Lead Engineer, Prime Brokerage Technology Vice President

Citigroup Inc.; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. is seeking a highly skilled software engineer to drive the Prime Brokerage Technology platform. You will own data processing components (Java/Kotlin) and champion automated testing within an Agile, CI/CD-focused team.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, lead design discussions, and help transform legacy components into cloud-native microservices for stability and scalability.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of relevant Apps Development or systems analysis experience.
• Experience delivering software iteratively using Agile approaches.
• Strong background in quality-led engineering: test automation, CI/CD, microservices, containerized deployment, and cloud engineering.
• Ability to own and drive delivery to business stakeholders.
• Comfort engaging with product owners to understand requirements and explore solutions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and own cash and fixed-income data processing components (Java/Kotlin) within the Prime Brokerage Technology platform.
• Champion developer-led automated testing as a core engineering practice.
• Work within an Agile team with a focus on CI/CD.
• Participate in design, planning, and estimation discussions.
• Collaborate with management teams to ensure integration of functions and identify enhancements.

Skills

JVM development

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Agile collaboration

Event-driven architecture

SQL databases

Cloud & containerization

Cross-team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

SQL

Job description

Are you passionate about engineering, testing, automation, and building high-quality software? Do you thrive on working across diverse teams to share your expertise and raise the bar for everyone around you? Do you enjoy collaborating in an Agile environment and take pride in seeing the applications you build delight users? If you\'re energized by technical leadership, this is the role for you.

About the Team

Prime Brokerage Technology delivers the solutions that underpin the operations of our clients and traders, forming the technological backbone of our Prime Finance business. This is an area of significant opportunity, identified as a major growth priority for Citi with technology serving as the key to unlocking that potential.

Job Background

Prime Finance operates in a highly competitive marketplace, delivering Prime Brokerage services to institutional clients such as hedge funds, backed by robust financing and stock borrow capabilities.

Prime Brokerage Technology provides the platforms and solutions that support our clients and traders. Our clients depend on us to deliver consistently high levels of service, ensuring transactions, payments, and reporting are processed accurately and without failure, every single day.

We are partway through a transformation journey, replacing legacy components with test-driven, cloud-native microservices designed for stability, scalability, and release agility. In this role, you will help drive that engineering transformation across both the software and the teams that build it.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver and own cash and fixed-income data processing components (Java/Kotlin) within the Prime Brokerage Technology platform
• Champion developer-led automated testing as a core engineering practice
• Work within an Agile team with a strong focus on Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
• Actively participate in design, planning, and estimation discussions
• Partner with multiple management teams to ensure functions are well integrated to meet shared goals, and identify system enhancements needed to support new products and process improvements
• Resolve high-impact problems through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system architecture, and industry standards
• Provide subject-matter expertise and advanced applications programming knowledge, ensuring designs align with the overall architecture blueprint
• Apply advanced knowledge of system flow to define standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
• Build a comprehensive understanding of how architecture, infrastructure, and other business functions integrate to achieve broader business goals
• Deliver in-depth, interpretive analysis to define issues clearly and develop innovative solutions
• Provide technical leadership, acting as an advisor and coach to mid-level developers and analysts

Knowledge & Experience

• 6-10 years of relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role
• Proven background delivering software using an iterative Agile approach
• Track record of quality-led engineering, including developer-led automated testing, CI/CD, microservices, containerized deployment, and cloud engineering
• Demonstrated ability to own and drive successful delivery to business stakeholders
• Comfortable engaging directly with product owners to understand requirements and explore solutions
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Prior experience or knowledge of Prime Brokerage is desirable but not essential
• Experience operating in a collaborative leadership capacity, acting as \"first among peers\"

Required Skills

• Open, collaborative communication style
• Genuine pride in delivering solutions that make users happy
• Practical experience with Agile and DevOps practices - including continuous integration, test automation, frequent releases, and containerization
• Hands-on JVM development experience using Kotlin, Java, or Scala
• Solid understanding of Event-based architectures and HTTP/REST-based architectures
• Working knowledge of relational databases and SQL
• Familiarity with tools such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a strong plus

Qualifications

• Degree in a technical or quantitative discipline preferred (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field)

Competencies

• Takes personal ownership of the timeliness and quality of delivery
• Communicates and collaborates effectively with business users and other technology teams
• Champions a culture of continuous improvement, always seeking to refine processes and practices - both individually and across the team
• Comfortable giving and receiving open, honest feedback

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

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