Senior Big Data Solutions Lead, Vice President

Citi; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Senior Big Data Solutions Lead, Vice President to drive end-to-end engineering initiatives across full-stack and GenAI projects. You will coordinate teams, architect scalable solutions, and ensure adherence to enterprise standards and security policies.

You will collaborate with software engineers, data teams, product owners, and leadership to optimize delivery and strategic outcomes for enterprise data platforms and AI-enabled initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
• 10–12 years software development experience.
• 5+ years leading development teams.
• Proficiency in Java 17, Scala, Oracle, and messaging like Solace, Kafka, Tibco EMS.
• Experience with Microservices using Kubernetes or ECS.
• Knowledge of distributed databases and caching like GemFire, Ignite, Couchbase.
• Experience with TDD/BDD concepts and tools.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates end-to-end delivery of full-stack and GenAI projects.
• Oversees backend/frontend deliverables and databases.
• Coordinates POCS and production AI implementations.
• Ensures SDLC controls, security, and compliance.
• Manages risks and dependencies across teams.
• Bridges communication between engineers, data teams, and leadership.
• Promotes Agile/Scrum, CI/CD, and DevOps best practices.
• Ensures operational excellence and regulatory adherence.

Skills

Java

Python

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Kubernetes

OpenShift

AWS ECS

LangChain

OpenAI API

Hugging Face

Education

Bachelor’s degree/University degree

Master’s degree

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

DynamoDB

Couchbase

OpenShift

Kubernetes

AWS ECS

Solace

Kafka

Tibco EMS

Job description

The Senior Big Data Solutions Lead, Vice President is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

• Project Planning & Execution: Coordinates end-to-end delivery of full-stack and GenAI engineering projects, identifying technical resource requirements, managing cross-functional dependencies, and establishing sprint and milestone schedules.
• Technical Delivery : Oversees technical deliverables across modern tech stacks—including backend services (Python, Java, REST APIs), frontend frameworks, relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL stores (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Couchbase), and containerized platforms (OpenShift, Kubernetes, AWS ECS) including KDB.
• AI & Innovation Integration: Tracks and coordinates proof-of-concepts (POC’s) and production implementations involving Generative AI frameworks (e.g., Lang Chain, Open AI API, Hugging Face models), ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and AI safety policies.
• Risk, Governance & Control: Verifies adherence to strict software development lifecycle (SDLC) controls, architectural standards, change management protocols, information security policies, and regulatory compliance.
• Issue & Dependency Management: Determines scope, root causes, and impacts of technical risks, blockers, and defect backlogs; actively drives cross-team resolution and mitigation strategies.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Bridges communication between software engineers, architects, data teams, product owners, and business leadership to align technical solutions with business goals.
• Evaluative Decision-Making: Provides evaluative judgment based on deep analysis of factual project and architecture data in complex, distributed systems environments.
• Continuous Improvement: Drives adoption of Agile/Scrum best practices, CI/CD pipeline automation, and modern DevOps/cloud standards to optimize engineering throughput.
• Operational Excellence: Appropriately assesses risk when business and technical decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm’s reputation and safeguarding assets by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, adhering to Policy, and escalating control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 10–12 years of relevant experience in IT/Technology as a delivery lead.
• Technical Acumen: Practical understanding of fullstack development lifecycles, backend frameworks ( Java , Python ), and modern API design ( RESTful APIs , microservices architecture).
• Data Architecture Knowledge: Familiarity with relational database concepts ( PostgreSQL , MySQL ) and NoSQL document/key-value stores ( MongoDB , DynamoDB , Couchbase ) & KDB for dealing with timeseries data.
• Cloud & Containerization: Working knowledge of container management and orchestration platforms ( Kubernetes , Red Hat OpenShift , AWS ECS ) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Generative AI & LLMs: Exposure to or experience coordinating initiatives leveraging Generative AI , LangChain , OpenAI API , and Hugging Face toolkits/libraries.
• Analytical & Problem-Solving: Superior ability to dissect complex system architectures, anticipate delivery bottlenecks, and resolve cross-team technical dependencies.
• Communication & Influence: Excellent diplomacy, verbal/written communication, and stakeholder management skills with both technical and executive audiences.

Education & Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred
• At least 10 -12 years overall software development experience on majorly working with handling application with large scale data volumes from ingestion, persistence and retrieval.
• 5+ years of experience in leading a small to medium-size development teams
• Proficiency in enterprise level application development using Java 17,scala, Oracle (or comparable database) and Messaging infrastructure like Solace, Kafka, Tibco EMS
• Experience with developing Microservices using Kubernetes or ECS
• Good knowledge of Distributed databases/ Caching technologies like Gemfire, Apache Ignite, Couchbase
• Proficient with concepts like Time Complexity, Distributed Computing
• Proficient with test-driven (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD) concepts and tools
• Proficient with Data structures, Algorithms and Design patterns.
• Proficient with shell scripting in Linux
• Knowledge of core banking/financial services systems for Capital Markets asset classes like FX, Equities, Rates is a plus
• Strong knowledge in Big data echo system is a plus

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Development

Time Type:

Full time

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