Applications Development Manager (Java) - Assistant Vice President

Citi; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking an Applications Development Manager (Java) – Assistant Vice President to develop high-performance applications and reusable components. The ideal candidate will lead technical teams and collaborate with business partners to design innovative solutions.

Located in New York, this hybrid role is perfect for seasoned technologists with over 8 years of experience, especially in Java and multi-tier applications. Strong communication and leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years hands-on experience in applications development.
• Experience in project management methodologies and multi-tier applications.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop reusable components and services following best practices.
• Create high performance applications leveraging the Citi framework.
• Mentor and lead technical teams towards quality output.

Skills

Self Motivated

Strong interpersonal skills

Innovative problem solver

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Java

SpringBoot

KAFKA

Kubernetes

SQL

Job description

Applications Development Manager (Java) – Assistant Vice President

Job Req Id: 26959146

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job Type: Hybrid

Posted: May. 12, 2026

Job Overview

Unified Trade Process System is a dynamic and high-performing division of Citi’s Markets business. We work on business-critical high availability application solutions across 80+ countries. Our applications are considered amongst the best-in-class within the industry, with our eCommerce and analytical products continuing to win industry awards year after year.

The team works closely with end users gaining direct exposure to the fast-paced world of capital markets trading. As part of an expansion, the team is looking to hire top-performing technologists with a proven track record at Team Lead level, reporting to the Development Project Manager.

Responsibilities

• Develop common, reusable components and services utilizing Citi’s best practices
• Create high performance, low latency applications leveraging existing Citi framework
• Ensure strong reliability, scalability and performance of our components
• Liaise with technical and business teams to collaborate on identifying opportunities and solutions
• Drive architecture and execute on our technical strategy
• Partner with business to continue to evolve our architecture roadmap beyond near-term objectives
• Coordinate development with both internal technology teams and business
• Adhere to engineering standards and strive for best in class
• Assist in third line support during core trading hours
• Motivate, mentor and lead technical teams, evaluate their delivery, guide the members to deliver quality output with responsible delegation and build a high-performance team
• Together with the partner teams, user community, business analysts and Tech management contribute to innovative & best-in-class solutions for our business

Recommended Qualifications

• 8+ years hands on experience
• Strong Knowledge in one of the project management methodologies
• Experience in designing and implementing Multi-tier applications
• Excellent analytic & problem solving skills
• Excellent knowledge in troubleshooting, performance tuning and best practices
• Experience in Messaging, failover designing and recovery planning
• Experience in delivering high quality applications
• Experience in project risk identification techniques, mitigation and escalation
• Familiar with all phases of the systems lifecycle, from analysis, design and development through to support
• Experience in developing performance sensitive multi-tier Java/JEE applications
• Knowledge of the FI market and products is very desirable.

Skills

• Self Motivated, Strong interpersonal and articulation skills (spoken and written)
• Excellent persuasive, influencing and negotiation skills
• Outstanding analytic and problem-solving skills; innovative and solutions oriented

Technical

• Excellent knowledge in Java (JDK 1.8 or more); Experience with SpringBoot, KAFKA, GRPC, ECS, Mongo, REST API, JUNIT and SQL/PLSQL Basics
• Java performance tuning
• Kubernetes, Openshift, Gradle, Splunk, Prometheus
• Knowledge of CI/CD Pipeline, Familiarity with TeamCity, UDeploy, Jenkins, SonarQube
• Experience with Design Patterns, Code Review, Coding standard, Unit testing with JNIT/Mockito

Education

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

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