Senior Java Developer VP

Citi; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking an experienced Digital Software Engineering Lead Analyst to drive full‑stack development in a Pune‑based agile environment. The role requires hands‑on coding, architectural involvement, and cross‑functional collaboration to deliver scalable enterprise applications.

You will pair with developers, decompose backlogs, and mentor teams while applying cloud‑native practices, modern design patterns, and strong quality controls across the SDLC.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with Java and enterprise apps.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, OOP, and design patterns.
• Cloud-native development with container orchestration and CI/CD.
• Experience with REST and GraphQL and agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban).
• Exposure to frontend technologies (Angular/Typescript).
• Bachelor or higher degree in engineering or IT.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to SDLC from design to deployment in a fast‑paced agile team.
• Write high‑quality code and participate in peer reviews and testing.
• Shape software architecture and promote best‑practice standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and lead technical discussions.
• Mentor teams and drive toward scalable, resilient enterprise apps.
• Align with cloud, security, and observability principles.

Skills

Java

Unit testing

Design patterns

Data structures

OOP

Cloud‑native

Agile/Scrum

REST/GraphQL

Frontend exposure

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor/B.Eng degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

CloudFormation

Tekton

CircleCI

Jenkins

Job description

The Digital S/W Eng Lead Analyst is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business.

We are looking for experienced and proficient 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 Digital S/W Eng Lead Analyst 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 Digital S/W Eng Lead Analyst 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

• 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer/Developer 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, Quarkus, Micronaut, or Vert.x
• Exposure to front‑end technologies (Angular, Javascript, Typescript)
• 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 (SCRUM, Kanban)
• Exposure to Database technologies (RDBMS, NoSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Mongo)
• Exposure to event‑driven design and architecture (i.e., Kafka, Spark Flink, IBM MQ, etc.)
• B.Tech/B.Engg 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 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 developers
• Exposure to Job Schedulers (i.e. Autosys, Cloudwatch, etc)
• Experience in finance domain with knowledge in the area of Compliance Risk Management is a plus

Education

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred

Job Family Group

• Technology

Job Family

• Digital Software 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.

Citiis an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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