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The successful candidate will focus on core backend/platform software engineering leadership: and write production code regularly, leads by example, enforces engineering rigor, and is the technical backbone that junior and mid-level engineers rely on for direction, review, and mentorship.\nThe ideal candidate will bring at least 6 to 10+ years of hands-on development experience and has \"been in the trenches\" - someone who can jump into a complex codebase, spot subtle bugs and design flaws during code review, drive low-level design (LLD) discussions with authority, and unblock the team on the hardest technical problems. This person is expected to be more experienced and technically sharper than the other developers on the team, acting as the de facto technical authority and quality gatekeeper for the squad.\nKey Responsibilities\nHands-On Technical Leadership\nActively write, review, and ship production-quality code alongside the team - this is not a purely managerial or coordination role.\nPersonally take ownership of the most complex, high-risk, or ambiguous engineering problems on the platform.\nSet the technical direction for the team's day-to-day implementation work, ensuring consistency with overall platform architecture.\nCode Quality & Code Review\nPerform rigorous, detailed code reviews across the team's pull requests, catching subtle logic errors, concurrency issues, security gaps, performance bottlenecks, and maintainability problems before they reach production.\nEstablish and enforce coding standards, review checklists, and best practices (clean code, SOLID principles, secure coding, testability).\nAct as the final technical quality gate prior to merge/release for critical components.\nLow-Level Design (LLD)\nDrive low-level design sessions, translating high-level architecture and requirements into detailed, implementable technical designs (class/module structures, API contracts, data models, sequence flows, error handling strategy).\nReview and challenge design proposals from other engineers, ensuring designs are scalable, resilient, and aligned with platform standards.\nDocument key design decisions and trade-offs for traceability and knowledge sharing.\nTeam Leadership & Mentorship\nMentor junior and mid-level engineers, raising the overall technical bar of the team through pairing, reviews, and structured feedback.\nIdentify skill gaps and growth opportunities within the team; contribute to hiring and technical interviewing.\nDelivery Ownership\nDrive the team's sprint/iteration execution - decomposing epics into well-scoped technical tasks, estimating effort, and ensuring on-time, high-quality delivery.\nProactively identify technical risks, bottlenecks, and debt; escalate and resolve issues before they impact delivery timelines.\nPartner closely with the Engineering Team Lead (SVP), Architect, and Product/Business stakeholders to translate requirements into a sound technical execution plan.\nEngineering Excellence\nChampion automated testing (unit, integration), CI/CD discipline, observability, and operational readiness for everything the team ships.\nIdentify and remediate technical debt, legacy pain points, and recurring production issues.\nStay current on backend engineering, distributed systems, and platform reliability best practices (deliberately not a smart contract/Web3-first role - the emphasis is core software engineering excellence).\nQualifications\n6 -10 years of hands-on professional software development experience, with demonstrated depth in backend engineering (e.g., Java, Spring Boot, distributed systems, microservices, REST/gRPC APIs).\nProven track record of leading by doing - an engineer who still codes regularly and is respected for technical depth rather than title alone.\nStrong, demonstrable experience conducting thorough, high-signal code reviews and catching issues that others miss (correctness, security, performance, edge cases, race conditions).\nStrong command of low-level design - able to independently produce and critique detailed technical designs, not just high-level architecture diagrams.\nExperience leading or technically mentoring a team of engineers (formal management experience a plus, but technical leadership is essential).\nSolid understanding of software engineering fundamentals: data structures & algorithms, design patterns, concurrency, database design, API design, and testing practices.\nExperience working in large-scale, regulated, or enterprise environments (financial services experience strongly preferred).\nExcellent communication skills - able to explain complex technical trade-offs clearly to both engineers and senior stakeholders.\nEducation\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).\nPreferred\nPrior exposure to blockchain, distributed ledger, or digital asset platforms (as context, not as a primary skill requirement - this role is intentionally weighted toward core engineering depth over Web3/smart contract specialization).\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift), and cloud-native architectures.\nExperience operating in an Agile/Scrum delivery model.\nPrior formal people-management experience (performance reviews, career development conversations).\n------------------------------------------------------\nJob Family Group:\nTechnology------------------------------------------------------\nJob Family:\nApplications Development------------------------------------------------------\nTime Type:\nFull time------------------------------------------------------\nPrimary Location:\nNew York New York United States------------------------------------------------------\nPrimary Location Full Time Salary Range:\n$142,320.00 - $213,480.00In 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.\n------------------------------------------------------\nMost Relevant Skills\nPlease see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------\nOther Relevant Skills\nFor complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------\nAnticipated Posting Close Date:\nOct 27, 2026------------------------------------------------------\nAutomated Processing and AI\nWe use automated processing, including artificial intelligence, for our legitimate business interests (or our reasonable and appropriate business purposes) to identify and align the candidate's skills and abilities with a specific job opening. Additionally, if you so choose, or consent, we can match your skills and abilities to other suitable roles at Citi.\nImportantly, 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.\nIllinois residents - AI Notice and Right\n------------------------------------------------------\nCiti is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.\nIf you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi.\nView Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8345,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":6,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Growth opportunities","Wellness"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cards & Card Issuing","Wealth Management & Financial Advisors","Cryptocurrencies","Payment Processing & Gateways"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-21T00:17:42Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"Filed H-1B visas in the last two years","filings_12m":0,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":89,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.891,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":10,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":213480,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/citi-application-development-lead-java-back-end-engineer-vice-president","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/citi-application-development-lead-java-back-end-engineer-vice-president.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T13:36:56Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":12845,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":7841},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=7841"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fciti-application-development-lead-java-back-end-engineer-vice-president"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fciti-application-development-lead-java-back-end-engineer-vice-president"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fciti-application-development-lead-java-back-end-engineer-vice-president"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/citi-application-development-lead-java-back-end-engineer-vice-president\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fciti-application-development-lead-java-back-end-engineer-vice-president"}]}