Citigroup, Inc

Full Stack Engineer - Senior Vice President

Citigroup, Inc • $145K — $217K *
Mississauga, ON L4T 0A1In-Person
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in enterprise CRM application development and architecture for high-availability financial systems.
  • Proven leadership of engineering teams of 20 or more across various technical domains.
  • Expertise in Java (version 10+) and the Spring ecosystem including Spring Boot and Spring Data.
  • Hands-on experience with Message-Oriented Middleware technologies such as Kafka and TIBCO.
  • Deep understanding of microservices architecture patterns and experience with migration from monolithic to microservices.
  • Knowledge of web service standards including REST and SOAP, and familiarity with message formats such as JSON and XML.
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering or technology discipline.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture and development of high-availability CRM and financial applications for global clients.
  • Design and implement microservices-based solutions, transitioning from monolithic systems to cloud-ready architectures.
  • Define and manage the engineering roadmap to enhance application stability and meet service level expectations.
  • Automate release pipelines for zero-downtime deployments to mitigate operational risks.
  • Serve as the main technical liaison, translating complex business needs into engineering solutions.
  • Mentor and coach a diverse engineering team, promoting knowledge sharing and high-performance culture.
  • Evaluate technology and business risks to ensure compliance with policies and safeguard assets.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working model offering a balanced mix of in-office and remote work.
  • Autonomy in strategic leadership to shape architectural and engineering decisions.
  • Access to comprehensive learning and development programs tailored to current technology practices.
  • Opportunities for career advancement and lateral movement within a global organization.
  • Supportive team culture where technical contributions are acknowledged and rewarded.
  • Family-friendly benefits and programs for employees balancing caregiving duties.
  • Experience working on complex, high-stakes technology challenges in a global setting.
Full Job Description
Citi is hiring a Head of Application Development at the Senior Vice President level to lead enterprise-scale CRM and financial platform engineering within the Institutional Services Group (ISG), a key division of Citi's Institutional Clients Group (ICG). In this role, you will architect and drive the delivery of mission-critical, high-availability systems that serve global institutional clients - combining deep technical leadership with hands-on engineering excellence. This is an opportunity to shape the technology direction of a platform that disrupts industry norms through innovation and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities
  • Lead the architecture and development of enterprise-grade CRM and financial applications, ensuring 24/5 availability and alignment to business objectives across global institutional clients.
  • Design and deliver loosely coupled, microservices-based solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful architecture - driving the migration of monolithic platforms to cloud-ready, scalable architectures.
  • Own the engineering roadmap for application stability, quality, and functionality, setting and meeting service level expectations across production environments.
  • Automate the release pipeline to achieve zero-downtime deployments across the full application platform, reducing operational risk and accelerating delivery cycles.
  • Act as the primary technical liaison between business users, internal technology teams, and external vendors - translating complex requirements into clear, actionable engineering solutions.
  • Mentor and coach a cross-functional engineering team of 20 or more, fostering technical growth, knowledge sharing, and high-performance delivery culture.
  • Assess technology and business risks during decision-making, ensuring solutions adhere to applicable policies, regulatory standards, and safeguard client assets and firm integrity.


Required Qualifications & Skills
  • 10+ years of experience developing and managing enterprise CRM applications, with at least 10 years focused on solution architecture for high-availability financial systems.
  • Proven experience leading and managing engineering teams of 20 or more professionals across varied technical disciplines.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Java (version 10 or above) and the broader Spring ecosystem, including Spring Boot, Spring Data, JPA, Maven/Gradle, WebSockets, and Test-Driven Development (TDD).
  • Hands-on experience designing and developing solutions using Message-Oriented Middleware technologies such as Kafka, TIBCO, and Apache MQ over SSL.
  • Deep knowledge of microservices architecture patterns, Object-Oriented Design, and Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns - with demonstrated experience migrating monolithic applications to microservices in on-premises or cloud environments.
  • Working knowledge of web service standards including REST, SOAP, JSON, JAXB, and JAX-WS, as well as message formats such as XML, JSON, and Protobuf.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a relevant engineering or technology discipline.


Beneficial Skills & Qualifications
  • Experience architecting enterprise-wide solutions that span multiple business domains, with the ability to communicate complex technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to re-prioritize rapidly in dynamic environments, balancing long-term architecture goals with immediate delivery demands.
  • A track record of fostering technical learning and knowledge-sharing practices within large engineering teams.


What We Offer

At Citi, you will join a global technology organization with over 200 years of financial expertise, where senior engineering leaders have real ownership, strategic influence, and the platform to build solutions that matter. ISG Technology offers a high-performance environment where your contributions directly shape the products and services delivered to some of the world's most significant institutional clients.
  • Hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely, providing structure alongside flexibility.
  • Strategic leadership ownership with the autonomy to shape architecture decisions and engineering direction at enterprise scale.
  • Access to Citi's robust learning and development programs, continuously updated to reflect the most current technology practices and leadership capabilities.
  • Long-term career mobility across a global organization, with genuine opportunities to grow laterally and vertically across Citi's technology and business functions.
  • A collaborative, performance-driven team environment where technical excellence and delivery impact are recognized and rewarded.
  • Family support benefits, including dedicated programs for parents returning to work and those balancing caregiving responsibilities.
  • A global platform operating across markets worldwide, offering exposure to complex, high-stakes technology challenges at institutional scale.


Build the next generation of institutional financial technology - apply now and bring your engineering leadership to one of the world's most consequential banking platforms.

Job Family Group:
Technology

Job Family:
Applications Development

Time Type:
Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$145,100.00 - $217,700.00

Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

Automated Processing and AI

We use automated processing, including artificial intelligence, for our legitimate business interests (or our reasonable and appropriate business purposes) to identify and align the candidate's skills and abilities with a specific job opening. Additionally, if you so choose, or consent, we can match your skills and abilities to other suitable roles at Citi.

Importantly, all our hiring processes and decisions, including determining your suitability for a role, are conducted, checked, and decided by individuals. Our automated processing and AI do not involve relying on automatic or autonomous decision-making. Please refer to any Jurisdictional Considerations, with specific provisions for your country (where relevant) for further details.

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About Citigroup, Inc

Citigroup is a financial services holding company that provides financial products and services. The company operates through two segments, Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and Institutional Clients Group (ICG). The GCB segment offers traditional banking services to retail customers through retail banking, commercial banking, Citi-branded cards, and Citi retail services. The ICG segment offers various banking, and financial products and services to corporate, institutional, public sector, and high-net-worth clients. This segment provides wholesale banking products and services, including fixed-income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivative services, equity and fixed-income research, corporate lending, investment banking, and advisory services, private banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. Citi is committed to sustainability and social responsibility, and the company invests in initiatives that promote economic progress.

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Market Cap
$1.3 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$89.6 million
Founded
1812
5 Year Trend
+4.6%
NASDAQ
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