Sr. Principal Engineer in Financial Crimes Technology - Director

Posted:
8/21/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Tampa, Florida, United States ⋅ Florida, United States ⋅ Las Vegas, Nevada, United States ⋅ Jersey City, New Jersey, United States ⋅ Nevada, United States ⋅ New Jersey, United States

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Citi Locations for this Role: New York, NY and Jersey City, NJ, and Tampa, FL

About 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 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

Citi’s Functions Technology is responsible for delivering Technology solutions to Citi's Functions organizations.  Functions Technology mission is to optimize Citi's Technology environment by delivering world class applications, driving standardization of the production environment, reducing complexity, optimizing management of systems supporting global functions such as Compliance, Controls, Internal Audit and Risk, and introducing innovative technologies that provide new business capabilities, reduce the technology total cost of ownership, and create a competitive advantage for Citi.

The Senior Principal Engineer in Financial Crimes Technology is a strategic professional who closely follows latest trends in own field and adapts them for application within own job and the business. Recognized subject matter expert within one or more areas. Strong commercial awareness is a necessity. Is an acknowledged authority both within and outside area of expertise.  Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Some external communication is typically required. Provides advanced judgment and conducts in-depth quantitative or qualitative analysis to solve problems and develop new, innovative solutions. Required to think beyond existing solutions, assumptions or current knowledge of sophisticated areas. Significant impact on a function and/or the business through making decisions that determine technical approaches and strategies for the area.

Responsibilities:

  • Hands-on, code contributing engineer that partners on specific delivery with engineering teams where the complexity necessitates the senior engineering leadership.

  • Mentors principal engineers across the organization and is a loud voice in advocating for engineering excellence.

  • Actively participates as a stakeholder in Product discussions, providing valuable input on requirements and advocating for initiatives such as technical debt reduction, modernization of technology assets and improvement in the ways of working.

  • Demonstrating deep technical knowledge and expertise in software development, including programming languages, frameworks, and best practices.

  • Actively contributes to the implementation of critical features and complex technical solutions. Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code that meets the highest standards of quality.

  • Provide guidance on scalable, robust, and efficient solutions that align with business requirements and industry best practices.

  • Offer expert engineering guidance and support to multiple teams, helping them overcome technical challenges, make informed decisions, and deliver high-quality software solutions.

  • Foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.

  • Stay up to date with emerging technologies, tools, and industry trends.

  • Develops architecture, strategy, planning, and problem solving solutions on an enterprise level.

  • Interfaces across several channels, acting as a visionary to proactively assist in defining direction for future projects.

  • Maintains continuous awareness of business, technical, and infrastructure issues and acts as a sounding board or consultant to aid in the development of creative solutions.

  • Provides thought leadership in subjects that are key to the business.

  • Requires sophisticated analytical thought to resolve issues in a variety of complex situations.

  • Impacts the technology function through contribution to technical direction and strategic decisions.

  • Uses developed communication skills to negotiate and often at higher levels.

Qualifications:

  • 15+ years of related experience

  • Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

  • Ability to develop working relationships

  • Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities, work under pressure to meet tight deadlines

  • Self-starter with ability to take the initiative and master new tasks quickly

  • Methodical, attention to detail

Education:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Digital Software Engineering

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

New York New York United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$170,000.00 - $300,000.00


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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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Aug 29, 2024

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