Senior Python Platform Lead - Scalable, High-Impact Apps

Citi; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in New York seeks a Senior Python Application Developer (Vice President) to design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant financial software. You will lead hands-on development, architecture decisions, and work with global teams across Risk, Front Office, and DevOps.

The role emphasizes Python expertise, distributed systems, cloud, containers, and modern DevOps. You will drive SDLC excellence, governance, budgeting at team level, and ensure high-performance APIs and data processing.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of hands-on Python development in finance or risk domains.
• Expert-level Python 3.x with OOP and design patterns.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems and microservices.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, relational and NoSQL databases.
• Hands-on DevOps: CI/CD, testing, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and hands-on development of scalable Python platforms.
• Drive SDLC governance, code quality, and automated testing.
• Collaborate with Risk Managers, Quants, FO and DevOps for IT deliveries.

Skills

Python

Distributed Systems

REST APIs

CI/CD

Cloud AWS

Containerization

DevOps

Data Structures & Algorithms

Leadership

Quantitative Computation

Tools

FastAPI

Django

Flask

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Citi in New York seeks a Senior Python Application Developer (Vice President) to design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant financial software. You will lead hands-on development, architecture decisions, and work with global teams across Risk, Front Office, and DevOps.

The role emphasizes Python expertise, distributed systems, cloud, containers, and modern DevOps. You will drive SDLC excellence, governance, budgeting at team level, and ensure high-performance APIs and data processing.