Senior Payments Platform Architect & Tech Leader

Citi; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 141,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Tampa, FL seeks a Senior Engineering Lead for the Payments Platform to architect resilient, AI-powered microservices and real-time payments processing at scale. You will translate complex requirements into scalable software, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, risk, and compliance teams across the globe.

This role demands deep hands-on expertise in Java, Python, Spring Boot, Kafka, and modern observability, with a focus on security, reliability, and compliance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience in enterprise-grade systems.
• Strong SME in Java-based payments or financial transaction processing.
• Hands-on experience with microservices and real-time processing.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration of payments functions and new capabilities across platforms.
• Define and implement resilient microservices architecture for high availability.
• Mentor engineers and coordinate cross-functional teams.

Skills

Software engineering

Java

Python

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Reactive frameworks

Apache Kafka

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Oracle

Redis

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Splunk

Job description

Citi in Tampa, FL seeks a Senior Engineering Lead for the Payments Platform to architect resilient, AI-powered microservices and real-time payments processing at scale. You will translate complex requirements into scalable software, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, risk, and compliance teams across the globe.

This role demands deep hands-on expertise in Java, Python, Spring Boot, Kafka, and modern observability, with a focus on security, reliability, and compliance.