Java Tech Lead - Vice President

Citi; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Maharashtra, India is seeking a Senior Applications Development Manager to lead one or more enterprise development teams, drive delivery of applications, and partner with the Technology group to implement strategic software solutions.

The role emphasizes governance, stakeholder management, and mentoring, with responsibility for performance reviews, hiring, and ensuring compliance with standards while shaping the architecture and delivery roadmap.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant experience in the financial services industry.
• Experience as Applications Development Manager.
• Senior level experience in Applications Development.
• Stakeholder and people management experience.
• Strong leadership and project management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage one or more Applications Development teams and conduct personnel duties.
• Provide technical oversight across systems and applications.
• Review and analyze proposed technical solutions for projects.
• Contribute to strategy for applications development and related areas.
• Develop knowledge of how business areas integrate to achieve goals.
• Provide evaluative judgment based on data in complex situations.
• Monitor delivery, contribute to budget decisions, and allocate resources.
• Ensure standards and controls, and negotiate with external parties when needed.
• Assess risk and uphold Citi's reputation and compliance with laws and policies.

Skills

C#

.NET

Angular

REST API

JavaScript

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Architecture design

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

MongoDB

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Docker

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Job description

The Applications Development Senior Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department in an effort to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage one or more Applications Development teams in an effort to accomplish established goals as well as conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
• Utilize in-depth knowledge and skills across multiple Applications Development areas to provide technical oversight across systems and applications
• Review and analyze proposed technical solutions for projects
• Contribute to formulation of strategies for applications development and other functional areas
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business integrate to accomplish business goals
• Provide evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual data in complicated and unique situations
• Impact the Applications Development area through monitoring delivery of end results, participate in budget management, and handling day-to-day staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards negotiating with external parties when necessary
• 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.

Recommended Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant experience in the Financial Service industry
• Experience as Applications Development Manager
• Experience as senior level in an Applications Development role
• Stakeholder and people management experience
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Proven project management skills
• Basic knowledge of industry practices and standards
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Education

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

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

Technical Skills & Experience

• You have 12+ years of experience developing & managing Enterprise applications
• You have experience in C#, .NET, .NET 6+, Angular 13+
• You have experience in Rest API, Web Services, Messaging queue
• You have experience in JQuery, JSON, HTML and CSS
• You are expert in Architecting enterprise-wide solutions using design patterns with minimum 3 years of solution design experience.
• You are expert in integrating messaging queues, APIs over SSL
• You are expert in NoSQL database like MongoDB
• You are expert in integrating messaging platforms like KAFKA
• You are expert in Cloud architecture, ECS, Kubernetes, CI-CD pipelines, DevOps processes and server technologies.
• You have knowledge in Python and AIML space.

Job Family Group: Technology

Job Family: Applications Development

Time Type: Full time

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