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Big Data (Python/Scala) Engineer -Assistant Vice President

at Citi

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Big Data (Python/Scala) Engineer -Assistant Vice President

at Citi

Mid LevelNo visa sponsorshipData Engineering

Posted 4 hours ago

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Compensation
$96,960 – $145,440 USD

Currency: $ (USD)

City
Tampa
Country
United States

Senior Big Data Engineer (Python/Scala) at Citi in Tampa, hybrid work arrangement, AVP level. The role focuses on designing, developing, and optimizing large-scale data processing pipelines using Spark, Hadoop (HDFS, YARN), Hive, and related technologies. It requires 5-8 years of relevant experience and involves feasibility studies, project planning, security considerations, and collaborating with business users and technology teams. The position emphasizes governance, performance tuning, and mentorship for junior staff.

Big Data (Python/Scala) Engineer -Assistant Vice President

Job Req Id:
26935869
Location(s):
Tampa, Florida, United States
Job Type:
Hybrid
Posted:
Feb. 26, 2026

Discover your future at Citi

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

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.

Responsibilities:

  • Conduct tasks related to feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, IT planning, risk technology, applications development, model development, andestablishand implement new or revised applications systems and programs to meet specific business needs or user areas

  • Monitor and control all phases of development process and analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation as well as provide user and operational support on applications to business users

  • Utilize in-depth specialty knowledge of applications development to analyze complex problems/issues, provide evaluation of business process, system process, and industry standards, and make evaluative judgement

  • Recommend and develop security measures in post implementation analysis of business usage to ensure successful system design and functionality

  • Consult with users/clients and other technology groups on issues, recommend advanced programming solutions, and install andassistcustomer exposure systems

  • Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes

  • Serve as advisor or coach to new orlower levelanalysts

  • Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.

  • Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.

  • Acts as SME to senior stakeholdersand /or other team members.

  • Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

  • 5-8 years of relevant experience

  • In-depth understanding of HDFS architecture, data storage, and fault tolerance mechanisms. Experience with HDFS commands and administration.

  • Solid understanding of YARN resource management and job scheduling.

  • Fundamental understanding of MapReduce programming paradigm, even if primary development is in Spark/Flink.Knowledge of Zookeeper for distributed coordination services.

  • StrongproficiencyinSpark Core, Spark SQL, Spark Streaming, and SparkGraphX(beneficial).Expert-level programming skills inScala, specifically for developing Spark applications.

  •  Experience with Spark performance optimization techniques (e.g., caching, partitioning, shuffle optimizations, memory management).Familiarity with deploying Spark applications on YARN, Mesos, or Kubernetes.

  • Advancedproficiencyin writing complex HiveQL queries for data analysis and ETL processes.Understanding of Hivemetastore, execution engines (MapReduce, Tez, Spark), and storage formats (ORC, Parquet, Avro).Experience inoptimizingHive queries and table designs for performance.

  • Strong object-oriented and functional programming skills.Experience with Scala build tools (SBT, Maven).Knowledge of common Scala libraries and frameworks.

  • Experience withPySparkfor data processing.Familiarity with data manipulation libraries (Pandas, NumPy).Scripting for automation and data orchestration.

  • Complex query writing, subqueries, window functions, and performance tuning.HBase (for real-time access to large datasets within Hadoop).Cassandra, MongoDB, or similar.Familiarity with RDBMS concepts and SQL for data integration.

  • Understanding of dimensional modeling, fact and dimension tables, star/snowflake schemas.

  • Data Ingestion Tools:Apache Sqoop,Apache Flume,Kafka

  • Workflow Orchestration:Apache Oozie,Apache Airflow

  • Experience with AWS (EMR, S3, Glue, Lambda), Azure (HDInsight, Data Lake, Databricks), or Google Cloud Platform (Dataproc,BigQuery).

Tools and Methodologies

  • Version Control: Git (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).

  • CI/CD: Experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.

  • Monitoring and Logging: ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Grafana, Prometheus.

  • Agile Development: Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

  • Shell Scripting:For automation and system administration tasks.

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

Tampa Florida United States

------------------------------------------------------

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$96,960.00 - $145,440.00


In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

------------------------------------------------------

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

------------------------------------------------------

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

------------------------------------------------------

Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Mar 14, 2026

------------------------------------------------------

Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi.

View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.

