Senior Technology Lead, XVA Data Engineering & AI Enablement - SVP
Citi · Jersey City, United States · 1d ago
The Markets Technology XVA group is seeking a visionary, hands-on, and battle-tested Senior Vice President (SVP) – Senior Technology Lead & AI Enablement.
In this critical leadership role, you will define and execute the target-state architectural vision for Citi’s cross-asset X-Value Adjustment (XVA) valuation, risk, and stress testing platforms (encompassing CVA, DVA, FVA, MVA, and KVA). You will spearhead the modernization of mission-critical pricing and risk calculation pipelines using high-performance distributed systems, modern cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/OpenShift), microservices, and cutting-edge AI/LLM-enabled software engineering.
As an engineering and technology leader, you will bridge the gap between high-throughput quantitative computing and modern enterprise application architecture. You will pioneer the integration of Agentic AI workflows, Multi-Agent systems, and MLOps, transforming developer productivity across the SDLC and accelerating legacy system modernization into next-generation real-time valuation frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Architecture & Technical Leadership
- Target-State Architecture: Define, champion, and drive the multi-year architecture blueprint for the global XVA platform, ensuring modularity, horizontal scalability, fault tolerance, and ultra-low latency.
- Distributed Computing & Persistence: Architect high-throughput distributed caching, messaging backbones (Apache Kafka), and robust polyglot persistence layers (MongoDB, relational, and vector stores) capable of processing massive intra-day risk simulations.
- Technical Judgment & Systems Thinking: Exercise authoritative technical judgment on framework selection, API contracts, cross-component boundaries, and cloud-native migration patterns (AWS, GCP, Red Hat OpenShift).
- Core Platform Engineering: Maintain deep hands-on fluency in Java / Spring Boot and Python, establishing engineering excellence standards, clean design patterns, and robust automated CI/CD pipelines.
AI Enablement, Agentic Workflows & Legacy Modernization
- Agentic AI & Multi-Agent Frameworks: Architect and deploy autonomous and semi-autonomous Agentic AI systems to optimize complex pricing workflows, trade lifecycle reconciliations, and stress testing scenario generation.
- AI-Assisted SDLC & Developer Productivity: Drive enterprise-grade AI enablement across engineering pods—integrating LLM-driven coding assistants, automated test generation, semantic code search, and architecture review agents to double engineering velocity.
- Legacy Modernization with AI: Leverage Generative AI and code-reasoning models to reverse-engineer, refactor, and migrate monolithic legacy calculation engines onto modular target-state microservices.
- MLOps & Model Governance: Implement end-to-end MLOps pipelines (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift, MLflow) for model tracking, validation, deployment, fairness, interpretability, and strict adherence to internal model governance and ethical AI policies.
Program Execution & Quantitative Collaboration
- XVA Strategy & Stress Testing Migration: Lead the delivery of cross-asset XVA technology programs, managing the end-to-end migration of CVA/XVA stress testing engines to the target valuation framework.
- Quant & Desk Partnership: Act as the primary technical partner to Quantitative Analysts (Quants), Financial Engineers, Trading Desks, and Risk Officers, translating mathematical models (SIMM, VaR, Greeks, Monte Carlo simulations) into scalable, production-grade enterprise software.
- Agile Program Governance: Lead cross-functional engineering pods using scaled Agile methodologies; manage technical debt, project milestones, production release planning, and resource allocation across geographically dispersed teams.
Risk, Controls & Regulatory Governance
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all technology solutions comply with Basel III/IV, FRTB, Dodd-Frank, and global regulatory standards governing market risk and counterparty valuation.
- Governance & Resiliency: Uphold the highest standards of data integrity, cybersecurity, audit readiness, disaster recovery (HA/DR), and operational resiliency across tier-1 production systems.
- Ethical Judgment: Appropriately assess risk in technical and business decisions, safeguarding the firm's reputation and client assets.
Required Qualifications & Technical Competencies
Leadership & Experience
- 10+ years of progressive software engineering, distributed systems architecture, and technical leadership experience within institutional financial services, tier-1 investment banks, hedge funds, or high-scale technology firms.
- 4+ years in a senior leadership or lead architect capacity guiding high-performing, geographically distributed engineering teams.
- Proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale, enterprise-level digital transformations and legacy-to-cloud modernization programs.
Core Software Engineering & Architecture
- Expertise in Dual-Stack Engineering: Deep expertise in Java (Spring Boot / Core Java / Concurrency) and Python (AsyncIO, NumPy, Pandas).
- Distributed Systems: Proven mastery in designing event-driven architectures, distributed data fabrics, caching systems (e.g., Hazelcast, Redis, Apache Ignite), and message streaming via Apache Kafka.
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Job Family Group:
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Time Type:
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Primary Location:
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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$176,720.00 - $265,080.00
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:
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