Description Distinguished Architect Responsibilities As Distinguished Architect, you will be responsible for groundbreaking integration support across multiple technological and/or business platforms. The distinguished architect is capable of leading a team of architects and works alongside senior management, software engineers and technologists to ensure the strategic alignment of technological solutions and business objectives. The Distinguished Architect will provide architectural mentorship and oversight across a portfolio of Company Platforms. The Distinguished architect is capable of presenting designs and ideas to an Architecture Review Board and to executive technology and business leadership. The Distinguished Architect will be responsible for: + Developing architectural strategy roadmap across assigned business and technology platforms, ensuring enterprise-level consistency and alignment. + Guiding end to end solution architecture for banking applications, ensuring scalability and security. + Defining and facilitating architectural discovery proposals that includes technology trends, cost optimization, and system integration to executives, delivery and product teams. + Establishing and communicating strategy to executive staff, industry partners and customers; using recognized technical and business expertise to influence, guide, and craft business strategy and decision-making at the highest interpersonal levels. + Providing consultation, design input, technical direction and feedback for consistent Company Platform architectural approaches across portfolio Principal Architects and senior engineering leadership. + Driving and developing product and solution strategies that inform product requirements and investment decisions for Company Platforms across the organization, weaving the enterprise technology vision into the planning and investment processes. Required Qualifications + 15+ years of working experience in payments, private banking and wealth systems, with expertise in products, solutions architecture and aligning technology to business goals, demonstrated through a proven track record of developing impactful solutions + Experience with BNPL, Open Banking, cross-border payments and external networks + Experience implementing large-scale technological enhancements and/or pivots, including pilot implementation and analysis + Excellent understanding of DevSec0ps, Multi-Cloud Implementation Architecture + Understanding of multiple programming languages, including at least one front end framework (Angular/React/Vue), such as Python, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Golang, C, C++, etc. + Experience working with IT infrastructure and cloud development + Experience working with data and DBMS, including legacy and emerging database technologies + Experience with RDBMS, NoSQL. + Experience building highly available customer-facing applications, in a GDHA setting + Experience building cloud-native applications + Experience with API’s, event streaming frameworks + Experience designing highly available and resilient solutions, automation, identify opportunity of performance improvements, Able to transform traditional monolith architecture stack to modern microservices based loosely decoupled architecture. + A bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in computer science or a related field + Experience in 2 or 3 of the following technology areas. Infrastructure, Security, DevOps, Application Development, Database technologies, Cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP) + A bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related discipline Desired Qualifications + 10+ years of working experience in the financial services industry with an added focus on Private Banking, Wealth and Payment Systems + Staying updated with advancements in the technology, regulations, and market trends + UI/UX experience, including relevant web/application branding techniques + Comfortable/experience navigating large corporate structure + Executive speaking and presentation skills- Formal presentations, white-boarding, large and small group presentations Education and Certifications + Required: Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline + Preferred: Master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline Hours & Work Schedule + Hours per Week: 40 + Work Schedule: M-F Pay Transparency The salary range for this position is $160,000 - $210,000 per year plus an opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus. Actual pay is based on various factors including but not limited to the work location, and relevant skills and experience. We offer competitive pay, comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, maternity/paternity leave, flexible work arrangements, education reimbursement, wellness programs and more. Note, Citizens’ paid time off policy exceeds the mandatory, paid sick or paid time-away policy of every local and state jurisdiction in the United States. For an overview of our benefits, visit https://jobs.citizensbank.com/benefits. #LI-Citizens1 Some job boards have started using jobseeker-reported data to estimate salary ranges for roles. If you apply and qualify for this role, a recruiter will discuss accurate pay guidance. Equal Employment Opportunity Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens), provides equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability, or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, transgendered and transitioning individuals, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and where all are expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on experience, performance, and ability. We perform our best so we can do more for our customers, colleagues, communities and shareholders. Why Work for Us At Citizens, you'll find a customer-centric culture built around helping our customers and giving back to our local communities. When you join our team, you are part of a supportive and collaborative workforce, with access to training and tools to accelerate your potential and maximize your career growth Background Check Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the candidate successfully passing a background check, which may include initial credit, motor vehicle record, public record, prior employment verification, and criminal background checks. Results of the background check are individually reviewed based upon legal requirements imposed by our regulators and with consideration of the nature and gravity of the background history and the job offered. Any offer of employment will include further information. 05/03/2025