MarTech Data Engineering & Application Lead, Vice President

Citigroup; New York (NY); On-site; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup is seeking an experienced Application Development Lead to drive architecture and delivery of intelligent, distributed systems at the heart of Citi Wealth Technology. You will lead an innovative engineering team within Citi Wealth Technology, driving strategic solutions across March Tech, AI driven personalization and Distributed Computing for our global wealth and private banking client base.

This role is structured as 20% technical leadership, team mentorship, and architectural

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive software engineering and leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Governance: provide architectural oversight and drive engineering squad alignment with design principles and security standards.
• Mentoring & Talent Development: coach junior to mid-level engineers and conduct high-impact code reviews.
• Modern AI Engineering Practices: promote AI tooling and accelerate software delivery.
• Stakeholder Alignment: translate business requirements into technical roadmaps using Jira, Confluence, and GitHub.
• Security & Quality Governance: embed DevSecOps, automated testing, and security scanning across CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-On Architecture & Development: design high-throughput distributed systems and implement microservices and API gateways.
• Cloud & Container Infrastructure: deploy on Kubernetes/OpenShift with Helm, Jenkins, Tekton, Harness, and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics, Splunk).

Skills

Python/Java

SQL

Kafka/Flink

Kubernetes/OpenShift

AWS/GCP

Helm

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Relational DB design

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/SE/IT

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

GitHub Copilot

Devin

Checkmarx

Snyk

Black Duck

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Role Summary

Citi is seeking an experienced Application Development Lead to spearhead the architecture and delivery of intelligent, distributed systems at the heart of one of the world’s premier financial institutions. In this role, you will lead an innovative engineering team within Citi Wealth Technology, driving strategic solutions across March Tech, AI driven personalization and Distributed Computing for our global wealth and private banking client base.

This role is structured as 20% technical leadership, team mentorship, and architectural governance, and 80% hands-on systems design, prototyping, and core development. You will guide engineering squads, elevate development standards, and own end-to-end architecture across complex platform.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Mentorship (30%)

• Engineering Direction & Governance: Provide technical direction and architectural oversight of an engineering squad within Wealth Technology, ensuring adherence to enterprise design principles, scalability standards, and engineering best practices.
• Team Mentoring & Talent Development: Coach and mentor junior to mid-level engineers, conducting high-impact code reviews, technical deep-dives, and career growth coaching.
• Modern AI Engineering Practices: Drive team adoption of modern developer productivity tools, including AI coding agents (such as GitHub Copilot and Devin), establishing frameworks for accelerated software delivery.
• Stakeholder Alignment & Solution Strategy: Partner with business leaders, product managers, and cross-functional teams to translate strategic business requirements into robust, forward-looking technical roadmaps using Jira, Confluence, and GitHub.
• Security & Quality Governance: Champion DevSecOps principles, embedding automated testing, code quality, and security scanning (via Checkmarx, Snyk, Black Duck) across all CI/CD pipelines.

Hands-On Architecture & Development (70%)

• Distributed & Event-Driven Systems: Architect high-throughput, fault-tolerant event streams and data pipelines utilizing Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and modern distributed streaming patterns.
• API & Backend Service Engineering: Design and implement resilient, low-latency microservices and API gateways using FastAPI, Flask, or Spring Boot, backed by PostgreSQL and Redis.
• Cloud & Container Infrastructure: Deploy and manage resilient containerized applications on Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift, utilizing Helm charts, CI/CD automation (Jenkins, Tekton, Harness), and observability suites (Prometheus, Grafana, AppDynamics, Splunk).
• Embed security and code quality practices across the engineering lifecycle using tools such as Checkmarx, Snyk, and BlackDuck, ensuring all solutions meet enterprise security and compliance standards.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Experience: 12+ years of progressive software engineering and application development experience, including experience acting as a technical lead or senior engineer within an agile delivery team.
• Core Languages: Deep hands-on proficiency in Python and/or Java , with strong relational database design and complex querying skills in SQL .
• Distributed Systems & Messaging: Strong experience designing and consuming distributed event-driven systems using Apache Kafka or Apache Flink .
• Cloud-Native & Container Platforms: Proven track record building and deploying microservices on Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift , with cloud experience on AWS or GCP and container packaging using Helm .
• Data Architecture: Strong foundation in relational database management (e.g., PostgreSQL ) and caching/in-memory data stores (e.g., Redis ).
• CI/CD & DevSecOps: Working knowledge of automated CI/CD pipelines and security scanning tools (Checkmarx, Snyk, Black Duck).
• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related quantitative discipline.
• Mindset: Strong problem-solving abilities, high ownership, commitment to code quality, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• AI Coding Tools: Experience leveraging developer productivity tools such as GitHub Copilot, Devin, or equivalent AI-assisted tools.

Job Family Group

Technology

Job Family

Applications Development

Time Type

Full time

Primary Location

New York New York United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range

$142,320.00 - $213,480.00

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