Citi—Full Stack Engineering Lead-Vice President

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Description: The Full Stack Engineering Lead (C13) is a senior technical leadership role responsible for the architecture, design, and end-to-end development of critical, high-performance enterprise applications. This role requires an experienced engineering leader who can bridge the gap between modern, responsive front-end user interfaces and robust, scalable back-end distributed microservices. As a C13 Technical Lead, you will drive technical excellence across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), mentor engineering teams, establish coding and architectural standards, and implement automated CI/CD deployment pipelines within a fast-paced, Agile delivery environment. Key Responsibilities 1. Technical Leadership & Solution Architecture - Architectural Strategy: Design resilient, scalable, and secure full-stack enterprise solutions aligning with modern microservices architectures and cloud-native patterns. - Technical Governance: Drive code quality, code reviews, design patterns, and engineering best practices across front-end and back-end workstreams. - Framework Modernization: Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and tools to modernize existing legacy systems and accelerate digital transformation. 2. Full Stack Application Engineering - Front-End Development: Lead UI/UX implementation using modern web technologies (Angular 14+ / React 18+, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, State Management like NgRx/Redux, Webpack/Vite). - Back-End & Microservices: Develop high-throughput, low-latency RESTful APIs and distributed services using Core Java (Java 17/21), Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Cloud, Spring Data JPA). - Database Architecture: Design relational database schemas, write complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and packages (Oracle DB, PL/SQL), and perform database performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization. 3. CI/CD & DevOps Automation - Pipeline Delivery: Design and implement robust automated Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Tekton, Harness, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI. - Containerization & Orchestration: Package and deploy applications using Docker and deploy to container platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift. - Quality & Security Automation: Integrate static code analysis (SonarQube), open-source scanning, dynamic security testing, and automated artifact publishing (Artifactory / Nexus) directly into CI/CD gates. 4. Agile Delivery & Team Mentorship - Agile Leadership: Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, and QA engineers to define technical user stories, estimate delivery velocity, and manage sprint backlogs. - Team Development: Provide hands-on mentorship, technical guidance, and career coaching to mid-level and junior engineers. - Production Support & Operational Resilience: Drive incident resolution, root cause analysis (RCA), observability (using tools like Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, or Loki), and maintain high system uptime and disaster recovery readiness. Technical Skills & Competencies Front-End • Strong expertise in Angular (v12+) or React.js (v16+) • Advanced TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, SCSS/CSS3 • State management libraries (NgRx, RxJS, Redux, Zustand) • UI Component Libraries & Responsive Design (Material UI, Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS) Back-End • Deep hands-on experience with Java (Java 11/17/21) and Spring Ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security) • RESTful API architecture and design (OpenAPI/Swagger specs) • Event-driven messaging / asynchronous processing (Apache Kafka, IBM MQ, or RabbitMQ) Database • Proficient in Oracle Database 19c+ & PL/SQL (Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views, Functions) • ORM frameworks (Hibernate, Spring Data JPA, MyBatis) • SQL execution plan analysis, indexing strategies, and performance tuning DevOps & CI/CD • Hands-on CI/CD pipeline authoring (Jenkins, Tekton, Harness, GitHub Actions) • Build & dependency tools (Maven, Gradle, npm, yarn) • Containerization & orchestration (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift) • Version control: Git / GitHub / Bitbucket (branching strategies, PR workflows) Testing & Quality • Automated unit and integration testing (JUnit 5, Mockito, Testcontainers) • Front-end testing frameworks (Jest, Jasmine, Karma, Cypress, Playwright) • Code quality gates (SonarQube, Checkmarx, Snyk) Experience & Leadership Profile - Total Experience: 10+ years of software development experience with at least 3+ years in a Technical Lead or Senior Full Stack Engineer capacity. - Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. - Financial Services / Enterprise Experience: Prior experience in banking, financial services, wealth management, or highly regulated enterprise environments is strongly preferred. - Problem Solving & Communication: Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical teams and non-technical business stakeholders. ------------------------------------------------------ Job Family Group: Technology------------------------------------------------------ Job Family: Applications Development------------------------------------------------------ Time Type: Full time------------------------------------------------------ Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------ Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------ Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. 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