Senior UI Architect - Senior Vice President

Citibank (Switzerland) AG; Pune District; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Citibank (Switzerland) AG in Pune invites a Senior UI Architect (Senior Vice President) to shape a next-generation, cloud-native platform for Markets Sales. You will lead hands-on development in Java and React/Angular within an Agile framework, mentoring diverse teams and coordinating with senior stakeholders.

The role requires strong architecture skills, OpenShift/Kafka/OpenSearch experience, and a track record of delivering scalable, resilient financial applications in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant hands-on experience in enterprise software.
• Proven architecture and solution design of multi-system platforms.
• Experience with Java, Spring Boot and cloud-native deployments.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple global teams and drive strategic design and delivery.
• Mentor engineers, manage budgets, and ensure timely, high-quality outputs.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders across business, ops and tech.

Skills

Java

Angular/React

Cloud Native

Agile

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Bitbucket

TFS

Jenkins

uDeploy

OpenShift

Elasticsearch

WebSocket

Job description

## Senior UI Architect - Senior Vice PresidentApply: Hybrid: Pune Maharashtra India: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: September 23, 2026 (7 days left to apply): 26993177Job Description Additional Job DescriptionEngineering Lead, Markets Sales Domain Lead the strategic design, hands-on development, and successful delivery of a next-generation, cloud-native platform for the Markets Sales Business. This role requires deep technical proficiency in Java, React/Angular, and modern CI/CD methodologies, coupled with a commitment to hands-on coding. Drive initiatives within an Agile development framework, providing strong technical leadership, mentorship, and managerial oversight to ensure the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and resilient solutions. Key skills : Java Angular/React Cloud Native Technology Agile Ways of Working Manage teams globally Ability to communicate effectively with Senior Stakeholders in Business, Operations and Technology. Additional 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. Qualifications: 15+ years of relevant hands on experience Experience of designing and delivering complex multi-system, distributed, highly available development projects. Proven experience of solution design and architecture in successful deliveries using technologies like Microservices, java etc Experience with architectural methodologies and frameworks. Should be aware of Architectural design pattern, design principals etc Should have strong hands-on experience on Java, Spring Boot, Database, JDBC, JMS, Distributed System, Kakfa Experience using ALM and CICD tools like Bitbucket, TFS, Jenkins, uDeploy, related tools in an agile methodology. Experience in Leading project solution architecture design on various levels, including high and detailed level design. Experience in Solution Architecture documentation and other architectural deliverables. Experience in providing solutions for a wide range of technologies – Java, Databae, Cloud and, Web Technologies, etc. Experience in working in both waterfall and Agile methodologies. Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate. Demonstrated leadership and project management skills. Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication. Experience within a banking/finance environment would be preferable. Methodology of AI includes Chunking, Embedding, AI Engineering, Prompt Engineering Experience with WebSocket technology. Experience with Elasticsearch. Experience with OpenShift.