Principal Backend Engineer at Citi

Citi · mississauga, peel region, Canada

Location
mississauga
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
July 03, 2026

Job Description

Shape the future of backend services as a Principal Backend Engineer at Citi. In this hybrid role, you will lead architectural decisions for a platform serving millions while ensuring high performance and security.
As an individual contributor with 6-10 years of experience, your expertise in Java and large-scale enterprise platforms will be crucial. You'll design and build fault-tolerant backend services and evolve architecture, collaborating with cross-functional teams to create effective solutions. Your mentoring skills will elevate the team's performance through code reviews and best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
• Design high-performance, fault-tolerant backend services in Java
• Define and evolve the architecture of a federated platform
• Implement security controls across backend components
• Engineer optimal backend systems using caching strategies
• Lead resolution of complex production incidents
Requirements:
• 6 to 10 years of backend development...

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