Full Stack Tech Engineering Lead

Citi; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Full Stack Tech Engineering Lead – VP in New York to own the end-to-end technical strategy for a high-throughput cash and intraday liquidity platform. You will guide a global engineering organization, shape multi-year roadmaps, and drive AI-first, cloud-native solutions across regions while ensuring regulatory alignment.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years of software engineering, deep Java/Spring Boot experience, and a proven ability to design fault-tolerant distributed systems

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering and hands-on experience.
• Experience designing and operating multi-region distributed systems.
• Deep hands-on proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical strategy and multi-year roadmap for the platform.
• Design and deliver highly available distributed systems across geographies.
• Drive an AI-first engineering culture and embed AI tooling in practices.
• Lead and grow a global engineering organization of engineers, architects, and PMs.
• Stay hands-on in design reviews, code quality, and architectural decisions.
• Collaborate with risk/compliance/infrastructure to ensure security and governance.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

APIs

Event-driven

Job description

Full Stack Tech Engineering Lead

Job Req Id:

26983994

Location(s):

New York, New York, United States

Job Type:

Hybrid

Posted:

Aug. 11, 2026

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Job Overview

Full Stack Tech Engineering Lead – VP – New York

Overview of Citi:

Citi is a world-leading global bank. We have approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 100 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide 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. We enable clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

Overview of the organization:

The COO Enterprise Solution Engineering capability is responsible for the design and development of best-in-class technology platforms for Operations, including development of an integrated portfolio of Operations tools, end-to-end solution design for large scale transformation initiatives, design governance, and adoption of Generative AI solutions for driving operational efficiencies.

Role

We are hiring a software engineer to design and lead a critical Cash & Intraday Liquidity Management platform. This platform sits at the intersection of engineering ambition and real-world financial impact — for a wide range of internal and external consumers. This is a rare opportunity for a hands‑on engineering leader to own a multi‑year technical roadmap, build and scale a world‑class global engineering organization, and deliver AI‑first, cloud‑native systems that operate with the highest standards of availability across multiple geographies and regulatory environments. If you are energized by hard engineering problems, thrive at the intersection of technical depth and organizational scale, and want your work to matter at a global level — this role is built for you.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical strategy and multi-year roadmap for a foundational cash & intraday liquidity management platform — making architectural decisions that determine how a high-throughput, multi-consumer API ecosystem evolves across global markets.
• Design and deliver highly available, fault‑tolerant distributed systems across multiple geographic regions, with architectures that maintain platform continuity, data sovereignty compliance, and consistent service levels across jurisdictions with differing regulatory requirements.
• Drive an AI‑first engineering culture — embedding LLM tooling into both the platform and the team’s day‑to‑day engineering practices to accelerate delivery velocity and raise the quality bar.
• Lead, grow, and develop a global engineering organization of engineers, architects and product managers — building a team environment where technical craft, accountability, and continuous improvement are the standard.
• Stay hands‑on in design reviews, code quality, and technical decision‑making — providing direct engineering guidance on microservices design, cloud‑native deployment, distributed systems patterns, and API development.
• Partner with risk, compliance, and infrastructure teams to embed security controls, disaster recovery planning, and audit‑ready practices across all operating regions — ensuring the platform meets regulatory obligations without compromising engineering agility.

Required Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• 6+ years of software engineering and technology hands‑on experience, with at least 4 years in enterprise‑grade, high‑traffic applications — this is a hands‑on technical leader role, and architectural decisions are made by someone who can build.
• Demonstrated expertise designing and operating highly available, multi‑region distributed systems — including active‑active and active‑passive topologies, data residency controls, disaster recovery strategies, and cross‑jurisdictional regulatory compliance architecture.
• Deep hands‑on proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, with practical experience building microservices, APIs, and event‑driven systems