Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.
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Position Overview:
The Wealth Funds Technology Full Stack Engineer is a senior-level technologist role responsible for leading end‑to‑end technology solutions that support wealth and investment platforms. This position partners closely with senior stakeholders to shape and manage the product roadmap, while owning platform architecture, design, and delivery. The role requires deep technical expertise combined with strong business acumen, including experience supporting investment products such as Mutual Funds, Alternative Investments, Equities, and Fixed Income. The overall objective of this role involves :
Responsibilities:
- Own the detailed technology architecture, and delivery for large-scale Wealth Funds (Alternative Investment and Traditional Funds) platforms spanning Private Equity, Real Estate, Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds and bespoke Private Investment product, with a strong understanding of trade lifecycle, pricing, and NAV processes.
- Set the technical and architectural north star while remaining hands-on with critical designs, complex problem solving, code reviews, and high-impact delivery decisions.
- Manage the Tech roadmap for the Funds product and manage interactions with business, products and other Tech partners.
- Apply exceptional analytical thinking and fluid intelligence to solve highly ambiguous, multi-dimensional business, risk, and regulatory problems with scalable technology solutions.
- Translate complex wealth- Investment market trends and needs into resilient, extensible, and future-proof platform architectures.
- Lead and scale a large, globally distributed engineering organization, driving clear accountability, strong execution discipline, and a culture of engineering excellence.
- Partner as a trusted technology advisor to senior business, risk, operations, and compliance leaders, influencing product strategy and operating model decisions.
- Drive multi-year platform modernization initiatives, including system consolidation, cloud adoption, API-first and event-driven architectures, and automation of manual lending workflows.
- Balance near-term delivery commitments with long-term platform sustainability, ensuring technical debt, resiliency, and scalability are actively managed.
- Establish and govern engineering standards across security, resiliency, performance, data quality, and regulatory compliance in a highly controlled environment.
- Champion an "everything-as-code" and "codified controls" mindset. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, critical thinking, and the strategic adoption of emerging technologies, including Generative AI.
- Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, as well as communicate with external parties as necessary
- Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years progressive design & development experience, including 5-7+ years in technical or architectural leadership roles. Proven ability to define strategy and drive engineering excellence.
- Deep domain knowledge of investment management products, including Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds, Alternative Investments, Derivatives, and Private-Equity vehicles, with a strong understanding of trade lifecycle, pricing, and NAV processes.
- Experience with wealth funds technologies such as portfolio management systems, order management systems, risk analytics platforms, and fund accounting systems.
- Expertise in Java, J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, Angular, and Microservices for large-scale application development.
- Hands-on work experience with advanced AI software engineering tools like Devin.AI or similar autonomous AI software agents
- Proficiency in event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and distributed messaging patterns.
- Strong experience building REST APIs (Swagger/OpenAPI), microservices, and SOAP integrations.
- Solid understanding of RDBMS (SQL, PL/SQL) with knowledge in NoSQL databases (e.g., Cassandra, MongoDB, DynamoDB).
- Expertise in CI/CD pipeline development (e.g., Tecton, Harness, Lightspeed, OpenShift) for automated, single-click deployments.
- Deep knowledge of security mechanisms: OAuth2, token-based security, and API security best practices.
- Prior experience with legacy systems (WebSphere, JSP/Servlets, EJB) and leading application modernization efforts to cloud-native architectures.
- Extensive cloud-native development experience on major public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), including serverless and managed services.
- Proven ability to design highly scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant distributed systems.
- Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills to influence technical strategy.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
- Master’s degree preferred
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Job Family Group: Technology------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:Applications Development------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:Full time------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location:Jersey City New Jersey United States------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:$176,720.00 - $265,080.00
In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.
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Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------
Other Relevant Skills Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Technology, Java.------------------------------------------------------
Anticipated Posting Close Date:May 23, 2026------------------------------------------------------
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Skills Required
- 10+ years progressive design & development experience
- 5-7+ years in technical or architectural leadership roles
- Expertise in Java, J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot
- Hands-on experience with AI software engineering tools
- Proficiency in event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Strong experience building REST APIs and microservices
- Solid understanding of RDBMS (SQL, PL/SQL) and NoSQL databases
- Expertise in CI/CD pipeline development
- Deep knowledge of security mechanisms
- Experience with legacy systems and cloud-native architectures
- Extensive cloud-native development experience
- Proven ability to design scalable distributed systems
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills
- Knowledge of Investment products
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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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