Senior Core Java Backend Lead - Vice President

Citi; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 5,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Maharashtra, India, seeks an Applications Development Senior Manager to lead one or more development teams, drive delivery of complex applications, and align technology initiatives with business goals. You will guide technical design, oversee Agile practices, manage budgets, evaluate solutions, and ensure standards while mentoring staff.

Strong Java/Spring, Web API, Linux, and CI/CD expertise are required.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of industry experience.
• Experience of Agile development and scrums.
• Strong knowledge on Core Java, Spring(Core, Boot etc).
• Expertise in Web API implementations (Web services, Restful services).
• Good understanding of Linux or Unix operating systems.
• Strong knowledge on build tools (Ant/Maven), CI (Jenkins), code quality (SonarQube) and testing (JUnit).
• Exposure to SCM tools like Bitbucket.
• Knowledge of Docker / Kubernetes / OpenShift.

Responsibilities

• Lead one or more Applications Development teams to achieve goals 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 meet goals.
• Provide evaluative judgment based on data in complex situations.
• Monitor delivery, contribute to budget management, and manage staff allocation.
• Define standards and negotiate with external parties as needed.
• Assess risk and ensure compliance with laws and Citi policies.

Skills

Core Java

Spring

Python

OO design patterns

RESTful API design

Presentation & architecture

Requirements to design

Source control

Jenkins

Maven/Ant

Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift

Distributed messaging (Kafka/RabbitMQ)

Generative AI / LLMs

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Jenkins

Maven/Ant

SonarQube

Bitbucket

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

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.

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

Knowledge/Experience

• 12+ years of industry experience
• Experience of Agile development and scrums
• Strong knowledge on Core Java, Spring(Core, Boot etc),
• Expertise in Web API implementations (Web services, Restful services etc.) .
• Good understanding of Linux or Unix operating systems.
• Strong knowledge on build (Ant/Maven), continuous integration (Jenkins), code quality analysis (SonarQube) and unit and integration testing (JUnit)
• Exposure to SCM tool like bitbucket .
• Candidates with strong knowledge of Docker / Kubernetes / OpenShift..
• Strong knowledge of distributed messaging platforms like (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ etc)
• Proven experience integrating and leveraging Generative AI tools and Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance developer productivity and application capabilities.
• Good understanding of Trino will be a plus..

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

Skills

• Hands on coding experience on Core Java and Spring
• Hands on coding experience in python is a plus.
• Strong analysis and design skills including OO design patterns
• Solid understanding of SOA concepts, RESTful API design
• Ability to produce professional, technically-sound, and visually-appealing presentations and architecture designs
• Experience creating high level technical/process documentation and presentations for audiences at various levels. Experience writing/editing technical, business, and process documentation in an Information Technology/Engineering environment
• Must be able to understand requirements & convert to technical design and code
• Knowledge of source code control systems, unit test framework, build and deployment tools
• Experienced with large scale programs rollout and ability to create and maintain detailed WBS and project plans.

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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