Digital S/W Engineer Sr Mgr – C13 – PUNE

Citi; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Pune, India seeks a Digital Software Engineer Senior Manager to lead a talented team of developers across microservices and web platforms. This role combines hands-on coding with people management to deliver scalable software and drive best practices.

You will steer architecture, security, and SDLC improvements while leveraging AI-enabled tooling and BDD automation to ensure high quality, secure products that meet client needs.

Qualifications

• 8–15 years of Apps Development or EA leadership experience.
• Strong full-stack background with Java, Spring Boot, Angular, JavaScript, CSS.
• Experience automating code quality and performance in CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable microservices and web apps.
• Mentor reports, coach talent, and drive performance standards.
• Lead architecture, security, and resiliency design patterns.
• Improve SDLC processes and foster test-first culture.

Skills

Full-stack

Microservices

Leadership

Problem solving

SDLC improvements

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Angular

JavaScript

CSS

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Digital Software Engineer Senior Manager

Job Summary

The Digital S/W Engineer Sr Mgr accomplishes results through the management of professional team(s) and department(s). This role integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area, contributing to standards around which others will operate. It requires an in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the entire function. Basic commercial awareness is needed. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide, influence, and convince others, particularly colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. The position has responsibility for volume, quality, timeliness, and delivery of end results of an area, and may include planning, budgeting, and policy formulation. It involves short-term planning and resource planning, with full management responsibility for a team, including performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary actions, terminations, and budget approval. This senior leadership role demands a hands‑on full‑stack developer and people manager with expertise in microservices and web development. The ideal candidate will drive technical excellence using AI tools, foster a test‑first culture with robust BDD automation, lead continuous process improvements across the SDLC, and apply strong architectural, security, and resiliency design patterns. They must possess excellent problem‑solving, performance optimization, defensive coding, and troubleshooting skills, while demonstrating leadership to influence stakeholders, manage teams effectively, and build a positive, efficient culture focused on delivering client outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Possess the ability to continuously build a network of talent inside and outside of the company.
• Create mechanisms to help onboard new talent to the organization and be able to mentor others.
• Effectively coach and give feedback to direct reports to help develop talent and support career development.
• While managing the team you will be able to apply performance standards and identify resource needs for the team in order to set and balance goals across team to optimize performance against department goals and employee development. This will include the ability to describe strategic importance of vision inside and outside of the team and to set and articulate expectations around leadership behavior; including role model behavior that exemplifies Citi's leadership principles.
• Design, implement, and deploy software components and solve difficult problems generating positive feedback.
• Have a solid understanding of development approaches (and how to best use them).
• Able to work independently and with your team to deliver software successfully.
• Deliver work that is consistently of a high quality (e.g., secure, testable, maintainable, low‑defects, efficient, etc.) and incorporates best practices. Your team trusts your work.
• Code reviews tend to be rapid and uneventful; provide useful code reviews for changes submitted by others.
• Focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions, taking on projects that improve your team’s software, making it better and easier to maintain.
• Make improvements to your team’s development and testing processes.
• Have established good working relationships with team‑mates and peers working on related software.
• Recognize discordant views and take part in constructive dialogue to resolve them.
• Able to confidently train new team‑mates about your customers, what your team’s software does, how it is constructed, tested, operates, and how it fits into the bigger picture.
• 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.
• Lead as a full‑stack developer specializing in microservices and web development, utilizing skills in Java, Spring Boot, Angular, JavaScript, CSS, and other supporting technologies to design, build, and maintain scalable applications.
• Demonstrate proficiency in using GitHub Enterprise (GHE) Copilot and similar AI tools to enhance efficiency in development, testing, and related activities.
• Foster a test‑first mindset within the team, with strong working experience in BDD test automation for APIs, UI, and end‑to‑end functional testing to ensure quality and reliability.
• Be proactive and eager to learn new technologies and tools; as a leader, drive continuous process improvement across all phases of the product and software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Exhibit excellent problem‑solving, performance improvement, defensive coding, and troubleshooting skills to address complex technical challenges.
• Apply excellent knowledge of architectural, security, and resiliency design patterns to ensure robust, secure, and scalable system designs.
• Leverage strong leadership skills to influence partners and stakeholders, while demonstrating people management expertise in establishing a positive team culture, driving efficiencies, and delivering outstanding client outcomes.

Recommended Qualifications

• 8-15 years of relevant experience in an Apps Development role or senior level experience in an Enterprise Architecture role with subject matter expert in one or more areas.
• Lead resources and serve as a functional SME across the company through advanced knowledge of algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, networking, use of knowledge and experience to lead, architect, and drive broader adoption forward.
• Demonstrate knowledge on automating code quality, code performance, unit testing, and build processing in the CI/CD.
• Strong full‑stack development background with microservices and web technologies, including Java, Spring Boot, Angular, JavaScript, CSS, and supporting skills.
• Proven proficiency with AI‑assisted tools like GHE Copilot for development and testing.
• Extensive experience with BDD test automation frameworks and a test‑first development approach for API, UI, and E2E testing.
• Demonstrated leadership in driving process improvements across the SDLC, with a proactive approach to adopting new technologies.
• Advanced skills in problem‑solving, performance tuning, defensive coding, troubleshooting, and applying architectural, security, and resiliency patterns.
• Excellent leadership and people management capabilities, with experience influencing stakeholders and cultivating high‑performing teams.

Education

Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred.

Job Family Group

Technology

Job Family

Digital Software Engineering

Time Type

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

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Other Relevant Skills

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