# Lead Software Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer / Technical Architect (C13) to drive the technical design, backend architecture, and engineering execution for Vendor Master Central (VMC) -our enterprise platform responsible for centralizing vendor ecosystems, contracts, service catalogs, and complex data enrichment pipelines across Market Data Services. This role is backend-first, requiring deep expertise in modern Java microservices, high-volume data ingestion/reconciliation pipelines, relational data architecture, and resilient API design. While the core focus is backend, we are very open to candidates with solid full-stack experience (React/TypeScript) who can champion end-to-end architecture and collaborate seamlessly across the entire stack. As a senior technical leader, you will champion modern development practices and leverage cutting-edge GenAI tooling (Devin, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to accelerate engineering velocity and deliver robust, scalable platforms. Key Responsibilities Architecture & Backend Leadership Architect & Scale Core Services: Lead the technical design and implementation of distributed, cloud-ready Java microservices (Java 21/25, Spring Boot) pow

- **Id**: 3828403
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/citi-lead-software-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Pune, India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T18:56:32Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T18:39:24Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5833
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cards & Card Issuing, Wealth Management & Financial Advisors, Payment Processing & Gateways, Investment Banking & M&A Advisory

## Company

- **Id**: 7841
- **Name**: Citi
- **Domain**: citi.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/citi>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 98
- **Open postings**: 557
- **Ghost share**: 0.009
- **Stale share**: 0.206
- **Repost share**: 0.068
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 9
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Technologies

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Clean Architecture** — Optional: no
- **Copilot** — Optional: no
- **Cursor** — Optional: no
- **Devin** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Grafana** — Optional: no
- **Hibernate** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **OpenShift** — Optional: no
- **OpenTelemetry** — Optional: no
- **Oracle** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **Prometheus** — Optional: no
- **React.js** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Spring Boot** — Optional: no
- **Spring Cloud** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Swagger** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **India** — Iso: IN; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T18:56:32Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 89
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.892
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 9
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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