VP of Java Engineering - Citi

Citi, the world leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

The Stress testing Team is responsible for delivering Stress testing related solutions to Citi's risk & finance organization which manages Citi's exposure to financial institutions, governments and corporates that trade with Citi. The team engineers, builds and maintains software used to compute metrics that help mitigate Citi's exposure to counterparty default & help meet regulations like CECL, GSST, IFRS9, CCAR.

Who you are:

• You’ve got a positive energy and are optimistic about the future.
• You appreciate open and direct communication and are both an active communicator and an eager listener.
• You can switch context & pivot on the fly as regulations are constantly changing.
• You want to be part of a winning team and are not afraid to be pushed out of your comfort zone.
• You are often cited as inspiration for the engineers and even senior engineers feel that they can learn something from you.
• You have a "can do" attitude and take 100% ownership of problems.

What will you do?

• Lead team(s) of passionate engineers supporting multiple systems who take pride in customer satisfaction and ownership.
• Set up and maintain processes that empower the team to move quickly.
• Be hands-on in technical architecture and reviews, believing in servant leadership.
• Independently own and drive multiple critical work streams, overseeing planning and execution toward clear objectives with measurable key results.
• Establish and drive adoption of design and coding best practices within your team.
• Liaise with senior stakeholders across the Risk, Finance and Front Office business organizations, and external Market Regulators.
• Mentor and guide professional development of analysts & engineers on your team.
• Collaborate with and across teams to design, build and deliver high quality software meeting and exceeding client needs.

Basic Requirements:

• You are a hands-on engineering manager with extensive industry experience.
• Experience managing individual contributors across all levels.
• Experience of managing managers (engineering or product).
• BS or MS in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Broad experience in relational and document databases, data structures, caching and reporting.
• Develop enterprise-grade applications using Java 8/JEE (and higher), No SQL, Spring, among other tools.
• A track record of managing and mentoring junior and senior engineers.
• Experience attracting and hiring top talents, including engineering leaders and software engineers.
• Proficient at working with large and complex code bases.
• Ability to be metrics/data driven with a bias for action and result delivery.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in financial industry specifically in Credit Risk & Market Risk Capital domains.
• Technologies and tools: Java, Web/Restful service development, Angular, JSON, Python, SQL, Build tools.
• Experience in event-driven design of Microservices and 12-factor app development standards.
• Experience building modern enterprise applications and deploying to public or private clouds including AWS.
• Experience in distributed cache systems like Apache Ignite or Redis.
• Experience in big data platforms and technologies such as Hadoop, Hive, HDFS, Presto/Starburst, Spark, and Kafka.
• Experience in Spring Framework and Cloud Computing for both batch and real-time high volume data processing.
• Experience in understanding complex SQLs and exposure to Database Design Concepts including Data Modeling, Logical/Conceptual Design.