Senior Technical Lead, Full-Stack Engineering – Vice President

Citi is looking for a Senior Technical Lead, Full-Stack Engineering to drive the design and delivery of enterprise-grade applications at the intersection of modern cloud architecture and AI-assisted development. In this Vice President-level role, you will serve as a hands‑on technical leader within an Agile engineering team, owning full‑stack solutions that span Java back‑end services, React‑powered front ends, and cloud‑native infrastructure.

Your work will directly shape Citi's technology capabilities and influence the broader engineering community across the organization.

• Apply depth of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, and partner continuously with stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Develop and engineer solutions within an Agile software delivery team, working to collaboratively deliver sprint goals, write code, and participate in the broader Citi technical community and team‑level Agile and Scrum processes.
• Contribute to the design, documentation, and development of world‑class enterprise applications leveraging the latest technologies and software design patterns.
• Leverage technical knowledge of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve issues, as necessary.
• Follow and contribute to defining technical and team standards.
• Collaborate technical leadership to achieve established goals, in line with our broader technical strategy.
• AI‑Driven Development: Leverage AI tools, such as Git Hub Copilot, to enhance development efficiency, accelerate delivery timelines, and optimize software solutions.
• AI Landscape Awareness: Maintain awareness of the rapidly evolving AI landscape and proactively propose innovative approaches to implement product features.
• Problem Solving and Troubleshooting: Possess the expertise to analyze and effectively troubleshoot complex coding, application performance, and design challenges.
• Root Cause Analysis: Capable of conducting thorough research to identify the root causes of development and performance issues, as well as devising and implementing effective defect resolutions.
• Technical Acumen: Demonstrate a profound understanding of the technical requirements pertinent to the solutions under development.
• Containerization and Orchestration: Utilize Docker for application containerization and Kubernetes for efficient service orchestration.
• Communication and
  
  Risk Management:
  
  Effectively communicate progress, proactively anticipate bottlenecks, provide skilled escalation management, and adeptly identify, assess, track, and mitigate issues and risks across various levels.
• Process Optimization: Streamline, automate, or eliminate redundant processes within architecture, build, delivery, production operations, or business areas where similar efforts or issues recur annually.

• Extensive
  
  Experience:
  
  Minimum of 10 years of proven software development experience, specializing in Java, JavaScript, frameworks like React, Spring Boot, and Oracle.
• In‑depth knowledge of modern application architecture principles.
• Clear understanding of data structures and object‑oriented principles using Java.
• Practical experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for enhancing development workflows.
• Proficiency in microservices frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot), event‑driven services, and cloud‑native application development.
• Multiple years of experience on service‑oriented and microservices architectures, including REST and GraphQL implementations.
• Full Stack Proficiency: Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and maintain both front‑end and back‑end components of robust web applications.
• Front‑End Development: Strong expertise in developing intuitive user interfaces using contemporary JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React), HTML5, and CSS.
• Back‑End Development: Solid experience in developing server‑side logic and APIs using languages such as Java, Python, or similar.
• Database Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL, with a deep understanding of relational database management systems (RDBMS), particularly Oracle.
• API Development: Proven capability in designing, developing, and implementing…