Senior Platform Engineering Leader – OTC Clearing

Citigroup Inc.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 177,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, seeks a Lead Engineer to guide the design, delivery, and evolution of strategic OTC clearing platforms across multiple CCPs.

You will champion modern engineering practices, lead large-scale workstreams, and drive improvements in automation, observability, and PDLC while partnering with Product, Operations, and Business stakeholders. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on ownership of critical delivery initiatives, including

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and application development, preferably within capital markets or clearing technology.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex engineering initiatives in large-scale, distributed environments.
• Proven track record delivering strategic technology projects from design through implementation.
• Experience leading technical teams or major project workstreams involving multiple stakeholders and delivery groups.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the OTC Clearing technology estate, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and aligned to strategic architecture objectives.
• Lead the design and implementation of complex technology solutions supporting new products, new CCP onboarding, business growth initiatives, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive engineering decisions across system architecture, integration patterns, data models, and application design.
• Partner with senior engineers and architects across Markets Technology and enterprise engineering teams to ensure alignment with firmwide standards and strategic direction.
• Perform technical reviews and provide guidance on architecture, design quality, performance, and maintainability.

Skills

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Mentoring engineers

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

DevOps

CI/CD

Observability

AI-assisted development tooling

Job description

Citigroup Inc. in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, seeks a Lead Engineer to guide the design, delivery, and evolution of strategic OTC clearing platforms across multiple CCPs.

You will champion modern engineering practices, lead large-scale workstreams, and drive improvements in automation, observability, and PDLC while partnering with Product, Operations, and Business stakeholders. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on ownership of critical delivery initiatives, including