Senior Full-Stack Lead Architect for AI & Cloud (Hybrid)

Citi; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a hands-on Full Stack Lead Architect to guide the design and delivery of enterprise-scale digital platforms across cloud, data, and AI ecosystems. You will apply deep technical expertise in Java, Microservices, Angular/React, Snowflake, Databricks, and cloud technologies while providing strong leadership and architectural guidance.

The role emphasizes modernization, engineering standards, mentoring, and partnering with business and technology leaders to deliver secure, scalable,

Qualifications

• Software engineering experience with strong expertise in enterprise application architecture.
• Proven experience leading large-scale technology initiatives and distributed engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and delivery of enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Angular/React, and Cloud-native technologies.
• Define technology strategy and roadmap for application modernization, AI adoption, and platform engineering.
• Design and implement scalable data solutions leveraging Snowflake, Databricks, and modern data lakehouse architectures.
• Drive integration of AI/GenAI capabilities, including LLMs, RAG frameworks, AI Agents, and intelligent automation solutions.
• Architect event-driven systems using Kafka, Solace, and distributed caching technologies.
• Establish engineering standards, SDLC best practices, observability, resiliency, and security controls.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Product, Data Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Business teams globally.
• Lead technical reviews, solution governance, and critical production issue management.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across multiple teams.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Mentoring teams

Tools

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Microservices

Angular

React

Kafka

Solace

Redis

Hazelcast

Oracle

MongoDB

Snowflake

Databricks

Azure

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Git

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

Citi is seeking a hands-on Full Stack Lead Architect to guide the design and delivery of enterprise-scale digital platforms across cloud, data, and AI ecosystems. You will apply deep technical expertise in Java, Microservices, Angular/React, Snowflake, Databricks, and cloud technologies while providing strong leadership and architectural guidance.

The role emphasizes modernization, engineering standards, mentoring, and partnering with business and technology leaders to deliver secure, scalable,