Senior Platform Architect

Citi; New York (NY); Híbrido; USD 156.000 - 234.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical, dental & vision coverage

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Descripción de la vacante

Citi in Irving, TX is seeking a hands-on Senior Platform Architect to own the end-to-end technical architecture of the platform, defining how experience, orchestration, inventory, provisioning, intelligence, and integration layers fit together; set engineering standards for a Java/Spring Boot microservices estate and lead the team's adoption of AI-assisted and agentic software development in a regulated banking environment.

Formación

• 10+ years in software engineering with 6+ years as architect on distributed systems.
• Deep expertise in Java (17+) and Spring ecosystem (Boot/Cloud/Security/Data).
• Proven design of microservices and event-driven architectures (Kafka).
• Strong Kubernetes/OpenShift and cloud knowledge (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Hands-on IaC and CI/CD tooling experience (Terraform, Helm, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with AI coding tools and governance in delivery.
• Understanding of LLM fundamentals and risk management for engineering.
• Security-by-design and DevSecOps in regulated environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to defend architecture.

Responsabilidades

• Own the end-to-end platform architecture across all layers and registries.
• Design cloud-native microservices with Java 17/21, Spring Boot, and Kafka.
• Define IaC, blueprints, and auditable workflows across multi-clouds and on-prem.
• Establish governance-as-code, security guardrails, and audit evidence.
• Set non-functional standards for resiliency, observability, and data protection.
• Lead AI-assisted engineering practices and govern AI tooling usage.
• Mentor developers, run design/code reviews, and contribute hands-on work.

Conocimientos

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Microservices

Event-driven systems

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Infrastructure-as-Code

CI/CD tooling

AI tooling governance

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Herramientas

Terraform

Helm

Ansible

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Tekton

Kubernetes

Descripción del empleo

Senior Platform Architect

Location(s):

Irving, Texas, United States

Job Type:

Hybrid

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Job Overview

We are looking for a hands‑on Senior Platform Architect to own the end‑to‑end technical architecture of the platform. You will define how the experience, orchestration, inventory, provisioning, intelligence, and integration layers fit together; set engineering standards for a Java/Spring Boot microservices estate; and lead the team's adoption of AI‑assisted and agentic software development (GitHub Copilot, Devin, Claude Code, and similar) in a way that is productive, secure, and compliant within a regulated banking environment.

You are the senior technical authority on the team: you design, you code when it matters, and you bring others along.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Architecture

• Own the target architecture across all platform layers: developer portal and APIs; workflow orchestration and policy engines; technology registry and metadata catalog; template registry, IaC engine, and environment lifecycle manager; AI recommendation and analytics; and integrations with DevOps, CI/CD, cloud, observability, and security systems.
• Design cloud‑native, event‑driven microservices on Java 17/21 and Spring Boot 3 / Spring Cloud, with Kafka for eventing and well‑governed REST/gRPC APIs.
• Define the provisioning model: Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform and equivalents), reusable platform blueprints, and automated, auditable workflows across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on‑prem/OpenShift.
• Architect governance‑as‑code: policy engines (e.g., OPA), security and compliance guardrails, and automated evidence for audit.
• Set non‑functional standards for resiliency, scalability, observability, security, and data protection appropriate to a Tier‑1 financial institution.

AI‑Assisted Engineering Leadership

• Define how the team uses AI coding assistants and autonomous agents (GitHub Copilot, Devin, Claude Code, Cursor, or equivalents) across the SDLC — design, coding, test generation, code review, documentation, and modernization.
• Establish guardrails for AI‑generated code: review standards, security and license scanning, secrets handling, data‑classification rules for what may be shared with AI tools, and alignment with Citi's AI governance and model‑risk policies.
• Architect the platform's own AI capabilities: technology and architecture recommendations, adoption insights, cost optimization, and agent‑ready interfaces (e.g., exposing platform capabilities to AI agents via APIs or Model Context Protocol).
• Define and track measures of AI impact (cycle time, PR throughput, change failure rate, defect escape) rather than relying on anecdote.

Technical Leadership and Governance

• Lead architecture decisions through ADRs and represent the platform at architecture councils and design reviews.
• Partner with the Director, product owners, security, risk, and cloud platform teams to shape roadmap and sequencing (Inventory Foundation → Orchestration → Intelligence).
• Mentor senior developers, run design and code reviews, and raise the engineering bar across the team.
• Stay hands‑on: build reference implementations, spikes, and the critical paths of the platform.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering, with 6+ years in an architect role on large‑scale distributed systems.
• Deep, current expertise in Java (17+) and the Spring ecosystem: Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Data.
• Proven design of microservices and event‑driven systems (Kafka or equivalent), API design, and API gateway patterns.
• Strong working knowledge of Kubernetes/OpenShift, containers, and at least one major public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP); multi‑cloud experience strongly preferred.
• Hands‑on Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, Helm, Ansible, or similar) and CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, Harness, GitHub Actions, Tekton, or similar).
• Demonstrated, hands‑on use of AI coding tools — e.g., GitHub Copilot, Devin, Claude Code, Cursor — in real delivery, plus a clear point of view on where they help, where they fail, and how to govern them.
• Understanding of LLM fundamentals relevant to engineering: context and prompt engineering, retrieval‑augmented generation, agentic workflows, hallucination risk, and evaluation.
• Experience with security‑by‑design, DevSecOps, and operating in a regulated environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to present architecture to senior executives and defend it in front of architecture councils.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building an Internal Developer Platform or developer portal (e.g., Backstage), service catalog, or CMDB‑integrated technology inventory.
• Workflow orchestration engines (Temporal, Camunda, Argo Workflows) and policy‑as‑code (OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno).
• Experience rolling out AI coding assistants or agentic tooling across a team or organization, including measurement and governance.
• Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or building tools/APIs consumed by AI agents.
• Financial services or other Tier‑1 regulated enterprise background.
• Cloud or Kubernetes certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP Professional Architect, CKA/CKAD).

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience. Master's degree preferred.

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$156,160.00 - $234,240.00
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.

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