Full Stack Engineering Lead-Vice President

Job description

The Full Stack Engineering Lead (C13) is a senior technical leadership role responsible for the architecture, design, and end-to-end development of critical, high-performance enterprise applications. This role requires an experienced engineering leader who can bridge the gap between modern, responsive front-end user interfaces and robust, scalable back-end distributed microservices. As a C13 Technical Lead, you will drive technical excellence across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), mentor engineering teams, establish coding and architectural standards, and implement automated CI/CD deployment pipelines within a fast-paced, Agile delivery environment.

Technical Leadership & Solution Architecture Architectural Strategy

• Design resilient, scalable, and secure full-stack enterprise solutions aligning with modern microservices architectures and cloud-native patterns.

Technical Governance

Drive code quality, code reviews, design patterns, and engineering best practices across front-end and back-end workstreams.

Framework Modernization

Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and tools to modernize existing legacy systems and accelerate digital transformation.

Full Stack Application Engineering Front-End Development

• Lead UI/UX implementation using modern web technologies ( Angular 14+ / React 18+ , TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, State Management like NgRx/Redux, Webpack/Vite).

Back-End & Microservices

Develop high-throughput, low-latency RESTful APIs and distributed services using Core Java (Java 17/21), Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Cloud, Spring Data JPA) .

Database Architecture

Design relational database schemas, write complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and packages ( Oracle DB, PL/SQL ), and perform database performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization.

CI/CD & DevOps Automation Pipeline Delivery

• Design and implement robust automated Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment ( CI/CD ) pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Tekton, Harness, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI .

Containerization & Orchestration

Package and deploy applications using Docker and deploy to container platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift .

Quality & Security Automation

Integrate static code analysis ( SonarQube ), open-source scanning, dynamic security testing, and automated artifact publishing ( Artifactory / Nexus ) directly into CI/CD gates.

Agile Delivery & Team Mentorship Agile Leadership

• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, and QA engineers to define technical user stories, estimate delivery velocity, and manage sprint backlogs.

Team Development

Provide hands-on mentorship, technical guidance, and career coaching to mid-level and junior engineers.

Production Support & Operational Resilience

Drive incident resolution, root cause analysis (RCA), observability (using tools like Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, or Loki), and maintain high system uptime and disaster recovery readiness.

Technical Skills & Competencies

Front-End

• Strong expertise in Angular (v12+) or React.js (v16+)
• Advanced TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, SCSS/CSS3
• State management libraries ( NgRx, RxJS, Redux, Zustand )
• UI Component Libraries & Responsive Design (Material UI, Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS) Back-End
• Deep hands-on experience with Java (Java 11/17/21) and Spring Ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security)
• RESTful API architecture and design (OpenAPI/Swagger specs)
• Event-driven messaging / asynchronous processing (Apache Kafka, IBM MQ, or RabbitMQ) Database
• Proficient in Oracle Database 19c+ & PL/SQL (Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views, Functions)
• ORM frameworks ( Hibernate, Spring Data JPA, MyBatis )
• SQL execution plan analysis, indexing strategies, and performance tuning

DevOps & CI/CD

• Hands-on CI/CD pipeline authoring ( Jenkins, Tekton, Harness, GitHub Actions )
• Build & dependency tools ( Maven, Gradle, npm, yarn )
• Containerization & orchestration ( Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift )

Version control

• Git / GitHub / Bitbucket (branching strategies, PR workflows) Testing & Quality
• Automated unit and integration testing ( JUnit 5, Mockito, Testcontainers )
• Front-end testing frameworks ( Jest, Jasmine, Karma, Cypress, Playwright )
• Code quality gates ( SonarQube, Checkmarx, Snyk )

Experience & Leadership Profile Total Experience

10+ years of software development experience with at least 3+ years in a Technical Lead or Senior Full Stack Engineer capacity.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Financial Services / Enterprise Experience

Prior experience in banking, financial services, wealth management, or highly regulated enterprise environments is strongly preferred.

Problem Solving & Communication

Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical teams and non-technical business stakeholders. ------------------------------------------------------ Job Family Group: Technology ------------------------------------------------------ Job Family: Applications Development ------------------------------------------------------ Time Type: Full time ------------------------------------------------------ Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above. ------------------------------------------------------ Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter. ------------------------------------------------------ Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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