Senior Java Engineering Lead – Cloud Security Platforms

Citi is looking for a Senior Java Engineering Lead to own the engineering strategy and delivery of mission-critical identity and security platforms within our Data Security Transformation Engineering organisation, part of Cloud Technology Services. In this senior leadership position, you will direct a geographically distributed engineering team building highly scalable, cloud-native platforms that underpin Citi's global technology and security objectives. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of engineering excellence, security transformation, and large-scale platform delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, engineering strategy, and end-to-end delivery of secure, scalable, cloud-native platforms supporting Citi's identity and security initiatives.
• Direct a geographically distributed software engineering organisation, setting clear direction and fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Define technology roadmaps, architecture standards, and engineering governance frameworks that ensure long-term platform sustainability and strategic alignment.
• Establish and champion engineering best practices across software development, testing, automation, deployment, observability, and operational support.
• Partner with Product Owners, Enterprise Architects, Information Security, and Infrastructure stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into scalable technical solutions.
• Coach and develop engineers and technical leaders, building organisational capability and strengthening succession across the team.
• Identify and manage technology, delivery, and operational risks, ensuring solutions are designed and operated in line with enterprise security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Significant experience leading enterprise software engineering organisations delivering large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native platforms, with deep hands-on expertise in Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Security, and Spring Data.
• Demonstrated ability to architect and deliver solutions using microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems design, with practical experience on Kubernetes and OpenShift platforms.
• Hands-on experience designing secure platforms using OAuth2, OpenID Connect, mutual TLS (mTLS), encryption, and application security best practices.
• Track record of managing geographically distributed engineering teams, driving high performance, and developing technical talent at scale across complex, matrixed organisations.
• Experience building and operating data pipelines and event streaming solutions using Apache Kafka, with proficiency across REST and SOAP API development and OpenAPI/Swagger specification.
• Proficiency with relational and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MongoDB, combined with strong CI/CD, Git, and DevOps delivery practices.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage credibly across technical and non-technical audiences at senior levels.

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• Experience delivering identity, authentication, access management, or cybersecurity platforms within Financial Services, Banking, or other highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), observability tooling such as Grafana and Prometheus, and operational resiliency practices for large-scale production environments.
• Experience leading cloud transformation and application modernisation programmes at enterprise scale.
• Exposure to Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD), test automation frameworks, and front-end technologies including ReactJS and Python scripting.
• Background supporting enterprise security and regulatory compliance programmes within complex, global organisations.

What We Offer

At Citi, you will work on platforms that matter - systems that protect and power one of the world's leading financial institutions. You will have the space to lead, the scale to make a real difference, and the support to grow throughout your career.

By joining Citi Hungary, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive compensation package and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well:

• Cafeteria Program
• Home Office Allowance (for colleagues working in hybrid work models)
• Paid Parental Leave Program (maternity and paternity leave)
• Private Medical Care Program and onsite medical rooms at our offices
• Pension Plan Contribution to voluntary pension fund
• Group Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Access to a wide variety of learning and development programs, online course libraries and upskilling platforms, such as Udemy and Degreed
• Flexible work arrangements to support you in managing work - life balance
• Career progression opportunities across geographies and business lines
• Socially active employee communities with diverse networking opportunities

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Build the platforms that protect Citi's global operations - apply today and bring your engineering leadership to work that operates at a scale few organisations can offer.

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