Data Engineering Lead Analyst

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Job Overview

The Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities.

The Funds team in services organization develops and supports a platform that provides client reporting and feeds other downstream applications within Citi.  It provides reporting such as real-time transactions, positions and end of day valuation, positions and balances for external clients and internal users. A major ongoing initiative is to modernize the existing platform and to build out a consolidated and scalable platform to provide scale and to enhance product offerings and new business requirements.

Our Technology supports a rapidly growing business that uses technological innovation to maintain competitive advantage in a constantly evolving market. Working closely with the business, external vendors and internal technology teams, you would manage complex projects that will involve everything from incorporating a new functionality within the existing ecosystem, to analysing new requirements, documenting solutions, managing implementation and testing systems, ensuring that they are fit for purpose.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Work on data principles, data integrity, reference data, data model version, and metadata standards for a data platform
• Collaborate with Product, business and development to address data issues and data feed changes
• Collaborate with architecture and business users to review architecture design, evaluate technology tools, and technical solutions to influence business decisions
• Lead to execute data management strategy, define data quality measures, develop automated data validation control process using programing languages and tools, and dashboard monitoring process with automated alerts  
• Identify critical data elements, create data catalog and data lineage for reporting and downstream data feeds
• Evaluate and review overall data flow adhering with data architecture standards, review with stakeholders, and enhance data governance oversight with change management process
• Assess complex data flows, and identify opportunities to simplify end-to-end data process
• Perform data and business process analysis to identify data issues and root causes, and implement resolutions
• Collaborate with Support to troubleshoot urgent production data issues and implement fixes
• Contribute design and development of technical and business solutions for data and reporting
• Engage with a global engineering teams and business partners to create business and functional requirements and solutions.
• Collaborate with senior global development teams, cross functional teams, business and technology Stakeholders, and QA team to develop, track and report. Led project plans with cross program interdependencies for end-to-end implementation
• Develop scalable and resilient data pipelines with real-time and batch processes into data warehouse

• Support reporting application and downstream changes and testing

Qualifications:

• 10+  years of relevant experience in Apps Development and design.
• Expertise in scalable data and event-driven enterprise architecture design, data management and data strategy.
• Strong experience in leading the implementation of enterprise data architecture and data engineering utilizing best engineering practices
• Strong experience in design data management solutions and implementing including data control, data lineage, data catalogue, and security access
• Deep expertise in modern data engineering and data integration architecture and technology
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, enabling effective collaboration with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and management
• Proven ability to effectively use complex analytical, interpretive and problem-solving techniques and execute plan
• Passion and commitment for process and design simplification
• Hands-on experience in data pipelines for batch and events -driven data process
• Hands-on development experience with traditional and modern data systems (relational/non-relational databases, cloud/big data platform, ETL/ELT, data catalogue and data quality/control tools) and data mesh technology
• Experience in data modeling for a large data warehouse, operational and analytical data stores
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, enabling effective collaboration with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and management
• Experience data science/machine learning in a plus
• Innovative mindset and can-do attitude to work under pressure
• Experience working in financial services
• Experience in data pipeline and integration using Java, Python, Airflow, ETL tools like Abinitio, Dataiku, DataStage etc. and able to perform performance tuning
• Experience in AI/ML
  • Machine Learning frameworks like Weka, Deeplearning4j, or TensorFlow Java API
  •     - Deep Learning architectures like CNNs, RNNs, or Transformers
  •     - Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques and libraries like Stanford CoreNLP or OpenNLP

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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. We’ll enable growth and progress together.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. (Citi will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization for this position). Candidate must be located within commuting distance or be willing to relocate to the area.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

Jersey City New Jersey United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$142,320.00 - $213,480.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s 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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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

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

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Oct 10, 2025

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