Senior Core Java Backend Lead - Vice President

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

Job summary

Citi in Pune, India is seeking an Applications Development Senior Manager to lead one or more development teams and drive the organization’s technology strategy for application systems. You will oversee delivery, governance, and staff management while collaborating with the Technology team to achieve business objectives.

The role requires 12+ years of experience in Agile environments, deep Java/Spring expertise, and hands-on knowledge of CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, and modern web APIs.

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 (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).
• Proven experience integrating Generative AI tools and Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Good understanding of Trino will be a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage 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 formulation of strategies for applications development and other areas.
• Develop knowledge of how business areas integrate to meet goals.
• Provide evaluative judgment based on data in complex situations.
• Monitor delivery, participate in budget management, and handle staff/resource management.
• Ensure procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards with external parties.
• Assess risk and uphold regulatory/ethical standards; escalate and report issues.

Skills

Core Java

Spring Framework

Python

REST APIs

OO Design

SOA

Code Documentation

Requirements Analysis

Source Control

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Jenkins

Maven

Ant

SonarQube

Bitbucket

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.

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

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.

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Development

Time Type:

Full time

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