Full Stack Java/React Technical Lead - Vice President

Citigroup Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 126,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. in Irving, Texas is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to lead enterprise-scale development with a strong emphasis on Generative AI models and modern web technologies.

The role requires hands-on coding, architectural design, and collaboration across agile teams. The ideal candidate will bring 6+ years of experience in Java/Spring Boot, Microservices, and cloud platforms, with a proven track record delivering AI-powered applications in large organizations.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of full stack software engineering on enterprise-scale applications.
• Expertise with Java, Spring Boot, microservices, Angular/React, and Oracle/PostgreSQL stack.
• Hands-on experience with Generative AI models, including LLMs or similar architectures.
• Proficiency with deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or JAX.
• Experience with Google AI/ML platforms and SDKs; enterprise integrations via RESTful APIs, Kafka, and NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example, introducing agile best practices in software development.
• Design, develop, and implement Generative AI models using Python with deep learning frameworks.
• Integrate Generative AI capabilities into existing systems and build new AI-powered apps.
• Act as a liaison between development manager and the scrum team.
• Coach/mentor the team and remove impediments to delivery.
• Manage stakeholders, help develop roadmaps, releases and milestones.
• Develop frameworks, designs, data models, and architecture diagrams, and document communications.
• Ensure engineering standards including DevOps and SRE are followed.
• Be the second-level reviewer for application design and implementation.
• Provide inputs to test plans and test cases to ensure product quality.
• Ensure releases go smoothly and act as the production incident contact at L3.
• Ensure sprint deliverables are met and adjust capacity while staying hands-on.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Angular/React

Oracle/PostgreSQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering or equivalent work experience

Tools

RESTful APIs

Kafka

ElasticSearch

NoSQL databases

Caching solutions

AWS

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.

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

Time Type: Full time

Primary Location: Irving Texas United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range: $125,760.00 - $188,640.00

Anticipated Posting Close Date: Aug 20, 2026

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

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