Applications Development Senior Manager

Citi; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 121,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Mississauga, Canada is seeking a senior manager-level Applications Development leader tasked with driving a team to deliver modern Java/React applications. The role emphasizes technical oversight across micro-frontend architectures, RESTful APIs built with Spring Boot, and containerization with Docker and Kubernetes within the technology group.

You will guide project delivery, manage performance and hiring, ensure risk controls and regulatory compliance, and partner with stakeholders to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Java/React).
• Strong proficiency in Java and experience building RESTful APIs with the Spring Boot framework.
• Contribute to our evolving Micro-Frontend (MFE) architecture to build and maintain independent, reusable UI components.
• Hands-on experience with Docker for containerizing applications.
• Solid understanding and practical experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and cluster management.

Responsibilities

• Manage one or more Applications Development teams and conduct personnel duties.
• Provide technical oversight across systems and applications.
• Review and analyze proposed technical solutions for projects.
• Contribute to formulation of strategies for applications development and other functional areas.
• Develop knowledge of how business areas integrate to achieve goals.
• Provide evaluative judgment based on analysis of data in complex situations.
• Monitor delivery, participate in budget management, and handle day-to-day staff management issues.
• Ensure procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards; negotiate with external parties when necessary.
• Assess risk in business decisions and ensure compliance with laws, rules, and Citigroup policies.

Skills

Java/React

RESTful APIs

Spring Boot

Docker

Kubernetes

Micro-Frontend Architecture

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

Micro-Frontend Architecture

Job description

The Applications Development Senior Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department in an effort to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

• Manage one or more Applications Development teams in an effort to accomplish established goals as well as conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
• Utilize in-depth knowledge and skills across multiple Applications Development areas to provide technical oversight across systems and applications
• Review and analyze proposed technical solutions for projects
• Contribute to formulation of strategies for applications development and other functional areas
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business integrate to accomplish business goals
• Provide evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual data in complicated and unique situations
• Impact the Applications Development area through monitoring delivery of end results, participate in budget management, and handling day-to-day staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards negotiating with external parties when necessary
• 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Required Qualifications:

• Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Java/React)
• Strong proficiency in Java and experience building RESTful APIs with the Spring Boot framework.
• Contribute to our evolving Micro-Frontend (MFE) architecture to build and maintain independent, reusable UI components.
• Hands-on experience with Docker for containerizing applications.
• Solid understanding and practical experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and cluster management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6+ years of relevant experience in the Financial Service industry
• Experience as Applications Development Manager
• Experience as senior level in an Applications Development role
• Document Digitization technologies (OCR – Tesseract, Abby, Kofax, Google Vision) combined with AI/ML
• Stakeholder and people management experience
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Proven project management skills
• Basic knowledge of industry practices and standards
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

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.

Java

• React
• Micro-Frontend Architecture
• Graphic Frontend Architecture

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Development

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$120,800.00 - $170,800.00

Most Relevant Skills

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