Team/Role Overview:
We are seeking a Senior Engineer to fill the role of ‘Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst’ on the XiNG large scale distributed calculation platform (XiP).
In this role you will design, build, and maintain the software that manages and controls the XiP platform. This engine is responsible for 500 million risk & suitability calculations at Citi every day. The calculation engine at the core of XiP is both highly performant and rapidly changing to support new scenarios, technologies, and infrastructure.
As an engineer working on XiP, you will work on a platform which daily; coordinates hundreds of thousands of pods, consumes tens of thousands of compute cores, utilizes hundreds of TB of memory, and distributes hundreds of millions of calculations.
You will work closely with software engineers, DevOps, and our customers to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable operations of the platform.
Responsibilities:
Take part of the shared responsibility for the long-term strategic direction of the XiP Platform: Apply your experience and skills to develop the future versions of the calculation engine. This means making it faster, utilize resources better, and scale to even greater sizes. This means adding new features without impacting performance of the platform in undesirable manner, small changes multiplied by millions of calculations have a high cost. This means solving hard problems like transferring small amounts of data to a huge number of machines.
Serve as advisor or coach to team members, allocating and overseeing work: Mentor and guide mid-level developers, providing technical advice, code reviews, and career development support. Allocate tasks based on skill sets and project priorities, ensuring balanced workloads and timely delivery. Foster a collaborative and growth-oriented team environment, encouraging best practices and continuous learning.
Implement changes and improvements to the compute service CI/CD pipeline, including developing the mechanism to enable frequent software updates essential for a SaaS offering, while empowering the users to configure a fixed set of application properties: Lead the design, development, and implementation of the CI/CD pipeline that is best fit for a SaaS product. Design and deliver an API to empower our users to be able to have a controlled level of access to the pipeline which allows them to customize how the application is run for their use cases.
Design and build new mechanisms for rapid testing of the platform: Improve the current system test mechanism to enable rapid and reliable testing of the platform, and work closely with DevOps engineers to evolve / create the next generation test mechanism suitable for daily release cycle of microservice components.
Plan, coordinate, and execute strategic changes to the calculation platform to reach the next scaling milestone: Develop and manage strategic initiatives aimed at scaling the Xing Calculation Service to meet future business demands. Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure that all scaling efforts are aligned with customer needs.
Provide specialized customer support to optimize and improve large, distributed calculations: Act as a primary point of contact for clients to address issues and optimize inefficiencies that arise during distributed workload execution.
Qualifications:
Over 10 years of professional Java software development experience.
Solid experience with Java frameworks such as Spring, Spring Boot, and Quarkus.
Proficient in CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience in designing, building, and maintaining large-scale, distributed systems.
Skilled in RESTful API design and implementation with a strong understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns.
Experience with testing frameworks including JUnit, Mockito, and Cucumber.
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development environments.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
What we can offer you:
By joining Citi Solutions Center Poland, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (currently up to 2 days working at home per week), but also (potentially, subject to final offer) receive a competitive base salary and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits which can include:
Employer paid Defined Contribution Pension Plan contribution of 6% of employee’s pensionable earnings (PPE Program)
Employer paid Private Medical Care Package for employees and Private Medical Care Packages for certain family members available at preferential rates
Employer paid Life Insurance Program for employees and Life Insurance for certain family members available at preferential rates
Employee Assistance Program financed by Employer
Paid Parental Leave Program (maternity and paternity leave; statutory and 2 weeks additional paid paternity leave)
Sport Card for employees subsidized via Social Benefits Fund and Sport Cards for certain family members available at preferential rates
Additional benefits from Company’s Social Benefit Fund, in particular: Holidays Allowance, support for sport and cultural activities, team building events.
Additional day off for volunteering
Cafeteria/ flex benefit – a company benefits system which enables employees to select and purchase benefits offered by a provider and available for employees on the platform.
Opportunity to receive an annual discretionary incentive award
Special offers and discounts for employees
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Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.
Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.
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This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:268 390,00 zł - 457 010,00 zł------------------------------------------------------
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Skills Required
- Over 10 years of professional Java software development experience
- Solid experience with Java frameworks such as Spring, Spring Boot, and Quarkus
- Proficient in CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience in designing, building, and maintaining large-scale, distributed systems
- Skilled in RESTful API design and implementation
- Experience with testing frameworks including JUnit, Mockito, and Cucumber
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development environments
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits coverage is positioned as comprehensive, including health, dental, and vision insurance plus on-site clinics, prescription drug support, and disability coverage. Family-building support such as fertility assistance is described as a notable differentiator within the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are framed as strong, highlighted by a 401(k) with matching and additional plan options like a Roth 401(k). Financial support is reinforced through discounts and broader financial guidance resources tied to the benefits ecosystem.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support extends beyond insurance through programs like an Employee Assistance Program, counseling/legal resources, and gym or wellness reimbursement. These offerings increase the perceived total rewards value even when cash compensation sentiment varies by role.
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