Ab Initio Tech Lead Analyst- Vice President
Citi · Pune, India · 1d ago
The Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with multiple management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals as well as identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements
- Resolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards
- Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint
- Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
- Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals
- Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions
- Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary
- 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.
Recommended Qualifications:
- 13+ years professional software/data engineering (or equivalent impact), with deep ETL expertise.
- Hands-on Ab Initio experience (graphs, plans, PDL, DML) and a track record designing and developing ETL pipelines/services. Experience in Migrating from Abinitio to Python workloads
- Strong with data processing at scale both file based and streaming pipelines with Kafka Integration
- CI/CD expertise: Git-based workflows, automated testing, artifact/version management, environment promotion.
- Practical use of AI engineering tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, code assistants/agents) in daily development and reviews.
- Understanding of containers (Docker) and deploying to cloud data platforms.
- Proven design thinking skills: discovery→ideation→prototype→test with users; strong documentation & storytelling.
- Excellent communication—clear, concise, audience-appropriate; strong stakeholder management.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree/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:
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Job Family:
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