Lead Front End Engineer – React (VP)

About Citi: Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients' best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services. Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We'll enable growth and progress together. About the Team: The Lead Front End Engineer is a senior-level technologist and strategic contributor at the forefront of Citi's digital transformation. This role sits at the intersection of engineering excellence and enterprise architecture, responsible for establishing, implementing, and elevating the application systems that power one of the world's most complex financial institutions. We are seeking a deeply experienced practitioner who brings not only mastery of modern front-end technologies, but the analytical rigor and architectural sensibility to translate ambitious business goals into resilient, scalable, and beautifully crafted digital experiences. In this role, the successful candidate will operate as a trusted technical authority across cross-functional teams, partnering with senior management, product owners, infrastructure, and architecture stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of systems and strategic alignment of technology investments. They will drive standards for development, testing, and delivery; resolve high-impact, complex engineering challenges; and shape the direction of front-end application design across the organization. Their work will directly influence how Citi's clients and colleagues interact with technology — making them a cornerstone of Citi's mission to deliver secure, reliable, and innovative financial services at global scale.