Lead Java Engineer - Vice President

Citi; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Public Cloud Infrastructure Lead Developer to architect and implement foundational cloud infrastructure, automate provisioning, and drive cloud-first strategies. You will collaborate with developers across the full lifecycle from design to deployment and operation.

The role demands senior software development expertise, experience with cloud services (GCP/AWS), and a strong focus on automation, resilience, and policy as code.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software development / automation experience in cloud platform engineering.
• Strong background in cloud service automation using Kubernetes, Java Spring, Helm, and Linux.
• Experience applying domain driven design to build complex applications.
• Hands-on with cloud services (GCP or AWS) and DevSecOps tooling.

Responsibilities

• Automate foundational infrastructure for public cloud (Accounts, Network, Compute).
• Deliver tooling and capabilities for cloud-first strategy.
• Provide developer-friendly cloud onboarding and account management for cloud providers.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and traceability of requirements.
• Promote SDLC best practices to enable CI/CD, automation, and policy as code.
• Develop cloud-native solutions to undefined system needs and advocate innovation.
• Drive process improvements while ensuring alignment with operations roadmap.
• Communicate requirements clearly to stakeholders.
• Demonstrate deep engineering concepts and principles.

Skills

Java with Spring Boot

Spring Reactive

Linux

Education

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

Job description

Role Description

The Public Cloud Infrastructure Lead Developer will be instrumental in implementing the architecture and the engineering processes and best practices to enable the foundational infrastructure (Accounts, network, compute, storage, observability) required for application hosting in public cloud. This role is responsible for development of microservices, automate infrastructure provisioning and orchestration in public cloud. The ideal candidate has experience in professional software development, designing and creating highly available cloud systems, and can implement cloud strategy. Advanced industry knowledge is key, as well as knowledge in building an engineering organization. The role requires a talented technologist with experience engaging with application developers throughout the full development life-cycle – from inception and design to deployment, operation, and iterative development.

Role Description

The Public Cloud Infrastructure Lead Developer will be instrumental in implementing the architecture and the engineering processes and best practices to enable the foundational infrastructure (Accounts, network, compute, storage, observability) required for application hosting in public cloud. This role is responsible for development of microservices, automate infrastructure provisioning and orchestration in public cloud. The ideal candidate has experience in professional software development, designing and creating highly available cloud systems, and can implement cloud strategy. Advanced industry knowledge is key, as well as knowledge in building an engineering organization. The role requires a talented technologist with experience engaging with application developers throughout the full development life-cycle – from inception and design to deployment, operation, and iterative development.

Responsibilities

• Automate foundational infrastructure for public cloud (Accounts, Network, Compute)
• Deliver the tooling and capabilities needed to enable our cloud first strategy
• Provide developer-friendly cloud onboarding, account creation and management for supported cloud providers
• Ensure compliance to regulations and policy by implementing accurate requirements traceability
• Develop, cascade, and enforce development and engineering best practices using modern SDLC that enables CI/CD and favors automation, auditability, automated testing, infrastructure, and policy as code
• Develop and advocate for new cloud native solutions to undefined system needs, where no solution is available within the technical community
• Drive client satisfaction by identifying and developing process improvement and automation initiatives while ensuring compliance of solutions to operations roadmap
• Ensure requirements/tasks from technology departments and/or end users are communicated to stakeholders
• Exhibit in-depth understanding of engineering concepts and principles

Qualifications

• Minimum 12+ years of software development / automation experience in the Cloud Platform engineering domain.
• Must have a strong software development background with expertise in cloud service automation using technologies such as:
• Kubernetes
• Java with Spring Boot
• Helm
• Spring Reactive
• Linux
• Good to have - Terraform experience.
• Strong object-oriented design and programming skills and experience in OO languages (Java)
• Proven experience applying domain driven design to build complex business applications
• Hands‑on experience with GCP (Preferred) or AWS Cloud services. Experienced in Development Security Operations practices and Software Development Lifecycle tooling and components.
• Knowledge of common standards and practices involving CI/CD, IAM, and Security.
• Experience working across multiple lines of business in a collaborative corporate environment.
• Advanced analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Attention to detail and demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal) and the ability to honestly communicate with all levels of staff and management in a helpful and productive manner.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Job Family Group

Technology

Job Family

Systems & Engineering

Time Type

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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