Data Lead Engineer (VP) - Hybrid

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Our core activities are safeguarding assets, lending money, making payments and accessing the capital markets on behalf of our clients.

Citi’s Mission and Value Proposition explain what we do and Strategy explain how we do it. Our mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. We strive to earn and maintain our clients’ and the public’s trust by constantly adhering to the highest ethical standards and making a positive impact on the communities we serve.

The Senior Data Engineer (Data Analytics Lead - C13) is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.
Responsibilities:

• Integral member of Data Engineering team, responsible for design and development of Big Data solutions. Partner with domain experts, product managers, analysts, and data scientists to develop Big Data pipelines in Hadoop for regulatory requirements.

  Produces detailed analysis of issues where the best course of action is not evident from the information available, but actions must be recommended/taken. Resolves occasionally complex and highly variable issues.

• Responsible for moving all legacy workloads to EAP platform for regulatory reporting.

• Define needs around maintainability, testability, performance, security, quality and usability for data platform.

• Drive implementation, consistent patterns, reusable components, and coding standards for data engineering processes.

• Tune Big data applications on Hadoop and non-Hadoop platforms for optimal performance.

• Be the technical expert and mentor other team members on Big Data and Cloud Tech stacks.

• Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area.

• Contributes to data analytics standards around which others will operate.

• Applies in-depth understanding of how data analytics collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the entire function.

• Employs developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers.

• Resolves occasionally complex and highly variable issues.

• Produces detailed analysis of issues where the best course of action is not evident from the information available, but actions must be recommended/ taken.

• Responsible for volume, quality, timeliness and delivery of data science projects along with short-term planning resource planning.

• 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.

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience of relevant experience

• 3+ years Hands-on experience using codes for analysis of large data sets, PySpark, Snowflake 

• 2+ year of experience working on Google or AWS cloud developing data solutions, certifications is a plus.

• Data warehousing experience (Common data platforms such as Hadoop / Teradata / Snowflake etc.) 

• Data Integration / ETL experience (Common ETL platforms such as DataStage/AbInitio/Informatica PowerCenter etc.)

• Advanced knowledge of the Hadoop ecosystem and Big Data technologies Hands-on experience with the Hadoop eco-system (HDFS, MapReduce, Hive, Pig, Impala, Spark, Kafka) 

• Data Modeling experience (OLAP, OLTP, Logical/Physical Modeling, Normalization, knowledge on performance tuning)

• Data Migration, Data integration experience

• Strong development/automation skills

• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of software engineering and data analytics

• Knowledge of agile (scrum) development methodology is a plus

• System level understanding - Data structures, algorithms, distributed storage & compute

• Can-do attitude on solving complex business problems, good interpersonal and teamwork skills.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience,

• Master's degree preferred

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Data Analytics

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

Jersey City New Jersey United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$142,320.00 - $213,480.00

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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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Mar 14, 2025

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