Full Stack Engineering Lead, Vice President

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? We are seeking a talented and passionate Senior Engineering Lead to join the Finance Technology team. You will be a key contributor to the re-platform of our existing applications to support Finance business. You will apply your deep technical expertise to build and implement robust solutions, while promoting engineering best practices. This role is for an experienced full stack engineering lead who is passionate about hands‑on implementation and collaboration. You will be a core member of the team, delivering high‑quality, scalable solutions to enhance operational efficiency. The overarching objective is to provide expert contributions to application systems analysis, architecture, and programming activities.

By joining Citi you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

Team/Role Overview

Finance Technology enables Citi to achieve its day‑to‑day and long‑term growth goals, enabling execution of Citi’s Strategy by providing services, technical solutions, and infrastructure across the bank. These solutions enable Citi to comply with regulatory mandates and empower our businesses to achieve their goals, both current and long‑term. In Finance Technology we’re pushing the limits of technology. Our products and initiatives adhere to Citi’s strategic architecture principles and support the end‑to‑end integration of multiple global functions within the bank including Finance, Risk, and Controllers.

What you’ll do

• Software Development: Design, develop, test, and deploy high‑quality, scalable, and maintainable code.
• Quality Advocacy: Promote best practices for engineering excellence in coding, testing, build, deployment, and maintenance of high‑quality software.
• Solution Implementation: Act as an active contributor to design and a hands‑on implementer of code.
• Agile Mindset: Actively participate in scrum activities such as sprint planning and refinement, offering technical insights for backlog items.
• Technical Excellence: Deliver robust and efficient technical solutions, adhering to best‑in‑class engineering principles and practices.
• Collaboration: Partner with the Scrum Master, Product Owner, QA, Architects, and other global development team members on a day‑to‑day basis to successfully deliver technical solutions and reusable components.
• Learning Mindset: Keep up with the latest development practices in the industry and Citi with an eye to implement them in our team such as Gen AI, DORA metrics, etc.

What we’ll need from you

• Strong experience on architecting enterprise highly scalable applications.
• Extensive experience in system analysis and programming of software applications.
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects.
• Proven engineering experience building robust, scalable, and maintainable applications in the Capital Markets Technology industry.
• Build, deploy, and test application components in a development environment during the implementation phase working with all layers of the application stack.
• Work proactively & independently to address project requirements, and articulate issues/challenges with enough lead time to address project delivery risks.
• Code reviews, test case reviews, and ensure code developed meets the requirements.
• Influence and negotiate with senior technical leaders from partner teams of software engineers, DevOps, and production support staff to deliver robust software solutions.
• Ensure the team is collaborating effectively across functions.
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
• Experience working in Financial Services or a large complex and/or global environment.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Comprehensive knowledge of design metrics, analytics tools, benchmarking activities and related reporting to identify best practices.
• Demonstrated analytic/diagnostic skills.
• Ability to work in a matrix environment and partner with virtual teams.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage tight deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements.
• Proven track record of operational process changes and improvement.
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills.

Technical Skills Must have

• Strong experience in full stack development using React, TypeScript, Node.js, stylesheets, Java/JVM‑based languages such as Java, Kotlin, Microservices.
• Strong hand‑on experience designing and building a UI framework using React aligned with latest UI framework practices and guidelines.
• Strong experience of API Development and its ecosystems.
• Hands‑on working experience with React, JavaScript, Java/Spring/Spring Cloud/Spring Data JPA/Spring Boot Microservices.
• Should have troubleshooting skills using debuggers, logs, etc.
• Strong understanding of test‑driven development using Jest, Cypress, JavaScript, JUnit, Mockito.
• Experience with public clouds like AWS, GCP will be added advantage.
• Experience with OpenShift, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of build and deployment tools like Jenkins, Tekton, UDeploy, Harness, NPM, Maven, Gradle.
• Implement unit testing and TDD to ensure software quality and maintainability.
• Proficiency in SQL databases, MongoDB, Oracle preferred.

Nice to have

• Experience on observability and monitoring tech stack.
• Understanding of Gen AI based productivity tools such as Microsoft Co‑Pilot, Deven etc.
• Understanding middleware like Tibco RV, EMS, Solace, Kafka etc.
• Understanding of Python, Gen AI will be plus.

What we can offer you

• Be part of a strategic team to develop, enhance, support and maintain solutions for Finance Technology.
• Participate in technical discussions/brainstorming sessions and define ideas and strategies for existing and future platforms.
• Gain exposure to Wholesale, Retail business across data, risk and finance.
• Work across diverse set of Finance platforms and have an opportunity to be part of re‑architecture and re‑platforming initiatives on low‑code automation platforms.
• Drive Global Impact: Be part of a team building a mission‑critical system that will streamline and automate key operational workflows across the firm, directly impacting business efficiency.
• Solve Complex Challenges: Design and build a scalable, resilient, and cloud‑native architecture for a complex workflow and case management system.
• Work with a Talented Team: Collaborate with a skilled team of developers, product owners, and architects, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and innovation.
• Work with Modern Technology: Utilize a modern tech stack, including React, Java, Kubernetes, Docker, and Kafka, to build cutting‑edge financial technology solutions.

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best‑in‑class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well. By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure.
• A discretionary annual performance‑related bonus.
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Pension Plan.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends.
• Access to an array of learning and development resources.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive. Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.