Data Platform Engineer - Assistant Vice President

Job description

## **Discover your future at Citi** Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact. ## **Job Overview** We are seeking a talented and passionate engineer to join our growing team. As a key member of our data platform team, you will design, develop, and maintain a high-performance platform for streaming data pipeline and analytics using cutting-edge technologies. You will work closely with the Platform Lead Engineer and other team members to deliver innovative solutions that drive data-driven decision-making within the organization. **Responsibilities:** - Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable data platform using Java and related technologies (e.g., Apache Flink, Kafka, Trino). - Advise data engineers on how to build and optimize real-time and batch data processing applications to support low-latency requirements. - Extend the platform with data integration solutions between various data sources and targets, including databases, APIs, and streaming platforms. - Contribute to the design and development of event-driven architectures. - Write clean, well-documented, and testable code. - Collaborate effectively with other engineers, product managers, and stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), adhering to Agile methodologies. - Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in the data engineering space. **Qualifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. - Minimum 5 years of experience developing and deploying production-ready Java applications in a data engineering context. - Strong experience with core Java (version 11 or higher), SQL, and database APIs. - Proven experience working with distributed stream processing frameworks like Apache Flink, Spark Streaming, or Kafka Streams. - Experience with event-driven architectures and real-time data processing. - Solid understanding of OOP concepts, multithreading, and thread pools. - Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and deployment platforms like Openshift, ECS, or Kubernetes is a plus. - Experience producing high quality code using agentic coding assistants - Excellent communication and collaboration skills. **Preferred Skills and Qualifications:** - Master’s degree in a relevant field. - Contributions to open-source projects. - Experience working in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP) - ## **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.*