Technical Engineering Leader - Director

**Markets Payment & Cash Management Technology** is undergoing a major **transformation** to drive risk reduction, operational efficiencies, compliance, and competitive advantage. This presents an **exciting** opportunity to engage with **Markets business and operations,** owning the design and implementation of our **next-generation** Payment and Cash Management platform. We are seeking a **hands-on, AI Augmented Engineering Director** to lead the strategy, architecture, and delivery of **mission-critical transactional platforms** for Payments and Cash Management. This leader will drive the strategic integration of AI across our engineering practices, influencing how we design, build, and optimize our systems. While maintaining a strategic overview, this role requires a hands-on involvement in coding, architectural design, advanced troubleshooting, prototyping, and critical code reviews to ensure **end-to-end engineering** excellence, secure, and reliable operations. You will actively guide design reviews, mentor teams across **Gen AI** solutions, **React** (UX), and **cloud-native** microservices hosted on hybrid cloud (preferably **Java** and **Python**) running on Kubernetes with modern CI/CD and observability. You will be accountable for scale, resiliency, latency, and regulatory compliance in a 24x7 environment, partnering tightly with Product, Architecture, QA, Risk, and Operations to deliver **client-grade experiences** and **bank-grade controls**. Your leadership will ensure our engineering practices are augmented by AI, leading to more efficient development, intelligent systems, and superior outcomes. **Tech Stack** - **Gen AI Productivity Tools**: Devin, GitHub CoPilot - **Nice to have:** Gen AI **-** ADK, MCP, LangGraph/ LangChain. - **Frontend**: React - **Backend**: Java (11+/17+), Spring Boot, Python, gRPC/REST, GraphQL - **Eventing/Data**: Kafka, Oracle, Redis, Elastic/OpenSearch - **Platform**: Kubernetes, Helm, Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd), API Gateway, Terraform. - **Observability**: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, Jaeger/Tempo, Kibana - **Security**: OAuth2, mTLS, SBOM **Qualifications:** - 15+ years of relevant experience - 8-10+ years of managerial experience - **Hands-on coding required** - **Nice to have:** Experience with financial products - **Nice to have:** Working knowledge of the industry and competitors’ products and services - **Nice to have:** Advanced knowledge of strategic direction of the function within relevant part of the business - Demonstrated technical leadership, management, and development skills **Education:** - Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience - Master’s degree preferred ------------------------------------------------------ ## **Job Family Group:** Technology ------------------------------------------------------ ## **Job Family:** Applications Development ------------------------------------------------------ ## **Time Type:** Full time ------------------------------------------------------ ## **Primary Location:** Jersey City New Jersey United States ------------------------------------------------------ ## **Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:** $170,000.00 - $300,000.00 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. ------------------------------------------------------ ## **Most Relevant Skills** Please see the requirements listed above. ------------------------------------------------------ ##…