SaaS Solutions Architect - Trade & Working Capital Technology - VP- PUNE

Citi

Citi

IT
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Posted on Jul 3, 2025

Join Citi’s Trade and Working Capital Solutions (TWCS) Technology team as a SaaS Solutions Architect, supporting a strategic modernization initiative to deliver existing white-label services through scalable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) models. This role is pivotal in enabling the technology transformation journey, aligning modern architectural practices with client-centric innovation across the global trade finance ecosystem.

As a key technical counterpart to the SaaS Program Lead, you will drive the architectural design, modernization roadmap, and technical governance needed to scale and deliver secure, resilient, and client-aligned SaaS offerings.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of TWCS as it transitions to a SaaS-first delivery model. You will work alongside visionary leaders, leverage modern technologies, and have a direct impact on Citi’s next-generation offerings in the global trade ecosystem.



Responsibilities:

  • Architect Scalable SaaS Solutions: Design modern, secure, and multi-tenant SaaS architecture to support white-label client needs and evolving TWCS product capabilities.
  • Modernization & Migration Planning: Lead current-to-future state architectural assessments and define modernization blueprints ensuring seamless client migration.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal engineering, infrastructure, security, and compliance teams, as well as external client technology stakeholders to drive alignment on design decisions.
  • Security & Compliance: Embed robust security architecture principles and ensure adherence to global financial regulatory standards.
  • Platform Enablement: Provide architectural oversight across DevOps automation, API integrations, observability, and performance optimization to meet SLAs and high availability targets.
  • Innovation & IP Monetization: Contribute to identifying architectural strategies that support the monetization of TWCS IP through flexible and modular SaaS frameworks.
  • Governance & Best Practices: Establish architectural patterns, coding standards, and documentation to ensure consistent delivery across TWCS capabilities.


Qualifications:

  • 12+ years of technology experience with at least 5+ years in SaaS architecture or solution design roles.
  • Proven expertise in designing and deploying scalable SaaS platforms in cloud-native or hybrid environments.
  • Experience delivering solutions in public cloud.
  • Experience with microservices, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and API-first development.
  • Sound knowledge of security, compliance, and data protection practices, particularly within regulated industries like financial services.
  • Strong grasp of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and observability frameworks.
  • Hands-on experience in financial services, fintech, or trade & logistics platforms is preferred.
  • Ability to engage senior stakeholders and influence decision-making through structured architecture proposals.


Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
  • Master’s degree preferred


This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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