The Principal Engineer is a senior management level position within Citi’s payments team. This role will drive the technical vision & implementation supporting e Commerce. This role will cover the end to end technical stack from the core API’s supporting Citi’s clients to the integrations and infrastructure we build to provide a complete e Commerce suite of capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a visionary and strategist for solution/application/system across the platform.

• Provide expertise to identify and translate system requirement into software design artifacts.

• High level of expertise in programming and solving problems.

• Drive experiments, PoC to assess new solutions /application paths.

• To work proactively & independently to address project requirements, and articulate issues/challenges at appropriate time to address project delivery risks.

• Follow industry wide best practices to minimize technical debt of software deliverables.

• Interface and coordinate tasks with internal and external technical resources. Collaborate to provide estimates, develop overall implementation solutions/application plan, and serve as a lead as required, to implement the installation, customization, and integration efforts.

• As a specialist in design and development, you will apply your skill and experience within fast-paced operations centric environment towards developing architecture and design for the regulatory platform at large.

Technical Skills Required:

• Strong hands-on lead developer with technical ability having 10+ years of design & development experience.

• Practitioner and Advocate of CLEAN code practice.

• practitioner of AI tools in driving productivity and efficiencies.

• Experience in design and development of medium to large-scale applications using open-source tech stack

• Spring boot, Microservices, Kafka.

• Strong Java skills.

• Experience with databases: MongoDB

• Experience in writing unit test and integration test using standard frameworks, ensuring minimized technical debt.

• Experience in building CI CD pipeline and single click deployment -Tecton, Harness, Lightspeed, Openshift

• Ability to drive engineering deliveries and handle multiple concurrent initiatives.

• Functional and Technical Specs documentation.

• Experience with testing concepts (TDD, BDD) and Junit

Soft skills required:

• Curious mindset. Able to identify and solve problems effectively.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Pragmatic, and a creative approach to managing risk.

• An advocate of inclusion and diversity in every way.

• A growth mindset and willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.

• Shows enthusiasm and develops trust through empathy.

• Passionate about site reliability engineering and its impact on product development.

• Connected to latest technologies, like Generative AI, and keen to put them in practice.

• A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams and remotely

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

• Master’s degree preferred

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Development

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Tampa Florida United States:

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$141,440.00 - $212,160.00
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.

Most Relevant Skills:

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Apr 03, 2026

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