Lead Software Engineer - Data & Distributed Systems

Citigroup Inc.; Województwo mazowieckie; Hybrid; PLN 242,000 - 412,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Private medical care

Life insurance

Parental leave

Sport card

Holidays allowance

Flex benefits

Annual incentive program

Job summary

Citi Solutions Center Poland is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to drive backend services, data processing, and distributed systems. You will lead engineering teams, contribute code, and collaborate with front-end teams to deliver AI-enabled data-intensive solutions.

The role combines hands-on coding with technical leadership, focusing on scalable microservices, event-driven architectures, and robust testing and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Proven hands-on experience with Java/Spring Boot and backend systems.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of scalable backend services and data integrations.
• Stay hands-on and implement complex backend components and data processing logic.
• Provide day-to-day technical guidance to engineers and contractors.

Skills

Java & Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

Kafka

SQL & Data Modelling

Angular & TypeScript

CI/CD

Distributed Systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

CI/CD tooling

Job description

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Lead Software Engineer with strong expertise in Java/Spring Boot, data engineering and distributed systems. The role will focus on developing scalable backend services, event-driven integrations and data processing capabilities that support modern enterprise platforms.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, contribute directly to software development, guide engineering teams and contractors, and collaborate with full-stack engineers to deliver reliable, data-intensive applications and AI-enabled solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and development of scalable backend services, data integrations and distributed applications.
• Remain hands‑on in coding, implementing complex backend components, data processing logic and integration services.
• Provide day‑to‑day technical guidance to engineers and contractors, including design reviews, code reviews and technical problem‑solving.
• Design and develop event‑driven solutions using Kafka, messaging platforms and asynchronous processing patterns.
• Drive effective data modelling, data ingestion, transformation and integration across enterprise systems.
• Develop high-performance APIs and microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to deliver end‑to‑end application capabilities, with working knowledge of Angular and TypeScript.
• Support AI‑enabled capabilities, including data preparation, intelligent automation, retrieval workflows and integration with AI services.
• Establish engineering standards for data quality, reliability, performance scalability and maintainability.
• Champion automated testing, CI/CD, observability, secure development and operational resilience.
• Identify and resolve complex technical challenges involving distributed systems, integration failures and data processing.
• Mentor engineers, promote knowledge sharing and ensure sustainable internal ownership of developed solutions.

Recommended Qualifications

• Strong hands‑on experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs and microservices.
• Strong experience with SQL, relational databases, data modelling and data integration.
• Experience with Kafka, event‑driven architecture and asynchronous messaging.
• Good understanding of distributed systems, scalability, resilience and performance optimisation.
• Working knowledge of Angular, TypeScript and frontend‑backend integration.
• Experience with data ingestion, transformation and processing pipelines.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes/OpenShift, CI/CD and automated testing.
• Exposure to AI/LLM technologies, retrieval systems or AI‑driven data processing is advantageous.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical delivery while contributing directly to production code.

Education

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

We offer

By joining Citi Solutions Center Poland, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (currently up to 2 days working at home per week), but also (potentially, subject to final offer) receive a competitive base salary and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits which can include:

• Employer paid Defined Contribution Pension Plan contribution of 6% of employee’s pensionable earnings (PPE Program)
• Employer paid Private Medical Care Package for employees and Private Medical Care Packages for certain family members available at preferential rates
• Employer paid Life Insurance Program for employees and Life Insurance for certain family members available at preferential rates
• Employee Assistance Program financed by Employer
• Paid Parental Leave Program (maternity and paternity leave; statutory and 2 weeks additional paid paternity leave)
• Sport Card for employees subsidised via Social Benefits Fund and Sport Cards for certain family members available at preferential rates
• Additional benefits from Company’s Social Benefit Fund, in particular: Holidays Allowance, support for sport and cultural activities, team building events.
• Additional day off for volunteering
• Cafeteria/ flex benefit – a company benefits system which enables employees to select and purchase benefits offered by a provider and available for employees on the platform.
• Opportunity to receive an annual discretionary incentive award
• Special offers and discounts for employees

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Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Job Family Group

Technology

Job Family

Systems & Engineering

Time Type

Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range

241750,00zł - 411650,00zł

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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