Application Development Lead - Senior Vice President

Citi; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a senior Applications Development professional to lead architecture, design, and delivery of enterprise UI applications. The role emphasizes hands-on development with Angular and Ext JS, and backend services in Java/Spring Boot, along with strong DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities include technical leadership, code reviews, performance optimization, and mentoring teams while coordinating with architects, infrastructure, product owners, and business

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, development, and delivery of enterprise UI applications.
• Provide technical leadership to development teams, including design and code reviews, performance optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Ensure CI/CD pipelines with automated build, test, deployment, and release processes.
• Mentor developers and guide open-source tech adoption and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, infrastructure, product owners, and stakeholders to deliver solutions.

Skills

Angular

Ext JS

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

ECS/Containerized

GitHub

Git

CI/CD

DevOps

Open-source tech

Architecture/design

Code quality

Troubleshooting

Leadership/communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

The Applications Development Technology Senior Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture, design, development, and delivery of enterprise UI applications.
• Strong hands-on experience with Angular and Ext JS for developing scalable and responsive user interfaces.
• Strong experience with Java and Spring Boot for designing and developing backend services and APIs.
• Experience deploying, supporting, and troubleshooting applications in ECS/containerized environments.
• Define application architecture, technical standards, reusable components, and development best practices.
• Provide technical leadership to development teams, including design reviews, code reviews, performance optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, including automated build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub, including source-code management, branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, and integration with CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of open-source technologies and frameworks, with hands-on implementation experience.
• Ability to evaluate and select appropriate open-source libraries, frameworks, and tools, considering security, licensing, maintainability, vulnerabilities, and enterprise standards.
• Drive application modernization, technical improvements, and adoption of engineering best practices.
• Work closely with architects, developers, infrastructure teams, product owners, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions successfully.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to developers and help resolve complex technical issues.

10+ years of experience in the following:

• Angular and Ext JS
• Java / Spring Boot
• REST APIs and Microservices
• ECS / Containerized environments
• GitHub and Git
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Strong open-source technology implementation experience
• Application architecture and solution design
• Code quality, security, performance, and scalability
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Good communication and technical leadership capabilities

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

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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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