Head Of Api Integrations For Value Cards, Lending And Commerce - Director

Citi

Irving, Texas, United States
Base: $170,000.00 - $300,000.00; bonus/equity: dis...
15+ years senior engineering leadership experience
Enterprise-grade api architecture design
Lending and commerce platform expertise
This role owns the critical engineering function responsible for building scalable, secure, and compliant integration platforms supporting digital lending and value cards

Job Summary

  • This role owns the critical engineering function responsible for building scalable, secure, and compliant integration platforms supporting digital lending and value cards.
  • The position requires balancing innovation in API-driven integrations with strong governance, control frameworks, and production reliability within a highly regulated environment.
  • Citi offers competitive employee benefits including medical, dental, vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and paid time off packages.

Matching Summary

This role owns the critical engineering function responsible for building scalable, secure, and compliant integration platforms supporting digital lending and value cards.

Salary

Base: $170,000.00 - $300,000.00; Bonus/Equity: Discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards available; Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life, accident, disability insurance, wellness programs, and paid time off.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 15+ years senior engineering leadership experience
  • Enterprise-grade API architecture design
  • Lending and commerce platform expertise
  • Cloud platforms AWS Azure GCP
  • Microservices and event-driven architectures
  • Regulatory compliance and risk frameworks
  • Direct people and budget management

Nice-to-have

  • Patent submission and intellectual property creation
  • Agentic commerce domain knowledge
  • Strong negotiation skills with external partners
  • Experience in high-growth shifting priority environments
  • Mentoring larger SDE community on trends

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred in CS or Engineering
  • 15+ years relevant experience in senior engineering leadership
  • Proven track record designing enterprise-grade API architectures
  • Deep expertise in RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and microservices patterns
  • Experience managing software engineering teams and budgets

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