Senior Java Developer, Assistance Vice President

Citibank (Switzerland) AG; Mississauga; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Citibank (Switzerland) AG seeks a seasoned Java/Backend engineer to help shape a top-tier Citi product. You will oversee feasibility studies, IT planning, design, development, testing and implementation across batches, ensuring robust security and scalable performance.

You will work with modern tech stack (Java 17+, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, REST APIs) to deliver high-impact solutions, collaborate with stakeholders, and mentor junior analysts while following agile processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java ecosystem and frameworks.
• Proficient in CI/CD practices and DevOps tooling.

Responsibilities

• Feasibility studies, time/cost estimates, IT planning and risk tech.
• Develop, test, and implement applications to meet business needs.
• Provide user and operational support for applications.
• Advise with senior stakeholders and coach junior analysts.
• Follow agile methodology for new features and fixes.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Kafka

REST API

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Jenkins

JUnit/Mockito

SQL/NoSQL

Design Patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree/university degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Gradle

Jenkins

TeamCity/Udeploy

SonarQube

Splunk/Prometheus

Autosys

Job description

Job Overview

This position gives an excellent opportunity for the selected candidate to play a significant role in an exciting and critical business within Citi. As a member of our highly acclaimed Technology team, this role provides the opportunity to participate in and shape the expansion and pre-eminence of our Business working together with our team of highly skilled technologists. We believe it is even more special to do this as part of Citi, a premier financial institution that is one of the biggest and best in the market, and as a part of our team that has a high visibility for our work both inside our larger organization as well as in the global Capital Markets world. The position will enable you to leverage Citi's incomparable geographical reach, product richness, and engineering expertise and to translate these into a successful and top-of-the-class product offering for our customers.

Responsibilities

Conduct tasks related to feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, IT planning, risk technology, applications development, model development, and establish and implement new or revised applications systems and programs to meet specific business needs or user areas Monitor and control all phases of development process and analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation as well as provide user and operational support on applications to business users Utilize in-depth specialty knowledge of applications development to analyze complex problems/issues, provide evaluation of business process, system process, and industry standards, and make evaluative judgement Recommend and develop security measures in post implementation analysis of business usage to ensure successful system design and functionality Consult with users/clients and other technology groups on issues, recommend advanced programming solutions, and install and assist customer exposure systems Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision. Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy. Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members. 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. Follow agile methodology and address new function/enhancement/fixes for existing batches and new batches.

Qualifications

4+ years of relevant experience in Java (JDK 1.8 or more) , experience with Spring Boot, KAFKA, GRPC, ECS, Mongo, REST API, JUNIT and SQL Basics Java performance tuning Kubernetes, Openshift, Gradle, Splunk, Prometheus Knowledge of CI/CD Pipeline, Familiarity with TeamCity, Udeploy, Jenkins, SonarQube Experience with Design Patterns, Code Review, Coding standard, Unit testing with JNIT/Mockito Experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications Experience in managing and implementing successful projects Working knowledge of consulting/project management techniques/methods Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Required Skills

Java 17 or more Lombok (for reducing boilerplate code) Spring boot, Spring JPA, Spring Cloud Config, Spring JDBC, Spring WebFlux Kafka, Apache Flink, Spring Kafka Docker (for containerizing applications) Kubernetes (for orchestrating containerized workloads) Helm (for managing Kubernetes applications) Autosys Relational Databases (e.g., SQL) NoSQL Databases (e.g., MongoDB, Couchbase, Redis) Microservices Architecture CI/CC

Job Family Group

Technology

Job Family

Applications Development

Time Type

Full time

Primary Location

Full Time Salary Range: $94,300.00 - $141,500.00

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

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

Automated Processing and AI

We use automated processing, including artificial intelligence, for our legitimate business interests (or our reasonable and appropriate business purposes) to identify and align the candidate's skills and abilities with a specific job opening. Additionally, if you so choose, or consent, we can match your skills and abilities to other suitable roles at Citi. Importantly, all our hiring processes and decisions, including determining your suitability for a role, are conducted, checked, and decided by individuals. Our automated processing and AI do not involve relying on automatic or autonomous decision-making. Please refer to any Jurisdictional Considerations, with specific provisions for your country (where relevant) for further details.

This job opening is for an existing job vacancy.

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