Senior Engineering Manager - Regulatory Reporting

Citi; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

The Citi Risk & Capital Technology group seeks a Senior Vice President, Engineering Manager to lead high-performing engineering teams building our Regulatory Reporting and risk platforms. You will guide technical direction and people leadership while shaping architecture and coding standards across the product suite.

You will also drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and modern practices, with accountability for resourcing, budgeting, and strategic planning at scale across the firm.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of design and development experience in robust, scalable applications.
• 5+ years of leadership, managing multiple teams.
• Proven experience with AI/ML tooling and large-scale, high-performance apps.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple software teams to achieve goals and manage personnel duties.
• Provide technical leadership and ensure architectural compliance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and AI tools for credit risk products.
• Oversee resources, budget, and planning in collaboration with senior leadership.
• Coach mid-level/junior developers to raise engineering capabilities.
• Drive engineering standards and collaborate with a global team.

Skills

Java Core

Spring Framework

AI tools

Databases

Linux

DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Jenkins

Git

JIRA

Job description

The Opportunity

Citi is seeking an accomplished Senior Vice President, Engineering Manager to lead high-performancedevelopment teams within our Risk & Capital Technology organization. This role sits at the heart of how Citimanages counterparty exposure — you will own the technical direction and people leadership behind the softwareplatform that Risk Officers & Finance Controllers rely on every day to manage the firm's exposure to financialinstitutions, governments, and corporates that trade with Citi. This is an opportunity to combine deep engineering leadership with strategic influence — shaping not just howsoftware gets built, but how the team evolves to meet the demands of a modern, AI-augmented developmentenvironment

Your Role and Impact

As the Engineering Manager for Risk & Capital Technology, you will lead multiple teams of software engineers andanalysts, providing both the technical oversight and people leadership needed to deliver a complete RegulatoryReporting platform. You will ensure the architecture and design of every application under your remit meets Citi'sengineering standards, while also acting as a hands‑on advisor and coach to the engineers building it.

Your impact will extend beyond day-to-day delivery. You will help define how the team works — introducingmodern engineering practices, evaluating and adopting emerging technologies and AI-assisted developmenttools, and building the technical capability of the broader organization. You will also carry real accountability forresourcing, budget, and planning, while representing the team's technical direction to senior stakeholders acrossthe firm and, where needed, external parties.

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 technical leadership and development oversight to the wider team of Software Engineers/Analyst. Ensure application design adheres to the appropriate architectural and design patterns in the systems.
• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and AI tools (Devin, Co-Pilot etc) that can enhance our credit risk management product offerings and development processes.
• Provide strategic influence and exercise control over resources, budget management and planning while monitoring end results.
• Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level/junior developers and analysts, helping build the overall engineering capabilities of the team.
• Drive continuous improvement of engineering standards and processes to make the team more capable andefficient.
• Collaborate effectively with a large, global team of software engineers, business analysts, DevOps, andsupport staff to deliver software solutions for the business.
• Apply in-depth knowledge of concepts and procedures within your own area, along with a working knowledgeof adjacent areas, to resolve complex issues.
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute directly to defining engineering standards.
• Integrate in-depth application development expertise with the broader technology function to achieveestablished organizational goals.
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, and communicate with external parties asnecessary.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of relevant experience in designing and developing robust, scalable, and maintainable applications applying Object Oriented Design principles.
• A minimum of 5 years of leadership experience, managing multiple development teams.
• Proven experience in leveraging AI/ML tools and technologies for software development using effective prompting in building large-scale, high-performance applications.
• Prior experience in banking domain. Working knowledge of Capital Markets and Credit Risk is a plus.
• Exposure to architecting and building horizontally scalable, highly available, highly resilient and performant applications

Skills:

Extensive experience working with most if not all the technologies listed below:

• Java Core with extensive hands‑on experience with concurrent programming.
• Spring Framework including Core, Integration, Batch, JDBC, Hibernate.
• Familiarity with AI tools; like Copilot, Devin, etc.; for software development. Familiarity with Agentic AI tools.
• Databases - RDBMS preferably Oracle, NoSQL preferably MongoDB.
• Familiarity with Linux environment including scripting skills.
• SDLC/Dev Ops - Git/BitBucket, CI/CD pipeline frameworks such as Jenkins, SonarQube, JIRA, Any secure coding toolkits.

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.

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