Digital Software Engineering Lead Analyst - Vice President

Citi•Irving, TX

11d•$138,720 - $208,080•Onsite

About The Position

The Digital Software Engineering Lead Analyst is a strategic technology professional and recognized subject-matter authority who contributes to directional strategy and has significant influence on the performance and effectiveness of the relevant business area. The role provides technology and operations advice, works independently, and guides colleagues and stakeholders through complex technical decisions and deliverables. The position leads application development efforts, provides architectural guidance, and oversees design and code reviews across Agile, Plan of Record (POR), and Next Gen Architecture (NGA) projects. It promotes reusable design patterns and engineering best practices, supports teams through mentoring and coaching, and helps plan delivery across complex, cross-functional initiatives. The role also communicates risks and progress, resolves blockers and dependencies, and guides technical and business stakeholders toward timely decisions and effective trade-offs. The role requires a comprehensive understanding of the business domain, systems, products, architecture, and relevant technology platforms. It influences long-term technology and development strategies, promotes continuous improvement and adoption of new technology, and ensures work aligns with CTO guidance, applicable standards, policies, and regulations. The position is based in Irving, Texas, and is full-time. The stated salary range is $138,720 to $208,080, with eligible employees potentially receiving incentive and retention awards.

Requirements

At least 6 years of relevant experience in an application development role, or senior-level experience in enterprise architecture with subject-matter expertise in one or more areas.
Expertise in technology and understanding of broader patterns and techniques as they apply to Citi's internal and external cloud platforms, including AWS, OSE, and Akamai.
Advanced knowledge of algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, and networking, with the ability to lead, architect, and drive broader adoption across the company.
Relevant technology and financial-industry skills, including AWS PWS, and understanding of NGA technology, innovative approaches, and new opportunities.
Knowledge of automating code quality, code performance, unit testing, and build processing in CI/CD.
Bachelor's or university degree, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Execute and drive results on large-scale efforts or multiple smaller efforts, serving as development lead for most medium and large projects.
Apply application development methodologies and standards across program analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
Understand client core business functions and consult end users to identify system specifications for system design and delivery.
Use knowledge across multiple technology areas to achieve technology objectives and independently make decisions that significantly affect client business goals.
Work with TPMs and engineering managers to identify schedule risks, and plan and manage application development assignments, including large-budget and cross-functional projects.
Analyze technical and business risks and impacts, and communicate risks to business owners to support informed decisions.
Provide architectural guidance during preplanning, evaluate Digital roadmaps and their impacts, and ensure principles and best practices are followed before work begins.
Publish design review extensions and documented guidance aligned with sprint plans and timelines.
Participate in the design review board, identify reusable patterns, and share best practices across the organization.
Publish design patterns across lines of business and common domains, and drive design reviews for NGA and POR projects.
Participate in microservices and NGA code reviews.
Mentor and coach software development engineers and their teams.
Maintain a comprehensive understanding of business domains, systems, products, accountabilities, boundaries, limitations, scale factors, and architectural decisions.
Provide long-term perspectives on business and technology choices and use technical judgment to vet architecture.
Guide teams in developing efficient systems with regard to hardware, runtime, performance, load, and memory requirements.
Make broader design decisions and develop long-term strategies that influence development processes and standards.
Conduct design reviews for Agile and POR projects and code reviews for NGA projects; promote and communicate design patterns for NGA architectures and solutions.
Provide architectural guidance to software development engineers in alignment with best practices, CTO guidelines, and platform standards.
Provide clarity and architectural guidance when business or technical strategy is undefined; conduct assigned design and code reviews. Product definition and technical planning are out of scope.
Set overall strategy and drive internal and external teams to deliver results; facilitate stakeholder discussions and timely decisions, make trade-off decisions, and remove blockers.
Create delivery plans, resolve dependencies between Agile and waterfall delivery efforts, organize teams for delivery, maximize resources, and apply engineering best practices to the software development lifecycle.
Communicate metrics on design reviews, code reviews, CI/CD, and design-pattern adoption.
Communicate progress, anticipate bottlenecks, manage escalations, and identify, assess, track, and mitigate issues and risks; help resolve differing views through constructive dialogue.
Implement continuous improvement and introduce new technology, influencing scrum teams beyond the immediate area of focus.
Assess business risks appropriately, protect the firm's reputation and assets, comply with applicable laws, rules, regulations, and policies, exercise sound ethical judgment, and transparently escalate, manage, and report control issues.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision coverage
401(k)
Life insurance
Accident insurance
Disability insurance
Wellness programs
Paid vacation
Paid sick leave
Paid holidays
Eligible employees may receive discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards