SDET – JAVA Microservices Engineer (AVP) – London

Citigroup Inc.; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in London is seeking an SDET – JAVA Microservices Engineer to develop high-performance systems and lead automation efforts. The ideal candidate has strong Java expertise and experience with TDD and BDD practices. You will work closely with teams to ensure stable and efficient delivery. This role includes hybrid work options and competitive benefits.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Discretional annual performance bonus

Private Medical Care

Life Insurance

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special employee discounts

Learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Strong Java developer with BDD/TDD experience.
• Understanding of Finance protocols like FIX.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable Java microservices.
• Own the automation framework for the microservice platform.
• Collaborate with DevOps and QA for CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Java development

Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD)

Performance Testing

Collaboration

Automation processes

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Docker

Kubernetes

CI tools (Jenkins)

Job description

SDET – JAVA Microservices Engineer (AVP) – London

Shape the Future of Financial Technology with Cutting-Edge Java Microservices

Are you a seasoned Java developer with a passion for Test-Driven Development (TDD) or Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) practices? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where you can leverage your expertise to build robust, high-performance systems? If so, Citi is seeking a strong product integration engineer

AVP – SDET Java Engineerto join our HPA Tech team in London.

About the Role

This pivotal role offers a unique opportunity to combine your deep Java expertise with product integration responsibilities. You will be at the forefront of developing and maintaining high-performant low-latency Java microservices, automation test scripts, product usage demos, and sample use cases, all while integrating observability and DevOps tools. This role demands advanced technical skills and effective collaboration with Technology, Product Leads, and Business users to ensure the delivery of bug-free software to Production both quickly and with high stability.

As a hands-on engineer and technical leader, you will guide a global team of automation and DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Stable and high performance Microservices Development:Design, develop, and maintain scalable, resilient Java microservices using TDD and BDD principles.
• Automation Framework Ownership:Take ownership of the automation framework development for the microservice platform, leveraging your expertise in Java to define automation processes, scripting standards, and script reviews.
• Performance Testing:Build and maintain the Performance Test Framework for Ambrosia, ensuring the platform remains performant under current and future loads are microsec level response times.
• Product Integration:Develop product use case samples for the platform, ensuring sound Production quality.
• Collaboration:Work closely with DevOps and QA teams to align with strategic initiatives and create high performance and stability assurance CI/CD pipelines.
• Delivery Excellence:Collaborate with Business and Technology leadership to ensure the efficient delivery of new features and tech mandatory upgrades.
• Test Planning & Execution:Define test automation to achieve 100% automation for Release on Demand compliant delivery
• In-Sprint Automation:Drive TDD / BDD automation practices of feature deliveries, championing automation best practices to deliver trunk based development and maintain 100% CI/CD automation.
• Defect Management:Perform detailed root cause analysis of defects and manage fix/retest cycles.
• Reporting:Produce regular Test Reports to communicate delivery health to key stakeholders and automated reporting to Grafana, JIRA and internal delivery reporting systems.
• Risk Mitigation:Mitigate roll-out risk through runbook / pipeline reviews

Qualifications

• Strong Java developer with exposure to BDD/TDD based development processes
• Deep understanding of Markets business and Finance protocols such as FIX
• Familiarity with Java BDD/TDD technology such as Cucumber
• Excellent analytical, interpretive, and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communication and diplomacy skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Expertise in Java and related microservice technologies (e.g., Spring Boot, REST APIs).
• Experience developing stubs and drivers.
• Experience with Git for version control.
• Hands-on experience with CI tools such as Jenkins or Harness.
• Experience packaging and deploying containers using Docker, K8S, AWS/GCP/OpenShift
• Experience with ALM, Zephyr, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Docker
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Why Join Citi?

Citi is a global leader in financial services, providing a broad range of products and services to corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. At Citi, you will have the opportunity to:

• Work on challenging and impactful projects.
• Collaborate with talented and passionate colleagues.
• Advance your career in a dynamic and growing industry.
• Working at the cutting edge of high performance trading systems engineering

If you are a highly motivated and skilled Java developer with a passion for product integration and leadership, we encourage you to apply. Join Citi and help us shape the future of financial technology!

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

What we’ll provide you

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Visit ourGlobal Benefitspage to learn more.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.

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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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