.NET Tech Lead - Vice President

The Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs while driving technical strategy, engineering excellence, and delivery across multiple initiatives. The role requires deep expertise in C#/.NET Core, MSaas/SQL, Microservices, Cloud technologies, Kafka, MongoDB, and distributed systems, along with modern AI-first software engineering practices. The successful candidate will serve as a technical leader and trusted advisor, guiding solution architecture, mentoring engineering teams, and leveraging AI-powered engineering tools to accelerate delivery and improve software quality. Responsibilities: • Lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable, resilient, and cloud-native applications using C#/.NET Core, Microservices, Kafka, and MSaas/SQL. • Drive architecture and technical design decisions across multiple projects and application domains. • Provide technical leadership for complex engineering initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and engineering standards. • Partner with business, product, architecture, and technology teams to define solution strategies and deliver outcomes. • Lead performance optimization, resiliency improvements, security reviews, and production stability initiatives. • Establish and promote engineering best practices for coding, testing, CI/CD, observability, and automation. • Utilize AI-powered coding assistants and engineering agents (e.g., Lightspeed, GitHub Copilot, Devin AI) to improve development efficiency, code quality, and developer productivity. • Apply Context Engineering and AI-first development practices to effectively leverage coding agents throughout the SDLC. • Mentor senior and junior engineers and drive technical skill development across teams. • Act as a recognized SME and technical advisor for stakeholders, architects, and engineering leadership. • Assess technology risks, drive remediation strategies, and ensure compliance with Citi policies and regulatory requirements. • Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation • Partner with multiple 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