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Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.\nAs a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients' best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.\nOur commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We'll enable growth and progress together.\nAbout the Team:\nTheLead Front End Engineer is a senior-level technologist and strategic contributor at the forefront of Citi's digital transformation. This role sits at the intersection of engineering excellence and enterprise architecture, responsible for establishing, implementing, and elevating the application systems that power one of the world's most complex financial institutions. We are seeking a deeply experienced practitioner who brings not only mastery of modern front-end technologies, but the analytical rigor and architectural sensibility to translate ambitious business goals into resilient, scalable, and beautifully crafted digital experiences.\nIn this role, the successful candidate will operate as a trusted technical authority across cross-functional teams, partnering with senior management, product owners, infrastructure, and architecture stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of systems and strategic alignment of technology investments. They will drive standards for development, testing, and delivery; resolve high-impact, complex engineering challenges; and shape the direction of front-end application design across the organization. Their work will directly influence how Citi's clients and colleagues interact with technology - making them a cornerstone of Citi's mission to deliver secure, reliable, and innovative financial services at global scale.\nResponsibilities:\nPartner with multiple management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals as well as identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements\nResolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards\nProvide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint\nUtilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation\nDevelop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals\nProvide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions\nServe as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary\nAppropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency\nQualifications:\n6+ years of hands-on experience in application development or systems analysis, with a strong track record of delivering production-grade software solutions\nExtensive experience in systems analysis and the end-to-end programming of complex software applications, with demonstrated depth across the full development lifecycle\nProven experience designing, building, and shipping successful projects from conception through deployment in enterprise-scale environments\nRecognized subject matter expertise in at least one domain of applications development, with the ability to serve as the go-to technical resource for that area\nProficiency inmodern JavaScript frameworks such as React, with hands-on experience building scalable, high-performance single-page applications\nStrong command ofHTML5, CSS3, andresponsive design principles, including cross-browser compatibility and accessibility standards (WCAG)\nExperience with front-end build tools such as Webpack and npm, includingpipeline configuration, module bundling, and dependency management\nHands-on experience with version control systems, particularly Git, including branching strategies, pull request workflows, and code review best practices\nProficiency with testing frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library, JUnit, or Mockito, with experience building robust unit, integration, andend-to-end test suites\nExperience with cloud platforms such as AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda) or Microsoft Azure, with the ability to deploy and maintain front-end applications in cloud-native environments\nStrong knowledge of CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions, with hands-on experience automating build, test, and deployment workflows for front-end applications\nSolid understanding of secure coding practices, application security principles, and vulnerability mitigation in web applications\nFamiliarity with Agile development methodologies including Scrum and Kanban, with experience participating in sprint ceremonies and iterative delivery cycles\nAbility to independently reprioritize and adapt technical focus in response to shifting business needs and project circumstances\nConsistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences\nEducation:\nBachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience\nMaster's degree preferred\n------------------------------------------------------\nJob Family Group:\nTechnology------------------------------------------------------\nJob Family:\nApplications Development------------------------------------------------------\nTime Type:\nFull time------------------------------------------------------\nPrimary Location:\nTampa Florida United States------------------------------------------------------\nPrimary Location Full Time Salary Range:\n$113,840.00 - $170,760.00In 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:\nSep 30, 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":9941,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":6,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Wellness"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Wealth Management","Lending","Payments","Capital Markets"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T19:59:19Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":11,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T23:18:36Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":170760,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/citi-lead-front-end-engineer-react-vp","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/citi-lead-front-end-engineer-react-vp.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T23:18:36Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}