Big Data (Python/Scala) Engineer -Assistant Vice President

at Citi

Back to all Data Engineering jobs
Citi logo
Bulge Bracket Investment Banks

Big Data (Python/Scala) Engineer -Assistant Vice President

at Citi

Mid LevelNo visa sponsorshipData Engineering

Posted 4 hours ago

No clicks

Compensation
$96,960 – $145,440 USD

Currency: $ (USD)

City
Tampa
Country
United States

Senior Big Data Engineer (Python/Scala) at Citi in Tampa, hybrid work arrangement, AVP level. The role focuses on designing, developing, and optimizing large-scale data processing pipelines using Spark, Hadoop (HDFS, YARN), Hive, and related technologies. It requires 5-8 years of relevant experience and involves feasibility studies, project planning, security considerations, and collaborating with business users and technology teams. The position emphasizes governance, performance tuning, and mentorship for junior staff.

Big Data (Python/Scala) Engineer -Assistant Vice President

Job Req Id:
26935869
Location(s):
Tampa, Florida, United States
Job Type:
Hybrid
Posted:
Feb. 26, 2026

Discover your future at Citi

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

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.

Responsibilities:

  • Conduct tasks related to feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, IT planning, risk technology, applications development, model development, andestablishand implement new or revised applications systems and programs to meet specific business needs or user areas

  • Monitor and control all phases of development process and analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation as well as provide user and operational support on applications to business users

  • Utilize in-depth specialty knowledge of applications development to analyze complex problems/issues, provide evaluation of business process, system process, and industry standards, and make evaluative judgement

  • Recommend and develop security measures in post implementation analysis of business usage to ensure successful system design and functionality

  • Consult with users/clients and other technology groups on issues, recommend advanced programming solutions, and install andassistcustomer exposure systems

  • Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes

  • Serve as advisor or coach to new orlower levelanalysts

  • Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.

  • Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.

  • Acts as SME to senior stakeholdersand /or other team members.

  • Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

  • 5-8 years of relevant experience

  • In-depth understanding of HDFS architecture, data storage, and fault tolerance mechanisms. Experience with HDFS commands and administration.

  • Solid understanding of YARN resource management and job scheduling.

  • Fundamental understanding of MapReduce programming paradigm, even if primary development is in Spark/Flink.Knowledge of Zookeeper for distributed coordination services.

  • StrongproficiencyinSpark Core, Spark SQL, Spark Streaming, and SparkGraphX(beneficial).Expert-level programming skills inScala, specifically for developing Spark applications.

  •  Experience with Spark performance optimization techniques (e.g., caching, partitioning, shuffle optimizations, memory management).Familiarity with deploying Spark applications on YARN, Mesos, or Kubernetes.

  • Advancedproficiencyin writing complex HiveQL queries for data analysis and ETL processes.Understanding of Hivemetastore, execution engines (MapReduce, Tez, Spark), and storage formats (ORC, Parquet, Avro).Experience inoptimizingHive queries and table designs for performance.

  • Strong object-oriented and functional programming skills.Experience with Scala build tools (SBT, Maven).Knowledge of common Scala libraries and frameworks.

  • Experience withPySparkfor data processing.Familiarity with data manipulation libraries (Pandas, NumPy).Scripting for automation and data orchestration.

  • Complex query writing, subqueries, window functions, and performance tuning.HBase (for real-time access to large datasets within Hadoop).Cassandra, MongoDB, or similar.Familiarity with RDBMS concepts and SQL for data integration.

  • Understanding of dimensional modeling, fact and dimension tables, star/snowflake schemas.

  • Data Ingestion Tools:Apache Sqoop,Apache Flume,Kafka

  • Workflow Orchestration:Apache Oozie,Apache Airflow

  • Experience with AWS (EMR, S3, Glue, Lambda), Azure (HDInsight, Data Lake, Databricks), or Google Cloud Platform (Dataproc,BigQuery).

Tools and Methodologies

  • Version Control: Git (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).

  • CI/CD: Experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.

  • Monitoring and Logging: ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Grafana, Prometheus.

  • Agile Development: Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

  • Shell Scripting:For automation and system administration tasks.

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

------------------------------------------------------

Job Family Group:

Technology

------------------------------------------------------

Job Family:

Applications Development

------------------------------------------------------

Time Type:

Full time

------------------------------------------------------

Primary Location:

Tampa Florida United States

------------------------------------------------------

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$96,960.00 - $145,440.00


In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

------------------------------------------------------

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

------------------------------------------------------

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

------------------------------------------------------

Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Mar 14, 2026

------------------------------------------------------

Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi.

View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.

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