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# Director - Platform Engineering & Architecture Lead

- **Company:** Citigroup Inc.
- **Location:** Addington, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Code Review, Data as a Services, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, TypeScript, Delivery Pipeline, Backend, Front End Software Development, Software Coding, Golang
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/x/44450149/

## About the Role

across frontend, backend, APIs, cloud platforms and data services.* Partner with senior executives to translate business strategy into scalable technology roadmaps.* Make critical decisions on platform modernisation, resiliency, scalability, performance and security.* Mentor engineering leaders and senior engineers while raising technical excellence across the organisation.* Provide technical leadership during major incidents, transformations and complex architectural reviews.**Required Experience*** Significant experience leading enterprise-scale software engineering organisations.* Proven expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures and modern engineering practices.* Demonstrated hands-on coding capability in at least one of: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Java, or similar enterprise language.* Strong understanding of frontend frameworks, backend services, APIs, integration patterns and observability.* Experience leading architecture reviews and, influencing technical

## Description

platforms and applications supporting up to 200,000+ users across critical workflows. Leads complex cross-domain initiatives, establishes engineering standards, drives policy-as-code adoption and remains actively involved in software design, coding and technical decision making.**Responsibilities*** Own technology outcomes and architecture strategy across large portfolios affecting enterprise workflows and tens of thousands of employees globally.* Lead architecture and design across multiple interconnected systems, platforms and products.* Drive strategic technology direction while remaining hands-on in solution design, code reviews and software delivery.* Define enterprise engineering standards, reference architectures and reusable patterns.* Lead delivery of high-profile programmes with significant business, operational and regulatory visibility.* Establish policy-as-code, automated governance and engineering controls embedded into delivery pipelines.* Guide full stack engineering teams


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