Full Stack Developer – Vice President

Citi; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 125,760 - 188,640; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision coverage

401(k)

Paid time-off packages

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is seeking a Public Cloud Engineering Practices Lead in Irving, Texas. This role requires over 6 years of strong Java development experience and involves shaping and executing the company's public cloud strategy. You'll work on automating infrastructure, delivering cloud-first tooling, and ensuring compliance. Competitive salary range is $125,760.00 – $188,640.00, along with comprehensive benefits including medical coverage and 401(k).

Qualifications

• At least 6+ years of strong hands-on Java development experience (Java 8 / Spring Boot 2.0).
• Experience implementing secure REST services/microservices.
• Experience with CI/CD build pipelines and toolchains.

Responsibilities

• Automate foundational infrastructure for public cloud.
• Deliver tooling and capabilities to support our cloud-first strategy.
• Develop, cascade, and enforce development and engineering best practices.

Skills

Java development

REST services/microservices

CI/CD build pipelines

Docker and Kubernetes

Kafka

MongoDB and SQL

Domain-Driven Design

Event-Driven Architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree or university degree equivalent

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Maven

Terraform

Job description

About the Opportunity

Are you a seasoned technology leader with a passion for building cutting‑edge enterprise products and a hands‑on approach to engineering? Join Citi's Cloud Technology Services (CTS) team and be part of our commitment to transform Citi technology leveraging game‑changing cloud capabilities to drive agility, efficiency, and innovation. We're providing our businesses with a competitive edge by leveraging public cloud scale and enabling new infrastructure economics.

Role Description

As the public cloud engineering practices lead, you will shape and execute our public cloud strategy, contributing to our mission of delivering transformative cloud solutions—from high‑performance compute platforms for risk calculation to GenAI at scale, and payments solutions. You will implement architecture and processes to enable foundational infrastructure (accounts, network, compute, storage, observability) for application hosting in the public cloud, develop microservices, automate infrastructure provisioning, and liaise with application developers throughout the life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Automate foundational infrastructure for public cloud (accounts, network, compute)
• Deliver tooling and capabilities to support our cloud‑first strategy
• Provide developer‑friendly cloud onboarding, account creation and management for supported cloud providers
• Ensure compliance with regulations and policy through accurate requirements traceability
• Develop, cascade, and enforce development and engineering best practices using a modern SDLC that enables CI/CD and emphasizes automation, auditability, automated testing, infrastructure and policy as code
• Develop and advocate for new cloud‑native solutions to undefined system needs where no existing solution is available
• Drive client satisfaction by identifying and developing process improvement and automation initiatives while ensuring compliance with the operations roadmap
• Communicate requirements/tasks from technology departments and/or end users to stakeholders
• Exhibit in‑depth understanding of engineering concepts and principles

Qualifications

• At least 6+ years of strong hands‑on Java development experience (Java 8 / Spring Boot 2.0)
• Experience implementing secure REST services/microservices
• Experience with CI/CD build pipelines and toolchains (Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Harness, Tekton, Maven, Artifactory, Jira)
• Experience with container technologies (Docker) and Kubernetes platforms (EKS, GKE, OpenShift)
• Knowledge of middleware & distributed messaging (Kafka)
• Databases (MongoDB and SQL)
• Familiarity with Domain‑Driven Design and Event‑Driven Architecture
• Hands‑on expertise in development and deployment of code over public clouds and container environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of public cloud native services (AWS / GCP)
• Experience with TDD (JUnit, Jasmine, Karma, Cucumber, Selenium) and automated UI testing frameworks
• Experience with IaC deployment tools and languages (Terraform)
• Experience with security standards (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT Bearer Tokens, Identity Framework, X509 certificates, Windows Security, SAML SSO)
• Experience with ELK, Splunk, and Prometheus
• Experience with workflow engines (BPM, Camunda, jBPM, etc.)
• High proficiency in open‑source technologies/frameworks/tools

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or university degree equivalent

Primary Location: Irving, Texas, United States

Salary Range: $125,760.00 – $188,640.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident & disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time‑off packages, including planned vacation, unplanned sick leave, and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com.

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