 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Skills

Applications development experience

Management experience

Global technology teams

Strong communication

Python proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Python

pytest

numpy

pandas

scikit-learn

Job description

The Applications Development Group Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department in an effort to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple teams of professionals to accomplish established goals and conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
• Provide strategic influence and exercise control over resources, budget management and planning while monitoring end results
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve issues
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards
• Integrate in-depth knowledge of applications development with overall technology function to achieve established goals
• Provide evaluative judgement based on analysis of facts in complicated, unique, and dynamic situations including drawing from internal and external sources
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, as well as communicate with external parties 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Recommended Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in applications development
• Experience in management
• Experience managing global technology teams
• Working knowledge of industry practices and standards
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Technical Proficiencies

• Programming & Scripting: Strong proficiency in Python and standard data/testing ecosystems (e.g., pytest, numpy, pandas, scikit-learn).
• AI/LLM Evaluation Frameworks: Deep practical experience with tools and libraries such as Ragas, DeepEval, Promptfoo, TruLens, Giskard, LangSmith, or Weights & Biases.
• Model Frameworks & APIs: Familiarity with foundation model APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Azure OpenAI, Google Vertex AI, Hugging Face) and orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex).
• MLOps & CI/CD: Hands-on experience integrating model test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Tekton, Jenkins) and MLOps platforms (MLflow, Kubeflow).
• Adversarial & Safety Testing: Demonstrated knowledge of OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, prompt injection defense testing, safety guardrails (e.g., NeMo Guardrails, Llama Guard), and PII masking validation.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

Job Family Group

Technology

Job Family

Applications Development

Time Type

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above.

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