Principal Engineer – Vice President

Citi

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Irving, TXTampa, FL
Salary
$138,720–$208,080 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
7 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays less than 76% of similar roles. Most pay $174,600–$231,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $173k versus about $203k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Citi

Citi is one of the world’s most trusted financial institutions, proudly serving millions of customers across the United States.

Citi currently has 266 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $125,760–$188,640 across 247 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Engineer – Vice President

The Principal Engineer – Vice President joins the Digital Software Engineering team to design, build, and evolve high-quality software products that solve real business challenges at global scale. This role involves full-stack coding and implementation responsibilities, where you will deliver critical features and complex solutions using Java while mentoring other engineers and promoting technical excellence. You will contribute to the codebase, participate in agile ceremonies, and influence system architecture to ensure scalability and resilience. Key technologies include Spring Boot, Quarkus, Micronaut, or Vert.x, alongside Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift. You will also utilize CI/CD tools like Tekton, Harness, or Jenkins. The work focuses on building production-grade microservices, RESTful APIs, and GraphQL implementations within a cloud-native environment to meet specific business requirements.

What you'll do

  • Design and build complex full-stack solutions using Java to deliver clean, maintainable code.
  • Define and influence overall system architecture to ensure scalability and resilience.
  • Deliver against sprint-level commitments as an active contributor to agile delivery cycles.
  • Provide expert technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams on complex design decisions.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and tools to provide actionable recommendations for engineering adoption.
  • Partner with stakeholders across the software development lifecycle to align technical solutions with business goals.
  • Promote a culture of technical excellence by fostering knowledge sharing and engineering best practices.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • Master’s degree preferred.
  • 6 or more years of software engineering experience building production-grade applications using Java.
  • Proven depth in cloud-native development and container orchestration using tools like Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.
  • Extensive experience designing microservices and service-oriented architectures, including RESTful APIs and GraphQL.
  • Strong working knowledge of Java frameworks such as Spring Boot, Quarkus, Micronaut, or Vert.x.
  • Multiple years of experience working within agile and iterative delivery frameworks.
  • Experience with architecture for scalable distributed systems, event-driven patterns, or Infrastructure as Code (preferred).

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