Application Development Technology Senior Lead- Senior Vice President

Citi • Tampa, FL

2d • $141,440 - $212,160 • Onsite

About The Position

As the App Dev Senior Tech Lead Analyst, you will be responsible for the technical vision, architecture, and execution of the Financial Analytics application. You will lead a world-class technology team, while remaining deeply technical and contributing to the core development of the platform. This is a unique opportunity to blend strategic leadership with hands-on engineering to build a product that will have a direct and measurable impact on the front lines of our business.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2+ years in a leadership role, leading high-performing engineering teams.
• Proven experience as a "player-coach" who can lead from the front, contribute to the codebase, and mentor junior and senior engineers.
• A strong track record of designing, building, and launching scalable, distributed, cloud-native platforms from the ground up.
• Experience in the financial services, especially Financial Analytics is a significant plus. An understanding of banking workflows and data is highly desirable.
• Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and to articulate a clear technical vision that aligns with business goals.
• Java full stack/Spring Boot (enterprise standard) and Python Go (plus)
• Microservices, domain-driven design, event-driven systems
• REST/gRPC; Apigee, Kong
• PostgreSQL/Oracle, MongoDB
• Deep expertise in building production-grade agentic systems using GCP as primary (ADK, Vertex AI)
• Experience integrating agents with enterprise tools and data sources using MCP or equivalent context-sharing patterns
• Building and leveraging knowledge graphs for context enrichment, reasoning, and workflow automation
• End-to-end RAG pipelines using enterprise search + vector stores (e.g., Elastic, Pinecone) with grounding, evaluation, and optimization
• Model evaluation, monitoring, prompt/version control, and Responsible AI / MRM compliance
• API- and event-driven integration of AI into enterprise workflows
• Databricks, Spark
• Strong experience with GCP (preferred); working knowledge of AWS; Azure exposure optional (not a dependency)
• Docker, Kubernetes (GKE/EKS)
• GitHub Actions, Jenkins
• Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana
• Secure coding, API security, Zero Trust
• Data privacy, encryption, access control
• Regulatory compliance and AI governance (MRM)
• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in implementing projects
• Experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications
• Demonstrated Subject Matter Expert (SME) in area(s) of Applications Development
• Demonstrated knowledge of client core business functions
• Demonstrated leadership, project management, and development skills
• Relationship and consensus building skills
• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

Nice To Haves

• Go (plus)
• Azure exposure optional (not a dependency)

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, architecture, and hands-on development of a scalable, secure, and resilient agentic AI platform from concept to production.
• Serve as the lead engineer and technical authority, guiding critical decisions on frameworks, technologies, and infrastructure. You will be expected to write code, build prototypes, and lead by example.
• Partner closely with product management and senior business leaders in banking to define the product strategy and technical roadmap. Translate complex business needs into elegant and scalable technical solutions.
• Partner effectively with horizontal AI platform teams, enterprise architecture, and external vendor partners to leverage existing capabilities, influence roadmaps, and accelerate delivery.
• Drive the strategy for integrating and operationalizing Large Language Models (LLMs), agentic frameworks (e.g., Google ADK, LangChain,), and other AI/ML technologies to solve real-world banking challenges.
• Implement and champion best-in-class engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure-as-code, and robust monitoring to ensure enterprise-grade reliability.
• Define, measure, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) related to platform adoption, user productivity, and the ultimate impact on business outcomes like wallet share growth.
• Ensure the platform adheres to the highest standards of data privacy, security, and regulatory compliance required in the banking industry.

Benefits

• medical, dental & vision coverage
• 401(k)
• life, accident, and disability insurance
• wellness programs
• paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior