Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - C13 - London - Citi

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - C13 - London - Citi

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Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.

Job Overview

We are seeking an exceptional technology leader to oversee our global s ite reliability engineering ( SRE), DevOps, and Platform Engineering teams. This hands-on engineering leadership role requires someone who can both provide technical vision and build strong stakeholder relationships across the organization. The ideal candidate will bring a combination of deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and people leadership to drive our engineering excellence forward.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership:

• Serve as a hands-on technical leader who can architect, design, and guide the implementation of highly resilient systems
• Build a compelling vision and strategic roadmap for our SRE, DevOps, and Platform Engineering functions
• Establish and evangelize engineering best practices across teams and the wider organization
• Drive technical innovation while ensuring operational excellence
• Provide architectural guidance to ensure systems meet resilience, scalability, and performance requirements
  
  
  

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of DynamoDB specialists, SREs, DevOps engineers, and platform engineers across global locations
• Develop team members through goal setting, performance management, and career development planning
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence
• Attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent
• Create growth opportunities for team members and help them achieve their career aspirations
  
  
  

• Build and maintain strong relationships with technology and business stakeholders across the organization
• Effectively translate business requirements into technical solutions and strategic initiatives
• Partner with development team managers and technical leads to align platform capabilities with product roadmaps
• Represent the team in senior leadership forums and drive cross-functional initiatives
• Manage expectations and communicate effectively about team initiatives, capabilities, and constraints
  
  
  

• Extensive experience in engineering leadership roles
• Strong hands-on technical background in cloud platforms, containerization, and modern DevOps practices
• Demonstrated experience leading SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering teams
• Deep understanding of system architecture, resilience patterns, and high-availability design
• Experience developing strategic roadmaps and executing technical vision
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Track record of mentoring and developing engineering talent
• Experience leading distributed global teams
  
  
  

• Experience in financial services technology environments
• Knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, observability platforms, and CI/CD technologies
• Background in transforming legacy systems to modern architectures
• Experience with DynamoDB and cloud-native database technologies
• Understanding of UK and global financial regulatory requirements
  
  
  

• Chance to shape the technical direction of a global financial institution
• Opportunity to lead high-impact, transformative engineering initiatives
• Collaborative and innovative organizational culture
• Hybrid work arrangement based in London
  
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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