Director - Full Stack Engineering, Credit, Tax and AI Enablement

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Job Overview

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Our core activities are safeguarding assets, lending money, making payments and accessing the capital markets on behalf of our clients.

Citi’s Mission and Value Proposition explain what we do and Strategy explain how we do it. Our mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. We strive to earn and maintain our clients’ and the public’s trust by constantly adhering to the highest ethical standards and making a positive impact on the communities we serve

The Applications Development Senior Group Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department in an effort to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities.

This is a Full stack Technology role with strong hands-on experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade Custody Credit and Tax applications. You will be part of a talented software team that works on modernizing, scaling and stabilizing Custody Credit and Tax franchise-critical applications. The Senior Group Manager will be responsible for achieving significant business results, understanding client requirements and leading development team on the design, implementation and deliver while providing expertise in the full software and AI development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing, providing authoritative advice including responsibility over technical strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Manage/develop multiple teams of professionals to accomplish established goals and conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions) as well as ensure team adheres to best practices and process Develop vision for team around roles and responsibilities, and structure team to ensure greatest impact, efficient use of resource, and alignment to business structures

• Prepare and present regular team/project reviews to senior management and business leaders

• Drive the design and development of system architecture, AI frameworks, work with end-users of the systems, and enhance the quality of deliverables Ensure staff follows Citi documented policy and procedures as well as maintain desktop procedures and supporting documentation for filings on a current basis and in comprehensive manner

• Monitor and manage approach/end results, budgeting, planning, policy formation, and contribute to future strategy of the area(s)

• Ensure change is managed with appropriate controls, documentation, and approvals including implementation of new and revised regulatory reporting requirements

• Research and resolve issues, provide recommendations, and escalate to senior management as needed

• Manage and maintain all disaster recovery plans, oversee appropriate testing, and provide permit-to-operate for new applications

• Lead and deliver local staff forums, present global, regional, and location news and updates to engage team in the progress of organization

• Contribute to defining and implementing best practices and processes for the department and ensure transparency and consistency across teams

• 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

Qualifications:

• 15+ years' experience of application development industry experience, with a minimum of 10 years of hands-on experience specializing in the leadership and hands-on development of franchise-critical applications. Experience with Scaled Agile is a must

• 10+ years' experience leading large technology transformation initiative. Deep understanding on design Highly Available and Highly Scalable Systems

• 5+ years hands-on experience in Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, J2EE Design Patterns, REST services, Microservices, Docker/Kubernetes, messaging product like Kafka, Front End Technologies like JavaScript and Angular version, CSS2/CSS3, HTML

• 2+ years of experience using AI tools to build new models/products and to improve the development team’s productivity. Knowledge of Agentic AI is a plus.

• Hands-on experience in relational (Oracle/DB2), No-SQL (MongoDB), Unix commands

• Hands-on experience on working / deploying application on Cloud. Deployment Acquaintance in Apache Tomcat, Open shift or public cloud environments

• Expertise in Behavior Driven development (BDD) or Test driven development (Junit, JMeter), CI/CD, Build, Version Control & Development tools. Hands-on experience in code testing tools like Junit / Mockito / Cucumber

• Working knowledge of industry practices (ISO 20022, Sanctions, AML) and standards

• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to work well independently

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.

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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 Full Time Salary Range:

$160,000.00 - $350,000.00

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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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Automated Processing and AI

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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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