Job Description
Fixed Income (FI) is the primary source of capital for corporations, governments, and nonprofits, providing liquidity and innovative solutions globally across the credit, municipal, and securitized markets. The Fixed Income Data Platform Team is the foundational pillar of this mission, engineered to provide the low latency, high concurrency, scalability, and unparalleled availability required for our groundbreaking solutions. Our Data Platform Engineering team operates at the forefront of innovation, constantly researching, adapting, and strategically deploying the latest open-source data platforms to meet Citi's unique and evolving needs. We are a cooperative, high-performing group dedicated to solving complex technical challenges and building highly performant, resilient systems.
We are seeking a Vice President, Lead Data Platform Engineer to provide deep technical expertise, hands-on contribution, and direct coaching to our talented engineering team. This role is pivotal in driving the technical design, development,



and implementation of Citi's next-generation data platform, with a critical focus on architecting complex streaming solutions, robust data pipeline architectures, and scalable microservices. This platform empowers quantitative scientists and traders to rapidly iterate on and deploy cutting-edge analytical and trading tools. We are looking for a polyglot expert who can directly contribute across diverse technology stacks, guide technical direction, and elevate the skills of junior engineers through direct technical leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
Hands-on Technical Leadership & Coaching: Provide technical leadership through direct code contribution, architecture review, and hands-on guidance to junior and mid-level data engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning across polyglot environments.
Drive & Implement Architecture & Design: Directly contribute to and drive the technical design and hands-on

📌 Senior Data Platform Engineer (Pune)
🏢 Citi
📍 Pune