Job Description
The Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead the delivery of high‑impact Engineering Excellence platforms, with a strong emphasis on Generative AI, modern engineering practices, and scalable software delivery. This role blends hands‑on technical leadership with building and developing a high‑performing engineering team across Belfast and Pune.
You will be responsible for setting the engineering direction across Citi’s Technology organization, contribute directly to solution design and delivery, and ensure that EE’s products meet the needs of engineers and senior technology stakeholders across the firm.
About Engineering Excellence (EE)
Engineering Excellence (EE) enables Citi engineers to do their best work by providing modern tools, platforms, and practices that enhance productivity, technical capability, and cross‑team collaboration. EE partners closely with the CTO organization to deliver people‑centric, high‑impact engineering solutions that raise the overall technical bar across Citi.
Citi’s ability to deliver our full potential is dependent upon our people. EE exists to attract, develop, inspire, and retain technology talent who thrive in an inclusive and engaging culture. Our efforts focus on three core areas:
Boost engineer productivity
Engage, equip, and empower engineers with tools and resources to work more efficiently, innovate faster, and deliver impactful outcomes.
Empower engineers to advance their technical careers
Through the Engineering Excellence Talent Development Framework (E1–E4) and Tech Fellows, EE provides engineers with structured pathways to develop technical and non‑technical skills, gain recognition for their contributions, and participate in a culture of continuous learning and collaboration.
Foster strategic collaboration
EE creates opportunities for engineers across Citi’s global technology organizations to connect, share knowledge, and contribute to strategic solutions that shape Citi’s future and collective success.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and deliver EE’s core engineering platforms, including:
- AI Metrics Dashboard tracking adoption and value of AI tools
- CTO Tech Radar and its integration into Citi Assist
- Citi Tech Conference website and future EE web properties
- Additional EE applications aligned to strategic engineering uplift
- Build and lead a high‑performing engineering team (Belfast & Pune), hiring ~5 engineers across DevOps, UX, and full‑stack development.
- Provide technical leadership and hands-on architectural guidance across all EE initiatives.
- Translate emerging AI and engineering practices into scalable, production‑ready enterprise solutions, ensuring security, stability, and effective evaluation/guard‑railing.
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders (EMT‑1/2) to understand strategic needs and deliver solutions that drive meaningful engineering outcomes.
- Champion engineering excellence, ensuring high standards in quality, testing, reliability, and developer experience.
Required Experience & Skills
- Engineering Lead or Software Engineering Manager experience delivering large‑scale systems.
- Proficiency in Python, Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, or Go.
- Experience deploying LLM / GenAI systems to production with a focus on evaluation, safety, monitoring.
- Strong background in distributed systems, microservices, SQL/NoSQL, and DevSecOps.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm).
- Familiarity with frameworks such as Spring (AI/Boot/Core), Flask, LangChain, LangGraph, ADK, MLFlow, and orchestrators like N8N.
- Experience with React and modern UI frameworks (Gradio, Streamlit).
- Understanding of REST/WebSocket APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and messaging systems (Kafka, JMS/MQ).
Leadership & Delivery
- Proven ability to build, coach, and scale engineering teams.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to lead in evolving, fast-moving environments.
- Collaborative mindset with strong problem‑solving and decision‑making skills.
Ideal Candidate Profile
You are a technically versatile engineering leader who stays hands‑on while building exceptional teams. You can navigate ambiguity, communicate clearly, and translate complex technical concepts into actionable direction. You bring an inclusive leadership style, a passion for engineering quality, and the ability to drive meaningful improvements to how engineers work across Citi.
What we’ll provide you
By joining Citi Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:
27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
A discretional annual performance related bonus
Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Pension Plan
Paid Parental Leave
Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
Access to an array of learning and development resources
Visit our Global Benefits page to learn more.
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.
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— Michael L. Corbat, CEO
| Workplace Initiatives | |
| Program for parents returning to work after Parental Leave? | Yes- Open for vacancies in November 2019 |
| Leadership development programs? | Yes |
| Mentoring programs? | Yes |
| Coaching programs? | Yes |
| Employee-led diversity networks? | Yes |
| Internal women’s networking groups? | Yes |
| Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? | Yes |
| No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: | up to 26 weeks |
| Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: | 26 weeks |
| No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: | 2 weeks |
| Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: | 26 weeks |
| Workplace Initiatives | |
| Gender pay gap reporting information 2017 (UK): | |
| Average pay gap: | 43.50% |
| Median pay gap: | 32.00% |
| Average bonus gap: | 71.60% |
| Median bonus gap: | 71.40% |
| Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? | Yes |
| Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? | Yes |
| Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? | Yes |
| Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? | Yes |
Returner Programme
The Citi Returner Programme is a supportive hiring programme, designed to help you transition from a career break into a career within financial services. You may have worked in the finance sector, the tech sector or another industry all together! We value your knowledge, skills and experience, regardless of how and where you have developed them. We believe that hiring people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives brings advantages to our teams.
The programme will start in January 2020 and Returners will benefit from a structured and in-depth induction to help them transition successfully back into the workplace, followed by a tailored programme of professional development and learning delivered over a period of 15-18 months, dependent on the role and career pathway.
Returners will undertake professional qualifications as part of the programme and enjoy the benefits of being part of a supportive cohort. Citi recognises the importance of flexible working arrangements and is happy to explore these with you.
Eligible candidates will –
• Have been on a career break for at least two years
• Be looking to start the next phase of their career in financial services, in a range of roles, including operations and technology
• Demonstrate natural curiosity and be motivated to learn new skills
• Exhibit excellent leadership and communication skills
The returner programme will be open for applications on the 1st September 2019.