Citi

Principal Engineer - Vice President

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3 months ago
Jersey City, NJ, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$142k - $213k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of complex application systems and data solutions.
  • Design and implement data migration strategies across on-premise infrastructure, AWS, and GCP.
  • Build and optimize high-performance data pipelines and integration solutions.
  • Apply cloud-native principles and best practices for scalability, reliability, security, and compliance.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams.
  • Define technical requirements, architectural patterns, and innovative solutions with cross-functional teams.
  • Evaluate and integrate emerging AI technologies into application landscapes and support the firm's AI strategy.
  • Proactively manage technical risks and ensure adherence to architectural blueprints and industry standards.

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of hands-on software development experience, focused on backend systems, data engineering, or cloud-native applications.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Java and Python.
  • Experience designing large-scale data migrations and robust data pipelines across hybrid cloud environments.
  • Strong understanding of AWS, GCP, and cloud infrastructure services.
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Familiarity with Gemini, OpenAI, Claude, Llama, and prompt engineering concepts.
  • Experience or familiarity with RESTful APIs, Kafka, PostgreSQL, vector databases, FastAPI, asynchronous programming, production APIs, and monitoring.
  • Exceptional problem-solving ability and a record of delivering innovative technical solutions.
  • Strong leadership, mentoring, communication, and technical collaboration skills.
  • Bachelor's degree or university degree, or equivalent experience.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k), life, accident, and disability insurance.
  • Wellness programs.
  • Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
  • Full-time position based in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Categories

BackendData Engineering
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About Citi

10,000+ employees

Citi is a public financial-services company offering consumer and institutional banking, credit cards, wealth management, treasury and trade solutions, and capital-markets services. It serves individuals, corporations, financial institutions, and governments in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions, earning interest and fee income from lending, payments, trading, and advisory. Founded in 1812 and headquartered in New York, it trades on the NYSE under the ticker C.

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