Citi

Senior Principal Engineer, API Tooling & Automation - SVP

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2 days ago
Irving, TX, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$170k - $254k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Drive long-term technical strategy, architecture, modernization, and governance for API platforms and developer self-service portals.
  • Design and implement advanced tooling, AI/ML-driven developer solutions, data-matching logic, and automated pipelines.
  • Establish architectural patterns, design-review practices, platform governance, credential management, compliance workflows, and certificate renewal automation.
  • Oversee deployment support, pipeline migrations, auditability, traceability, operational risk mitigation, and platform resilience.
  • Lead API rationalization, infrastructure optimization, quota and rate-limit improvements, and cost-saving initiatives.
  • Influence senior stakeholders and mentor SDE IIs, SDE IIIs, architects, and other engineers.
  • Represent Citi technology through brown bags, technical talks, publications, user groups, and industry conferences.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of progressive, hands-on experience in enterprise architecture, software engineering, or platform engineering in a large-scale enterprise environment.
  • Subject matter expertise architecting, securing, and stabilizing complex, high-volume API platforms, developer portals, or API gateways.
  • Proven experience designing automated solutions for risk reduction, developer self-service, and operational efficiency.
  • Broad technical knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, PCF, and Akamai; frameworks such as Angular, Spring Boot, and JFP; and native iOS/Android development paradigms.
  • Demonstrated experience driving infrastructure optimization and cost-saving initiatives through data analysis and stakeholder collaboration.
  • Exceptional communication, negotiation, diplomacy, and influence skills with senior executives, product teams, and engineering groups.
  • Ability to work independently and manage large budgets, cross-functional dependencies, and multiple projects.
  • Bachelor’s or university degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline; a master’s degree is preferred.

Benefits

  • Full-time position based in Irving, Texas.
  • Salary range of $169,600.00 to $254,400.00, excluding potential incentive and retention awards.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs.
  • Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.

Tech Stack

AngularAWSiOSPivotal Cloud FoundrySpring Boot

Categories

Citi

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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