Principal Engineer - Digital Wealth

Citi; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Citi in Irving, Texas, United States, seeks a senior Digital Software Engineering Manager to lead large-scale software initiatives across multiple teams. You will drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and partner with executives to deliver secure, reliable technology solutions that impact clients and businesses globally.

You will manage complex projects, foster talent development, and ensure alignment with Citi’s strategic goals, with a strong emphasis on security, quality, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience in technology leadership within the finance/banking domain.
• Proven experience building, leading, and delivering complex technology projects from conception through deployment and ongoing support.
• Demonstrated ability to design, develop, implement, and support enterprise-grade applications.
• Experience leading geographically distributed technology teams across multiple time zones.
• Prior experience in stakeholder management, with effective communication and collaboration with executive leadership and key business partners.
• Expertise in developing robust, enterprise-grade applications using modern technology stacks, including: Frontend development with angular or similar JavaScript frameworks; Backend development with a Java or Python microservices architecture; Designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
• Demonstrable expertise in using modern development tools and technologies throughout the SDLC (e.g., GitHub Copilot or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of and adherence to industry best practices and established software development standards.
• Knowledge of Content Management platforms (e.g., AEM, Drupal, TeamSite) and sales enablement tools (e.g., Seismic).
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts and strategic objectives clearly and concisely to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated strong people management skills, including team development, mentorship, and performance management.
• Proven project management skills, with the ability to oversee project planning, execution, and successful delivery within the established scope, budget, and timeline.

Responsibilities

• Attract senior talent and multiple functions from inside and outside of Citi; teach others to set high performance standards.
• Develop plans to build skills across teams and share talent development best practices.
• Audit department goals to ensure alignment with broader organizational aims and accountability.
• Develop and communicate department vision aligned with leadership principles and organizational goals.
• Lead the development, implementation, and delivery of large-scale software efforts; influence architecture and critical-path code.
• Think in terms of architecture and improve integration across software.
• Influence team strategy and solve ambiguous problems; drive software excellence.
• Communicate ideas effectively to achieve outcomes; resolve conflicts and build consensus.
• Lead design reviews and participate in cross-team reviews; set examples in coding and ownership.
• Participate in hiring and mentor others to improve skills and performance.
• Assess risk and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and Citi policies; uphold ethical standards.

Skills

Tech leadership

Distributed teams

Stakeholder mgmt

RESTful APIs

Angular frontend

Java/Python backend

SDLC tools

Security best practices

People management

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s preferred

Tools

GitHub Copilot

AEM

Drupal

TeamSite

Seismic

Job description

Overview of Citi:

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.

Overview of the Role:

The Digital S/W Engineer Group Mgr is accountable for management of complex/critical/large professional disciplinary areas. Leads and directs a team of professionals. Requires a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas within a function and how they interact in order to achieve the objectives of the function. Applies in-depth understanding of the business impact of technical contributions. Strong commercial awareness is a necessity. Generally accountable for delivery of a full range of services to one or more businesses/ geographic regions. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Some external communication may be necessary.

Accountable for the end results of an area. Exercises control over resources, policy formulation and planning. Primarily affects a sub-function. Involved in short- to medium-term planning of actions and resources for own area. Full management responsibility of a team or multiple teams, including management of people, budget and planning, to include performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary actions and terminations and budget approval.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate the ability to attract senior talent and multiple functions from inside and outside of company. Teach others how to set high organizational performance standards, determine performance measures and goals and establish a leadership bar. This will require the ability to facilitate understanding of broader organizational tenets and strategic goals for department
• Recognize trends for larger-scale development needs within and across teams and builds plans to develop skills. Share talent development best practices across organization
• Audit department goals to ensure alignment with broader organizational goals and that these goals are aligned with and accountable for department performance against goals
• Develop and communicate department vision that supports the broader organizational vision; ensure team culture consistently demonstrates alignment with leadership principles; and visibly ties department decisions to leadership principles and tenets
• Lead the development, implementation, and delivery of successful large-scale, critical and/or difficult software efforts involving significant work (can be new software or a refactor of existing software). Heavily influence the development and write a significant portion of the “critical-path” code.
• Think in terms of architecture, not just code. Have detailed knowledge of the work done by your team and proactively work to improve consistency and integration between your software and related software (owned by other teams).
• Influence your team’s technical and business strategy by making insightful contributions to team priorities and approach. You take the lead in identifying and solving ambiguous problems, architecture deficiencies, or areas where your team’s software bottlenecks the innovation of other teams. Make software simpler.
• Able to communicate your ideas effectively to achieve the right outcome for your team and customer. Harmonize discordant views and lead the resolution of contentious issues (build consensus).
• Lead design reviews for your team and actively participate in design reviews of related software or other team software at your location.
• Code, development and implementation decisions set a great example to others. Provide insightful code reviews and take ownership of outcome. (“You ‘ship it’, you own it.”) Work very efficiently and routinely deliver the right things.
• Demonstrate technical influence over 3-4 teams, either via a collaborative software effort or by increasing their productivity and effectiveness by driving software engineering best practices (e.g., Security, Quality, Operational Excellence, etc.).
• Actively participate in the hiring process as well as mentor others - improving their skills, their knowledge of your software, and their ability to get things done
• 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Qualifications:

• 10 + years of relevant professional experience, with a significant portion dedicated to technology leadership within the finance/banking domain.
• Proven experience building, leading, and delivering complex technology projects from conception through deployment and ongoing support.
• Demonstrated ability to design, develop, implement, and support enterprise-grade applications.
• Experience leading geographically distributed technology teams across multiple time zones.
• Prior experience in stakeholder management, with effective communication and collaboration with executive leadership and key business partners.
• Expertise in developing robust, enterprise-grade applications using modern technology stacks, including:
• Frontend development with angular or similar JavaScript frameworks.
• Backend development with a Java or Python microservices architecture.
• Designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
• Demonstrable expertise in using modern development tools and technologies throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) (e.g., GitHub Copilot or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of and adherence to industry best practices and established software development standards.
• Knowledge of Content Management platforms (e.g., AEM, Drupal, TeamSite) and sales enablement tools (e.g., Seismic).
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts and strategic objectives clearly and concisely to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated strong people management skills, including team development, mentorship, and performance management.
• Proven project management skills, with the ability to oversee project planning, execution, and successful delivery within the established scope, budget, and timeline.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Digital Software Engineering

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Irving Texas United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$169,600.00 - $254,400.00

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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