VP, MarTech Data & Applications Engineering

Citigroup Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision coverage

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. seeks an experienced Application Development Lead to guide architecture and delivery of intelligent, distributed systems within Citi Wealth Technology. The role blends 20% technical leadership and 80% hands-on system design, prototyping, and core development.

You will architect high-throughput, fault-tolerant pipelines using Kafka/Flink, build resilient microservices on Kubernetes/OpenShift, and govern security and quality across CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive software engineering and application development experience, including leadership in agile delivery teams.
• Deep hands-on proficiency in Python and/or Java with strong SQL querying skills.
• Experience designing distributed event-driven systems using Kafka or Flink.
• Cloud-native and container platforms experience on Kubernetes/OpenShift with AWS or GCP.
• Relational DB management (PostgreSQL) and in-memory stores (Redis).
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and security scanning tools (Checkmarx, Snyk, Black Duck).
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction and architectural oversight for Wealth Technology squads.
• Mentor junior to mid-level engineers through code reviews and deep dives.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and modern productivity practices.
• Partner with business leaders to translate requirements into technical roadmaps using Jira, Confluence, and GitHub.
• Embed DevSecOps practices with automated testing, code quality, and security scans across CI/CD.

Skills

Python

Java

Distributed Systems

Kafka

OpenShift

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS/SE

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Jenkins

Tekton

Harness

Prometheus

Grafana

GitHub

Job description

Citigroup Inc. seeks an experienced Application Development Lead to guide architecture and delivery of intelligent, distributed systems within Citi Wealth Technology. The role blends 20% technical leadership and 80% hands-on system design, prototyping, and core development.

You will architect high-throughput, fault-tolerant pipelines using Kafka/Flink, build resilient microservices on Kubernetes/OpenShift, and govern security and quality across CI/CD pipelines.