Technical Architect – Release on Demand

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture for the Release on Demand (RoD) platform, defining service boundaries, data models, and deployment patterns.
• Drive platform scalability and reliability by designing for high availability and zero-downtime deployments.
• Establish a comprehensive observability framework, including distributed tracing, structured logging, metrics, and alerting.
• Design and champion a robust end-to-end testing strategy, from contract testing to full integration suites.
• Lead the evolution of the platform's event-driven backbone using resilient, decoupled event flows.
• Shape the technical roadmap in collaboration with product owners to translate business requirements into architectural decisions.
• Mentor engineers and conduct thoughtful architectural reviews to improve team technical excellence.

Requirements

• Proven track record as a hands-on Technical Architect or Principal Engineer on high-traffic, production-grade platforms.
• Deep expertise in microservices, event-driven systems, and distributed systems design.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and message queuing systems.
• Strong server-side engineering skills with proficiency in Kotlin and designing RESTful APIs.
• Proficiency with relational or NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Couchbase.
• Demonstrated SRE or platform engineering experience, including managing SLOs and incident management at scale.
• Experience implementing observability strategies (tracing, logging, metrics).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SDLC tooling, release management platforms, or CI/CD pipeline architecture.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of automated governance, compliance-as-code, or policy-as-code approaches.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Tekton or Harness.
• Exposure to Artificial Intelligence and GenAI tooling in a development context.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary with annual reviews.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Discretionary annual performance-related bonus.
• Private Medical Care and Life Insurance.
• Pension Plan and Paid Parental Leave.
• Hybrid working model (up to 2 days working from home per week).

About the Company

Citi is a global financial services leader with over 230,000 employees. Within the Chief Technology Office, the Developer Enablement group operates like a startup to build high-impact internal tools and platforms that drive productivity for tens of thousands of engineers worldwide.