Senior Payments Tech Lead – Hybrid, High-Scale Java

Citigroup Inc.; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model (3 days in office)

Professional development & certs

Wellbeing programs

AI-powered tooling access

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Lead for Payments Technology in Tampa, FL. The role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership to architect and evolve global payment processing platforms.

You will design high-throughput microservices using Java 8+/Spring Boot, champion DDD and event-driven patterns, and mentor a cross-functional team. The position emphasizes cloud-native architecture, 99.99%+ availability, and AI-powered development tooling.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering enterprise backend applications.
• Hands-on leadership in teams building production-grade microservices.
• Strong knowledge of Java, Spring Boot, and modern DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of payment applications from design to production.
• Build high-throughput, low-latency microservices with cloud-native principles.
• Champion patterns like DDD, event-driven architecture, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Mentor cross-functional teams and enforce Clean Code & SOLID principles.
• Integrate AI tooling into the SDLC to boost velocity and quality.
• Define SLAs/SLOs/SLIs and collaborate with infra for resilience and autoscaling.

Skills

Java & Spring Boot

Microservices

Domain-Driven Design

Event-driven patterns

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

CI/CD

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Citigroup Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Lead for Payments Technology in Tampa, FL. The role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership to architect and evolve global payment processing platforms.

You will design high-throughput microservices using Java 8+/Spring Boot, champion DDD and event-driven patterns, and mentor a cross-functional team. The position emphasizes cloud-native architecture, 99.99%+ availability, and AI-powered development tooling.