Senior Principal: API Tooling & Automation Leader

Citibank (Switzerland) AG

Irving (TX)

On-site

Confidential

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Citi in Irving, Texas is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to drive API tooling, platform modernization, and automation across our digital stack. You will own architectural strategy, govern design reviews, and mentor senior engineers while enabling AI/ML-powered developer tools for efficiency.

You will collaborate with cross-functional leaders to balance performance, extensibility, and cost, ensuring robust security and governance across pipelines and deployments in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

10+ years in Enterprise Architecture, Software Eng, or Platform Eng in large enterprises.
Expertise in architecting, securing, and stabilizing complex API platforms.
Experience with automation and developer experience improvements.

Responsibilities

Lead platform modernization and API tooling strategy.
Design and implement AI/ML-driven tooling for developer productivity.
Oversee risk, security, and governance across pipelines and deployments.
Mentor engineers and influence senior stakeholders.

Skills

API strategy

Automation DX

Architecture

Stakeholder mgmt

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

AWS

PCF

Akamai

Angular

Spring Boot

Job description

You will collaborate with cross-functional leaders to balance performance, extensibility, and cost, ensuring robust security and governance across pipelines and deployments in a hybrid work model.

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