Lead Data Integration Engineer – Vice President

Citigroup Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is seeking a Senior Integration Engineer to join their Wealth Lending platforms team. The ideal candidate will take charge of the data integration strategy and contribute to designing and implementing robust solutions. The position requires over 10 years of experience in data integration, with a focus on technical leadership within the banking sector. The role demands strong programming skills, expertise in data quality, and a commitment to delivering high-quality results.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data integration or similar role.
• 4+ years in a technical leadership capacity.
• Experience in the financial services or banking industry.

Responsibilities

• Own data integration strategy and manage delivery across platforms.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the team.
• Design and develop integration solutions with robust error handling.

Skills

Data integration

Technical leadership

Python

SQL

Data quality assessments

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

ETL/ELT tools

APIs

Job description

Overview

A highly experienced and technically adept Senior Integration Engineer to join our Wealth Lending platforms team. This role demands a blend of strategic thinking, technical leadership, and hands-on development expertise. The ideal candidate will not only own the data & integration strategy but also actively contribute to the design, development, and implementation of robust and scalable integration solutions.

Responsibilities

• Owning overall data integration strategy, design, development, and delivery across Wealth lending platforms.
• Providing technical leadership to integration developers, and actively contributing to the design, development, and implementation of integration pipelines.
• Design & Develop integration patterns, including batch, real-time and event-based integrations with robust error handling, monitoring, and replay mechanisms.
• Design, build, and manage data access integration layer, ensuring consistent data extracts and schema management.
• Perform and oversee source system data profiling, data discovery and data quality assessments, identifying gaps and driving remediation strategies.
• Define, implement and validate complex transformation, standardization, and mapping rules for data integration.
• Champion and utilize AI-assisted development tools and authentication frameworks to improve developer productivity, code quality, testing, and documentation across the engineering team.
• Provide technical leadership and delivery ownership, guiding the team on architecture decisions, best practices, and ensuring high quality delivery of features and platform enhancements.
• Identify problems, analyze information, and make evaluative judgments to recommend and implement solutions.
• Resolve issues by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and guided by precedents.
• Operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Apply fundamental knowledge of programming languages for design specifications and active development.
• Assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating 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

• Bachelor\'s or Master\'s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in data integration, data engineering, or a similar role, with at least 4 years in a technical leadership or senior capacity.
• Demonstrable experience within the financial services or banking industry, specifically with wealth management or lending platforms.
• Certifications in relevant data integration technologies, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), or data governance are a plus.

Skills Required

• Extensive hands-on experience with end-to-end design, development, coding, and deployment of complex data integration solutions.
• Proficiency in designing, developing, and managing data access integration layers, ensuring data consistency, efficient extraction, and robust schema management.
• Strong background in source system data profiling, data discovery, data quality assessments, and driving remediation strategies, with knowledge of wholesale Lending domain.
• Skilled in defining and implementing intricate data transformation, standardization, and mapping rules.
• Hands-on experience with leading data integration platforms, ETL/ELT tools, message queuing systems, and API management solutions.
• Solid understanding and hands-on experience with RDBMS (SQL, PL/SQL) plus knowledge of NoSQL databases.
• Practical experience with AI-assisted development tools and modern authentication frameworks to enhance productivity, code quality, testing, and documentation.
• Strong programming foundations and experience in languages such as Python, Java, or Scala.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and guide integration developers on design, development, and implementation best practices for data pipelines.
• Expertise in designing, building, and governing diverse data integration patterns, including batch, real-time, and event-based architectures.
• Deep understanding of implementing robust error handling, monitoring, logging, and replay mechanisms within integration solutions.
• A strong commitment to ensuring high-quality deliverables through architectural guidance, best practices, and rigorous testing.
• Hands-on knowledge of messaging systems (IBM MQ, Kafka, Solace, etc.).
• Experience with cloud-ready applications and deployment pipelines on large-scale container platform clusters is a plus.
• Experience working in a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery environment and familiarity with Tekton, Harness, Jenkins, Code Quality, etc.
• Ability to assess and mitigate risks in technical decisions, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations within a regulated environment.
• Adherence to internal policies, sound ethical judgment, and transparent escalation/management of control issues.
• Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy and drive initiatives from conception to delivery with limited direct supervision.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, fostering effective collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Equal Opportunity

Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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