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Director, Technology Architect – Engineering Excellence, AI
Citi
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chennai • 🇮🇳 India
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Lead
Tech Stack
CloudDockerKubernetesMicroservices
About the role
- Architect and lead the development of innovative, full-stack solutions with clean, simple interfaces, leveraging open-source components and API-centric design principles.
- Drive the exploration and implementation of Gen AI solutions and agentic frameworks.
- Lead teams in creating proofs-of-concept and scalable applications that push the boundaries of software development paradigms.
- Champion cloud-ready and cloud-agnostic architectural patterns, ensuring applications are built for Kubernetes-native environments.
- Drive the migration from legacy hardware to modern, containerized cloud infrastructure, taking accountability for delivery targets.
- Take ownership of improving the organization's DORA metrics.
- Design, implement, and optimize automated CI/CD pipelines to enable Release-on-Demand (ROD) and foster a culture of continuous delivery.
- Influence and guide teams that do not report directly to you to ensure cohesive and timely delivery.
- Deliver solutions that are inherently secure and less prone to vulnerabilities by integrating automated security tools like Renovate directly into the development pipeline.
- Define and promise the effectiveness of engineering excellence based on objective, measurable metrics.
Requirements
- 20+ years of progressive experience in technology, with a significant portion in hands-on architecture, software engineering, and senior leadership roles.
- Proven track record as a full-stack architect with deep expertise across multiple technology layers.
- Demonstrable experience in designing and delivering Gen AI solutions, with hands-on expertise in agentic frameworks and tools.
- Expertise in API-centric design, microservices architecture, and leveraging open-source components.
- Extensive experience with cloud-native architecture, including containerization (Kubernetes, Docker) and building cloud-agnostic applications.
- Strong background in establishing mature CI/CD pipelines for Release-on-Demand (ROD).
- Proven ability to improve DORA metrics and integrate security tools (e.g., Renovate) into the development lifecycle.
- Exceptional leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to drive change and deliver results through cross-functional teams, often without direct authority.
- Experience championing engineering best practices for code hygiene, repository management, and developer/testing manifestos.
- A strong sense of ownership with a track record of taking on and delivering against ambitious targets for technology transformation and legacy system modernization.
- Experience within financial services or a similarly complex, large-scale enterprise environment is highly advantageous.
Benefits
- Citi is an equal opportunity employer
- 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.
- Reasonable accommodation to use search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi.
- View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
full-stack architectureGen AI solutionsagentic frameworksAPI-centric designmicroservices architecturecloud-native architecturecontainerizationKubernetesDockerCI/CD pipelines
Soft skills
leadershipcross-functional collaborationchange managementownershipresults-driveninfluencecommunicationteam guidanceaccountabilityengineering excellence
