**Key Responsibilities** **1. Strategic Technology Roadmap & Architecture** + **Define and Execute Vision:** Establish and drive the strategic technology architecture roadmap for the Client Financials portfolio, ensuring alignment with long-term business outcomes. + **Technical Direction:** Provide strategic direction and critical input into key technology decisions to ensure a scalable, robust, and future-proof buildout. + **Solution Design:** Demonstrate deep technical acumen to collaborate with and direct a strong engineering team in making critical architectural and design decisions. **2. Cloud Transformation & Data Engineering** + **Cloud-Native Engineering:** Lead the design, development, and scaling of enterprise-grade, cloud-native data services on AWS. + **Databricks & Spark Migration:** Drive the migration of legacy data platforms to Databricks, delivering high-performance Spark and PySpark solutions. + **Platform Optimization:** Optimize system performance, capacity, and infrastructure efficiency to support data-heavy, high-throughput applications. + **AI-Enabled Analytics:** Deliver AI-enabled operational and analytics platforms to unlock advanced insights and predictive capabilities. **3. Stakeholder Management & Business Alignment** + **Methodology Representation:** Present and represent the firm's client returns methodology to senior stakeholders across diverse business and technology teams, including Markets, Finance, Risk, Banking, Performance Management, and ICM. + **Impact Analysis:** Clearly articulate and present the technology platform's impacts on revenue, expense, GSIB (Global Systemically Important Banks), and tax calculations. + **Relationship Building:** Foster robust, collaborative partnerships with senior business and technology leaders to align engineering delivery with business priorities. **4. Engineering Leadership & Agile Delivery** + **End-to-End Accountability:** Take full and direct accountability for the solution delivery lifecycle of the Client Financials portfolio. + **Team Leadership:** Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of expert data and software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, quality, and velocity.



+ **Agile Execution:** Drive agile execution across multiple complex data engines, calculation engines, and multi-dimensional analytics platforms. **Qualifications & Experience** **Experience & Leadership** + **10+years of Proven Experience:** Extensive background in software engineering and applications development, with a proven track record of owning and delivering large-scale application portfolios for complex business functions. + **Enterprise Scale:** Demonstrated success in building, scaling, and optimizing enterprise data services and driving large-scale cloud transformation initiatives. + **Strategic Influence:** Proven ability to influence technology strategy and build strong relationships with senior business and technology partners. **Technical Expertise** This individual possesses a robust technical background with deep expertise in cloud-native, Big Data, and analytics platforms, essential for driving complex financial solutions. + **Cloud & Big Data Platforms:** Deep expertise in AWS cloud-native architecture, coupled with strong hands-on and architectural experience in Databricks, Apache Spark, and PySpark. Proficient in the entire Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, Hive, Sqoop) for Big Data environments. + **Database & Analytics:** Solid exposure to SQL Server and Oracle databases, with strong skills in query writing for data validation and manipulation. Proven experience in building high-performance calculation engines and multi-dimensional analytics platforms, including complex calculations. + **Tools & Practices:** Skilled with Git for version control; experienced with JIRA and Confluence for project management. Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines is also present. + **Reporting & Emerging Tech:** Some exposure to Tableau for BI reporting. Familiarity with AI/ML-enabled operational and analytics platforms is highly desirable.



**Communication & Domain Knowledge** + **Executive Communication:** Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical architectures and financial methodologies (e.g., revenue, expense, GSIB, tax) to senior executives. + **Financial Domain:** Strong understanding of financial business technology, risk management, performance management, or capital markets is highly preferred. **Education:** + Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience + Master's degree preferred This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required. ------------------------------------------------------ **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._ _If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review_ _Accessibility at Citi (https://www.citigroup.com/citi/accessibility/application-accessibility.htm)_ _._ _View Citi's_ _EEO Policy Statement (https://www.citigroup.com/global/eeo-aa-policy)_ _and the_ _Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf)_ _poster._ Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Minority/Female/Veteran/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

📌 Application Development Lead (Bigdata & Analytics) - Vice President (Pune)
🏢 Citigroup
📍 Pune