Software Architect Project Lead Senior Vice President

Overview of the Role

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. 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.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. Well enable growth and progress together.

Security Services industry is constantly changing requiring Citi to react and plan accordingly. An analysis has been undertaken to identify a strategic vision in response to a changing landscape. The business recognizes that investment in technology is critical to fulfilling evolving client needs. To that extent, multi-year transformational strategy is underway focused on platform efficiency, consistent global operating model, capabilities, support evolving client needs, data strategy and value-added services.

Transaction Services aims to achieve key technology and operation principles including service oriented, API capability, reliable, Simple, low latency, multi-instruction, natively aligned to other initiatives including the data strategy, eliminate manual touch points, and use modernized technology stack. It will deliver Innovation to clients by harnessing the latest technologies, including

• Reactive Micro services-based architecture
• Streaming
• Distributed cache,
• Database: RDBMS, NoSQL

This is a great opportunity to work on state-of-the-art Transaction Services platform.

In this role, the successful candidate will be driving business and operational efficiencies by devising Technology architectures and solutions within the strategic operating platforms. The role will require working closely with various technology, business groups and senior technology managers as well as take the responsibility of delivery of the key business requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple teams of professionals to accomplish established goals and conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
• Provide strategic influence and exercise control over resources, budget management and planning while monitoring end results
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve issues
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards
• Integrate in-depth knowledge of applications development with overall technology function to achieve established goals
• Provide evaluative judgement based on analysis of facts in complicated, unique, and dynamic situations including drawing from internal and external sources
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, as well as communicate with external parties as necessary
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Technical Skills:

• 15+ years of experience in financial domain, with strong leadership skills.
• Extremely good with micro services tech stack
  • Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift
  • Cloud computing
• Database: RDBMS, NoSQL (One or more of MongoDB, Cloudera, HBase, Hive)
• Kafka streaming
• Core Java - server-side programming
• Spring Boot/Spring Cloud
• Object Oriented Principles
• Experience in low latency programming
• Experience implementing Event Driven architecture
• TDD
• Strong Academic Record
• Team player
• Experience working in Agile/SCRUM Process

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in applications development
• Experience in management
• Experience managing global technology teams
• Working knowledge of industry practices and standards
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Education:

• Bachelors degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Masters degree preferred

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In addition to salary, Citis offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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