Java Tech Lead - Vice President

Citibank (Switzerland) AG; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Citibank (Switzerland) AG is seeking a Java Tech Lead for a hybrid, Pune-based role. You will drive full-stack engineering with a strong emphasis on scalable microservices, cloud-native practices and modern CI/CD pipelines within an agile team.

The role expects deep Java expertise, Spring Boot mastery, and hands-on architectural contribution. Lead technical direction, mentor teams of developers, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver enterprise-grade applications using REST/GraphQL,

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or equivalent
• 5+ years of Development using Java
• Strong knowledge of data structures and OOP
• Cloud-native development and container orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
• Experience with SOA or Microservices architectures including REST and GraphQL
• Proficiency in Spring Boot and related frameworks
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines (Tekton, CircleCI, Jenkins, etc.) and agile delivery
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

• Apply depth of knowledge to all stages of the software development lifecycle
• Develop and engineer solutions within an Agile delivery team
• Contribute to architecture, design, documentation and code quality
• Collaborate with technical leadership to meet goals and standards

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Cloud-native

Microservices

REST/GraphQL

CI/CD

Agile Methods

OOP/Data Structures

Education

BA/BS degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

## Java Tech Lead - Vice PresidentApply: Hybrid: Pune Maharashtra India: Full time: Posted Today: 261000072We are looking for experienced full-stack software engineers who are passionate about solving business problems through innovation and engineering practices. This role will be responsible for writing code, pairing with other developers as appropriate, decomposing acceptance criteria to understand team backlog deliverables, complexities, and risk, while working as a strong contributor on an agile team.From a technical standpoint, the Software Engineer has full-stack coding and implementation responsibilities and adheres to best practice principles including modern cloud-based software development, agile and scrum, code quality, and tool usage. The Software Engineer works to understand and influence software architecture, while contributing to Citi’s and GFT’s technical user base.**Responsibilities*** Apply depth of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, as well as partner continuously with stakeholders on a regular basis* Develop and engineer solutions within an Agile software delivery team, working to collaboratively deliver sprint goals, write code, and participate in the broader Citi technical community and team-level Agile and Scrum processes.* Contribute to the design, documentation, and development of world-class enterprise applications leveraging the latest technologies and software design patterns.* Leverage technical knowledge of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve issues, as necessary.* Follow and contribute to defining technical and team standards.* Collaborate technical leadership to achieve established goals, in line with our broader technical strategy.**Required Qualifications*** 12+ years of experience as a Software Engineer/ 5+ years of Development using Java* Multiple years of experience with software engineering best practices (unit testing, automation, design patterns, peer review, etc.)* Clear understanding of Data Structures and Object Oriented Principles using Java* Multiple years of experience with Cloud-native development and Container Orchestration tools (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.).* Multiple years of experience on Service Oriented and MicroServices architectures, including REST and GraphQL implementations* Multiple years of experience with frameworks like Spring Boot* Exposure to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, either on-premise or public cloud (i.e., Tekton, Harness, CircleCI, Cloudbees Jenkins, etc.)* Multiple years of experience with agile and iterative software delivery* BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience**Preferred Qualifications*** Exposure to architecture experience in building horizontally scalable, highly available, highly resilient, and low latency applications* Exposure to Cloud infrastructure both on-premise and public cloud (i.e., OpenShift, AWS, etc.)* Exposure to event-driven design and architecture (i.e., Kafka, Spark Flink, etc.)* Exposure to API Management tools* Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools (i.e., Terraform, Cloudformation, etc.)* Exposure to Security, Observability, and Monitoring tools (i.e., Grafana Prometheus, Splunk, ELK, CloudWatch, etc.)* Experience mentoring and providing technical leadership for teams of 5 or more developersExposure to database concepts (RDBMS, NoSQL) and web-based technologies (Angular/React) is a plus