Lead Architect - C++ and Java - Vice President
Citi (company site, opens in a new tab)10+ yrsPuneOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 45–80 LPA
Posted 9h ago
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About This Role
- Lead end-to-end architecture and system design for a global, low-latency, distributed risk calculation and position management platform powering real-time trading controls and risk enforcement.
- Hands-on development and optimization of high-performance C++ and Java codebases, including profiling and tuning for CPU, memory, and low-latency network serialization.
- Serve as the primary technical liaison for Risk Managers, Product Owners, and Trading Desks across multiple global regions, and lead mentorship and architectural leadership within regional engineering teams.
Minimum Requirements
- 10+ years of experience with high-performance C++ development; practical Java experience for low-latency systems.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent STEM discipline; Master's degree desirable but not mandatory.
- Hands-on proficiency with SQL and experience designing distributed, fault-tolerant, high-concurrency systems.
- Work Experience Required: 10+ years explicitly mentioned.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in distributed systems design and low-latency, event-driven architectures using middleware like Apache Kafka or Solace PubSub+.
- Skilled at cross-functional global collaboration and translating complex quantitative risk and regulatory requirements into technical design.
- Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and driving adoption of modern AI-augmented development workflows and tooling.