Full Stack Java/React Technical Lead - Vice President

Citigroup; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup seeks a senior Full Stack Java/React technical lead in Irving, TX. You will lead applications development, design AI-powered features, and drive agile delivery for enterprise systems. You will mentor teams, coordinate roadmaps, and ensure secure, scalable architectures.

Expect hands-on coding and collaboration across stakeholders in a fast-paced bank tech environment. Ideal candidates have 6+ years of experience, strong Java/Spring Boot, Microservices, Angular/React, and AI model

Qualifications

• 6+ years of full stack software engineering experience in enterprise scale applications.
• Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Angular/React, and Oracle/PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example in agile software development practices.
• Design, develop, and implement Generative AI models and AI-powered features.
• Integrate AI capabilities into existing systems and new applications.
• Be liaison between development manager and scrum team.
• Coach/mentor team and manage impediments.
• Coordinate roadmap, releases, milestones, and delivery accountability.
• Develop architectures, data models, diagrams, and documentation.
• Ensure DevOps, SRE, and security best practices.
• Review designs, testing plans, and ensure product quality.
• Ensure on-time releases and handle production incidents at L3.

Skills

Full stack software engineering

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Angular/React

Generative AI / LLMs

TensorFlow / PyTorch / JAX

RESTful APIs

Kafka

Elastic Search / NoSQL / Caching

AWS cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Google ADK / SDKs

Git / CI-CD

Job description

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients' best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We'll enable growth and progress together.

Full Stack Java/React Technical Lead

The Full Stack Java/React Technical Lead 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

• Lead by example in bringing agility into software development by following agile best practices.
• Design, develop, and implement Generative AI models (e.g., LLMs, GANs, VAEs, Diffusion Models) using Python and relevant deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Integrate Generative AI capabilities into existing systems and develop new AI-powered applications.
• Be a liaison between development manager and the scrum team.
• Coach/mentor team, eliminate the impediments.
• Manage the stakeholders, partner to develop roadmap, releases / milestones, and be accountable to the delivery.
• Develop frameworks, designs, data models, architecture diagrams etc., document, communicate within and outside the team.
• Ensure best engineering standards are followed by team including DevOps and SRE.
• Be the second level reviewer for the application design and implementation.
• Provide inputs, review the test plans and test cases for adequate coverage to ensure the product quality.
• Be accountable for the releases to go smoothly.
• Be single point of contact for production incidents at L3 level, troubleshoot, perform root cause analysis, resolve issues permanently.
• Ensure sprint deliverables are met.
• Adjust the capacity and still be hands‑on in addressing the stories as developer.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of Full Stack software engineering experience in developing enterprise scale applications.
• Expertise in building web applications using Java, Springboot, Microservices,Angular/React, and Oracle/PostgreSQL technology stack.
• Proven experience with Generative AI models, including hands‑on experience with large language models (LLMs) or other generative architectures.
• Proficiency in deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or JAX.
• Experience with Google ADK or similar Google AI/ML platforms and SDKs.
• Expertise in enterprise integrations through RESTful APIs, Kafka messaging etc.
• Expertise in Elastic Search, NoSQL databases, and Caching solutions.
• Expertise in designing and optimizing the software solutions for performance and stability.
• Expertise in troubleshooting and problem solving.
• Expertise in site reliability engineering.
• Expertise in Test driven development.
• Expertise in Authentication, Authorization, and Security.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud, prepare to migrate applications, services, and data to AWS.
• Education :
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering or equivalent work experience

Job Family Group: Technology

Job Family: Applications Development

Time Type: Full time

Primary Location: Irving Texas United States