Java/Spring Boot Developer - Vice President

Citi; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 169,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Mississauga, Canada, is seeking a Senior Java/Spring Boot Developer to drive BAU deliverables while contributing to Asia market expansion initiatives, including trade, allocation processing, and regulatory workflows.

This role covers the full software development lifecycle from development and testing to deployment and production support, with emphasis on security, automation, and collaboration with multiple internal teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in core Java application development or similar.
• Spring Boot expertise with microservices experience.
• Cloud and containerization familiarity (Docker/OpenShift/Kubernetes).
• AI tooling exposure is a plus and willingness to learn.
• Strong collaboration with cross‑functional teams in a banking environment.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Resolve high‑impact problems by analyzing complex business and system processes.
• Ensure designs align with the architecture blueprint and best practices.
• Collaborate to extend functionality and improve performance of existing processes.
• Drive rapid adoption of AI toolkits per modernization strategy.
• Oversee hygiene, security, and vulnerability remediation for the platform.
• Design and implement automated integration and automated testing.
• Coach mid‑level developers and analysts, and provide second‑line on‑call support.

Skills

Core Java

Spring Boot

Multithreading

Cloud technologies

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Linux

GitHub

Maven

Gradle

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Docker

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

Gradle

Maven

Linux

Job description

Join the Equities Middle Office Technology team as a Senior Java/Spring Boot Developer, where you will be a key contributor for managing complex BAU deliverables while driving strategic Asia market expansion programs, including trade, allocation processing, and regulatory compliance workflows. Your duties will encompass the full software development lifecycle, from initial development and testing to deployment and ongoing production support.

This role requires close partnership with a wide range of teams, including business analysts, the product platform team, QA, production support, as well as regulatory, compliance, and audit groups. A key part of your responsibilities will also be to proactively address technical hygiene, security, and vulnerability remediation to ensure the platform's integrity and stability.

Responsibilities

• Resolve a variety of high-impact problems and projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards.
• Provide expertise in your area and advanced knowledge of applications programming, ensuring application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint.
• Collaborate with other members of the team to extend functionality and enhance the performance of existing processes.
• Rapid adoption of AI toolkits in line with the firm's strategy of modernization of the development process.
• Compute and estate management including hygiene, security, and vulnerability items.
• Be instrumental in the design and implementation of automated integration testing.
• Serve as an advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary.
• Provide second-line support, including out-of-hours, for the processes and components you develop.

Key Skills And Experience Required

• 8+ years of relevant experience in core java application development or systems analysis role.
• Primary development expertise in core Java development, including knowledge of collections, IO, multi-threading, and generics.
• Highly motivated self-starter who is comfortable taking on new challenges and picking up and learning new technologies.
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
• Experience or familiarity working on an Equities trading platform.
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure, cloud technologies, containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
• Experience with standard developer tooling, such as Lightspeed , GitHub, Jira, Confluence, build tools such as Gradle and Maven etc. Comfortable working in Linux environment.
• Exposure to and interest in AI tools and technologies.

Education

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience.

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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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 Full Time Salary Range

$120,800.00 - $170,800.00

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

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

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Automated Processing and AI

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