At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the development of innovative tech platforms for wholesale lending operations.
- Company: Join Citi, a global leader in financial services with a focus on technology.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with a focus on mentorship and career progression.
- Why this job: Make a significant impact in a high-stakes role while driving tech innovation.
- Qualifications: 10+ years in tech, strong background in wholesale lending, and expertise in modern programming.
The predicted salary is between 10000 - 217700 $ per year.
We are seeking an exceptional Senior Engineering Manager to head the development and modernization of our Wholesale Lending Operations (WLO) Technology platforms and initiatives, based out of our Mississauga Technology Centre. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for driving the technology strategy, platform engineering, and execution behind Citi’s global wholesale lending and credit lifecycle ecosystem. You will lead teams delivering mission-critical platforms that power loan origination, servicing, syndication, collateral management, and workflow automation for the world’s largest corporate, institutional, and commercial clients.
Responsibilities
- Regulatory, Risk & Compliance Excellence: Ensure platforms adhere to rigorous regulatory commitments, audit readiness, information security mandates, and architectural governance standards.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate closely with Operations Leaders, Product Managers, Quantitative Analysts, Credit Risk Officers, and Global Architecture teams to align technology roadmaps with core business priorities.
- Champion AI-Driven Engineering: Pioneer and institutionalize the adoption of GenAI developer tools, coding copilots, and automated CI/CD gating to accelerate development throughput and code quality.
- Modern Architecture & Engineering Standards: Enforce best-in-class distributed systems engineering, API-first integrations, resilient event-driven pipelines (e.g., Kafka), and modern UI/micro-frontend architectures.
- Quality & Continuous Delivery: Cultivate a culture of test automation, shift-left security, chaos engineering, and zero-downtime release practices.
- Build & Mentor High-Performing Teams: Recruit, develop, and inspire top-tier software engineers, technical leads, and architects at the Mississauga site while orchestrating seamlessly with distributed global pods.
- Inclusive & Innovative Culture: Foster an engineering culture defined by technical curiosity, continuous learning, psychological safety, and clear career progression pathways.
Recommended Qualifications
- 10+ years of relevant experience
- Domain Expertise: Strong background in Wholesale Lending. Familiarity with loan platforms is highly desirable.
- Full-Stack / Distributed Systems Mastery: Deep technical foundation in modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Java/Spring Boot, Python, React/Angular), microservices architecture, and event streaming (Kafka/MQ).
- Cloud & DevOps: Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, OpenShift/Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and modern infrastructure-as-code.
- GenAI & Tooling Enthusiasm: Active champion of modern developer tooling, GenAI productivity assistants, automated code analysis, and DevOps telemetry.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience. Master’s degree preferred.
Senior Engineering Manager in Mississauga employer: Citi
Citi stands out as an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration within its global technology teams. With a commitment to employee growth, Citi provides access to extensive learning resources and a hybrid working model that promotes work-life balance, ensuring that you can thrive both personally and professionally. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the financial technology sector while enjoying competitive compensation and comprehensive wellbeing support.
