AI-Augmented Engineering Director for Payments Platform

Citi; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 170,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Jersey City, NJ seeks an AI-augmented Engineering Director to lead strategy, architecture, and delivery of our next-generation Payments and Cash Management platform. This hands-on role requires coding, architectural design, and prototyping, with teams across Gen AI, React, Java, Python, and cloud-native microservices on Kubernetes.

You will drive scale, resiliency, latency, and regulatory compliance in a 24x7 environment while partnering with Product, Architecture, QA, Risk, and

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience.
• 8-10+ years of managerial experience.
• Hands-on coding required.
• Nice to have: Experience with financial products.
• Nice to have: Understanding of industry competitors.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, architecture, and delivery of payments platforms.
• Drive AI integration across engineering practices.
• Mentor teams on Gen AI, React, and cloud-native microservices.
• Ensure scale, resiliency, latency, and regulatory compliance in 24x7 operations.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, QA, Risk, and Operations.

Skills

Hands-on coding

Technical leadership

Gen AI experience

Strategic thinking

Mentoring teams

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

React

Java

Python

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Kafka

Oracle

Redis

Elastic/OpenSearch

Istio/Linkerd

Terraform

GraphQL

gRPC/REST

Job description

Citi in Jersey City, NJ seeks an AI-augmented Engineering Director to lead strategy, architecture, and delivery of our next-generation Payments and Cash Management platform. This hands-on role requires coding, architectural design, and prototyping, with teams across Gen AI, React, Java, Python, and cloud-native microservices on Kubernetes.

You will drive scale, resiliency, latency, and regulatory compliance in a 24x7 environment while partnering with Product, Architecture, QA, Risk, and