Applications Development Group Manager – Investment Management Platforms, Senior Vice President

Citi•Jersey City, NJ

About The Position

Overview of Citi: Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. 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. As 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. Our 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. Overview of the Role: The Applications Development Group Manager is a senior management position responsible for driving the design, development, and delivery of complex application platforms supporting investment management and asset servicing businesses. This role leads multiple engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and high‑performance solutions across the full application stack, partnering closely with business, product, and technology stakeholders. The primary objective of this role is to provide strategic and hands‑on technology leadership for front‑to‑back investment management systems, ensuring high‑quality execution while meeting regulatory, risk, and control expectations.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in full‑stack application development, with strong hands‑on expertise in: Angular (TypeScript) for front‑office and user‑facing applications Java (17+), Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud for distributed back‑end services
Deep domain knowledge of investment management products, including mutual funds, hedge funds, alternative investments, derivatives, and private‑equity vehicles, with a strong understanding of trade lifecycle, pricing, and NAV processes.
Proven experience designing and delivering APIs, microservices, and event‑driven architectures, including messaging platforms such as Kafka or MQ.
Strong understanding of relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, DynamoDB) supporting large‑scale trade and fund data.
Hands‑on experience building APIs, microservices, and event‑driven architectures using Java 17+, Spring Cloud, Kafka/MQ, and modern caching frameworks (Redis/Hazelcast).
Strong understanding of relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB/DynamoDB) supporting high‑volume fund and trade data.
Experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into Java-based applications using tools such as LangChain4j, OpenAI/Azure OpenAI SDKs, and vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Elastic
Demonstrated experience leading and managing global technology teams, balancing hands‑on technical leadership with people management and delivery accountability.
Strong working knowledge of software engineering best practices, SDLC, and modern DevOps and cloud‑native principles.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across business and technology functions.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred

Responsibilities

Lead multiple global teams of software engineers to deliver end‑to‑end technology platforms supporting mutual funds, hedge funds, alternative investments, derivatives, and private‑equity products.
Provide full‑stack product and engineering leadership, with accountability for both front‑office user experiences and back‑office processing platforms, ensuring seamless integration across the trade lifecycle, pricing, and NAV workflows.
Oversee the design and delivery of front‑office applications built using Angular (TypeScript) and back‑end distributed systems developed in Java (17+), Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud.
Drive architecture decisions for APIs, microservices, and event‑driven platforms, leveraging technologies such as Kafka or messaging frameworks, and modern caching solutions including Redis or Hazelcast.
Ensure platforms are designed to support high‑volume, high‑throughput trade and fund data, with a strong focus on scalability, resiliency, reliability, and performance.
Champion the adoption of AI‑enabled capabilities within Java-based platforms, including intelligent automation, LLM integrations, and data-driven insights to improve operational efficiency, controls, and developer productivity.
Partner with product, business, and operations leaders to translate complex investment workflows into scalable technical solutions aligned with business strategy.
Manage and develop geographically distributed teams (typically 6–8 engineers, including offshore resources), covering performance management, hiring, coaching, and professional development.
Provide strategic influence across the broader technology organization, contributing to engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices.
Appropriately assess and manage risks when making business and technology decisions, safeguarding the firm, its clients, and its assets by ensuring compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, and internal policies.
Drive a strong culture of accountability, ethical conduct, and control awareness, ensuring transparency in the escalation, management, and resolution of issues.

Benefits

In 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.

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