Senior Java Developer – Agile (VP) – Belfast

Citigroup Inc.; Belfast; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global bank is seeking an experienced software engineer to provide technical leadership within the Prime Brokerage Technology team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Java and Test-Driven Development, and experience in delivering high-quality software in an Agile environment. Responsibilities include leading development initiatives, conducting system analysis, and ensuring top-notch product delivery. This full-time role is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Qualifications

• Ownership and delivery on components within the Core Prime Brokerage platform.
• Provide technical leadership for an agile development team.
• Conduct high-level system analysis and architecture design.
• Translate complex business needs into technical specifications.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement in SDLC, agile and DevOps processes.
• Lead design, planning, and estimation discussions.
• Oversee production support processes and enhance performance.

Skills

Java & Test-Driven Development

System analysis and programming of software applications

Managing and implementing successful projects

Subject Matter Expert in Applications Development

Tools

Kotlin

Cloud Technologies (Kubernetes, Open Shift)

Messaging Technologies (Kafka, Solace, TIBCO)

Database Technologies (SQL Server, Trino, Mongo, S3)

Observability Technologies (OpenTelemetry, ELK, Grafana)

Job description

Are you passionate about engineering, testing, automation and building high-quality software? Can you work across diverse teams to spread your passion and experience to raise the bar for everyone? Do you enjoy working in a collaborative Agile environment and seeing the applications that you build making users happy? If you are excited about technical leadership, then this is the ideal role for you.

Overview

Citi is a world-leading global bank. We have approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. We enable clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

What We do / The Team

Prime Brokerage Technology provides solutions that underpin the operations of our clients and traders that provide the foundation of our Prime Finance business. This is an area of great opportunity and is a major growth target for Citi – with technology providing the key to unlock this potential.

Role Overview/What will you do:

• Ownership and delivery on a variety of components (Java/Kotlin) within the Core Prime Brokerage platform. Hands-on Development.
• Provide technical leadership for an agile development team, championing best practices in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD). Foster a culture of quality through developer-led automated testing initiatives. Drive continuous improvement in SDLC, agile and DevOps processes using key performance indicators, including DORA metrics, to enhance team efficiency and software delivery.
• Lead design, planning and estimation discussions within the team and with partners from across the department along with business stakeholders.
• Conduct high-level system analysis and architecture design, ensuring alignment with business requirements, technical standards and the overall architecture blueprint.
• Facilitate requirement gathering and translate complex business needs into technical specifications.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of project and technical documentation.
• Identify and mitigate risks throughout the SDLC, proposing solutions to complex problems.
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
• Oversee production support processes, collaborating with operations and business stakeholders. Analyze issue patterns to drive improvements. Guide documentation efforts, maintain on-call rotations and lead post-mortems. Lead efforts to resolve root-causes and enhance performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership and serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers, analysts and graduates.

Key Skills and Experience required

• Java & Test-Driven Development are essential.
• Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of Applications Development

Experience in any number of additional technologies (listed below) is advantageous:

• Kotlin
• Cloud Technologies (Kubernetes, Open Shift)
• Messaging Technologies (Kafka, Solace, TIBCO)
• Database / Data Store / Data Query Technologies (SQL Server, Trino, Mongo, S3)
• Observability Technologies (OpenTelemetry, Elastic Stack / ELK, Grafana)

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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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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