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Base Salary
$156k - $234k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end target architecture for platform experience, orchestration, inventory, provisioning, intelligence, integration, and governance layers.
- Design cloud-native, event-driven Java and Spring microservices with Kafka and governed REST/gRPC APIs.
- Define infrastructure provisioning, reusable platform blueprints, auditable workflows, governance-as-code, security controls, and compliance evidence across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OpenShift.
- Set standards for resiliency, scalability, observability, security, and data protection in a Tier-1 financial environment.
- Lead adoption and governance of GitHub Copilot, Devin, Claude Code, Cursor, and similar AI coding assistants and autonomous agents.
- Architect AI-powered platform capabilities such as recommendations, adoption insights, cost optimization, and agent-ready interfaces.
- Lead architecture decisions through ADRs, architecture councils, and design reviews while partnering with product, security, risk, and cloud teams.
- Mentor senior developers, conduct design and code reviews, and build reference implementations, spikes, and critical platform paths.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience and 6+ years in an architect role on large-scale distributed systems.
- Deep current expertise in Java 17+ and Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security, and Spring Data.
- Proven experience designing microservices, event-driven systems, Kafka or equivalent platforms, APIs, and API gateway patterns.
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes or OpenShift, containers, and at least one of AWS, Azure, or GCP; multi-cloud experience is preferred.
- Hands-on Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD experience using tools such as Terraform, Helm, Ansible, Jenkins, Harness, GitHub Actions, or Tekton.
- Demonstrated hands-on use of AI coding tools and experience governing their use in software delivery.
- Understanding of LLM context and prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, hallucination risk, and evaluation.
- Experience with security-by-design, DevSecOps, and regulated environments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presenting to senior executives and architecture councils.
- Preferred experience includes Internal Developer Platforms, Backstage, service catalogs, CMDB-integrated inventories, Temporal, Camunda, Argo Workflows, OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno, Model Context Protocol, financial services, and cloud or Kubernetes certifications.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience; a Master's degree is preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time role based in Irving, Texas.
- Base salary range is $156,160.00-$234,240.00, with potential discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards.
- Benefits may include medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life, accident and disability insurance, wellness programs, paid vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays.
Tech Stack
AnsibleApache KafkaAWSAzureDockerGitHub ActionsGoogle Cloud PlatformgRPCHarnessHelmJavaJenkinsKubernetesOpenShiftSpring BootTektonTerraform
About Citi
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.