Junior Solution Architect

Citigroup Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi Commerce in New York is building a next-generation AdTech and data platform. This Junior Solution Architect role is hands-on, focusing on translating architecture into scalable components that support campaign activation, ad serving, and measurement.

Ideal for early-career technologists with AdTech/MarTech exposure who enjoy cross-system collaboration, troubleshooting integrations, and ensuring seamless data flow across platforms.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in media, branding or advertising analytics.
• 2–3 years of experience in AdTech, MarTech, data integration, or technical campaign operations roles.
• Experience implementing and validating platform integrations across AdTech and data systems.
• Experience tagging and tracking frameworks supporting campaign execution and measurement.
• Experience documenting integration specifications, data flows, and system configurations.
• Experience QA validation outputs ensuring data accuracy and system performance.
• Experience providing support for ongoing data architecture needs and technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of Citi Commerce’s end-to-end AdTech and data architecture across platforms.
• Assist with integrations across ad servers, DSPs, CDPs, and measurement platforms (e.g., GAM, DV360, LiveRamp).
• Configure and maintain tagging, tracking, and pixels to ensure accurate campaign execution and reporting.
• Help build and manage data pipelines, ensuring reliable data ingestion and flow across systems.
• Troubleshoot technical issues related to integrations, tracking discrepancies, and data inconsistencies.
• Assist in QA and validation of platform integrations, tagging, and measurement frameworks.
• Document system configurations, integration logic, and data flows for internal use.
• Support log file setup, ingestion validation, and technical QA for measurement and attribution workflows.
• Maintain inventory structures, placement setup, taxonomies, and tagging configurations across platforms.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Skills

Media analytics

AdTech experience

Platform integrations

Tagging frameworks

Documentation

QA validation

Data architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

GAM

DV360

LiveRamp

Job description

Citi is evolving its current commerce offerings and branching into new avenues of growth by offering merchants access to high value cardmembers across Citi’s digital properties and partner placements. By combining Citi’s scale, trusted customer relationships, and real purchase insights, the business delivers advertising that is relevant to customers and drives measurable, incremental impact for advertisers.

If you're early in your career and have been working within AdTech, MarTech, or data environments and are ready to deepen your technical expertise while helping build a platform from the ground up, this is the role.

The Junior Solution Architect will support the design and implementation of Citi Commerce’s AdTech and data infrastructure by translating defined architecture into scalable, working technical components. This is a highly hands‑on, detail‑oriented role focused on execution—ensuring platforms are properly integrated, configured, and optimized to support campaign activation, ad serving, and measurement.

This role is ideal for an early-career technologist with AdTech or MarTech exposure who enjoys working across systems, troubleshooting integrations, and enabling seamless data flow across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of Citi Commerce’s end-to-end AdTech and data architecture across platforms
• Assist with integrations across ad servers, DSPs, CDPs, and measurement platforms (e.g., GAM, DV360, LiveRamp)
• Configure and maintain tagging, tracking, and pixels to ensure accurate campaign execution and reporting
• Help build and manage data pipelines, ensuring reliable data ingestion and flow across systems
• Troubleshoot technical issues related to integrations, tracking discrepancies, and data inconsistencies
• Assist in QA and validation of platform integrations, tagging, and measurement frameworks
• Document system configurations, integration logic, and data flows for internal use
• Support log file setup, ingestion validation, and technical QA for measurement and attribution workflows
• Maintain inventory structures, placement setup, taxonomies, and tagging configurations across platforms
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in media, branding or advertising analytics
• 2–3 years of experience in AdTech, MarTech, data integration, or technical campaign operations roles
• Experience successfully implementing and validating platform integrations across AdTech and data systems
• Experience tagging and tracking frameworks supporting campaign execution and measurement in an accurate and reliable fashion
• Experience documenting integration specifications, data flows, and system configurations
• Experience generating QA validation outputs ensuring data accuracy and system performance
• Experience providing support for ongoing data architecture needs and technical requirements

Education

• Bachelors/University degree or equivalent experience (Highly preferred Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field)

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Additional Job Description

Required Skills & Expertise

• Familiarity with the digital advertising ecosystem (e.g., ad servers, DSPs, CDPs, clean rooms, measurement platforms)
• Working knowledge of APIs, data pipelines, and system integrations
• Experience with tagging frameworks, pixels, SDKs, or tag management systems
• Understanding of data structures, log files, and event-based tracking
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues across multiple platforms and systems
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple technical tasks simultaneously
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications, tickets, and testing plans
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with new tools and processes

Why Join Citi Commerce

This is a unique opportunity to be part of the foundational team building a next‑generation commerce platform. You’ll play a critical role in enabling the technology and data systems that power campaign execution, measurement, and attribution—helping connect media exposure to real purchase behavior at scale.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Job Family Group:

Marketing

Job Family:

Advertising, Branding and Media

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

New York New York United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$78,320.00 - $109,280.00

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.

Most Relevant Skills

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Other Relevant Skills

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