Backend Java Developer, Officer

Citi; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Backend Java Developer, Officer in Irving, TX. You will design, build, and deploy microservices, and implement RESTful and gRPC APIs with secure auth and rate-limiting. The role emphasizes observability, performance, and reliability across distributed systems.

You will collaborate with DevOps/SRE to maintain CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and adherence to security and data governance standards while participating in Agile ceremonies and mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy microservices using modern frameworks and cloud-native principles.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following engineering best practices.
• Participate in architecture and design discussions, contributing to microservice decomposition and API design.
• Implement RESTful APIs and/or gRPC services with proper authentication, authorization, and rate-limiting.
• Ensure services are observable — implement logging, metrics, and distributed tracing.
• Collaborate with DevOps/SRE teams to build CI/CD pipelines and support containerized deployments (Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift).
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers on best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, ensuring high availability and performance of services.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives).
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and data governance standards.

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

Backend Java Developer, Officer

Job Req Id:

26990034

Location(s):

Irving, Texas, United States

Job Type:

Hybrid

Posted:

Sep. 04, 2026

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Job Overview

The Digital S/W Engineer Intmd Analyst is a developing professional role. Deals with most problems independently and has some latitude to solve complex problems. Integrates in-depth specialty area knowledge with a solid understanding of industry standards and practices. Good understanding of how the team and area integrate with others in accomplishing the objectives of the subfunction/ job family. Applies analytical thinking and knowledge of data analysis tools and methodologies. Requires attention to detail when making judgments and recommendations based on the analysis of factual information. Typically deals with variable issues with potentially broader business impact. Applies professional judgment when interpreting data and results. Breaks down information in a systematic and communicable manner. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to exchange potentially complex/sensitive information. Moderate but direct impact through close contact with the businesses' core activities. Quality and timeliness of service provided will affect the effectiveness of own team and other closely related teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy microservices using modern frameworks and cloud-native principles.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following engineering best practices.
• Participate in architecture and design discussions, contributing to microservice decomposition and API design.
• Implement RESTful APIs and/or gRPC services with proper authentication, authorization, and rate-limiting.
• Ensure services are observable — implement logging, metrics, and distributed tracing.
• Collaborate with DevOps/SRE teams to build CI/CD pipelines and support containerized deployments (Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift).
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers on best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, ensuring high availability and performance of services.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives).
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and data governance standards.
• Turn tech stack and application design into code on multiple development platforms (e.g. iOS, Android, web/Angular, services).
• Address a variety of responses to problems, questions, or situations by applying established criteria to directly influence development outcomes. In doing so, use the right technology to solve technical challenges required to deliver small scale features and functions and / or supporting aspects of a larger program efforts.
• Responsible for applications systems analysis and programming activities that may include assisting with feasibility studies, time and cost estimates and implementation of new or revised applications systems and programs.
• Accountable for development, design, construction, testing and implementation and write secure, stable, testable and maintainable code.
• Expected to operate with autonomy, while some oversight and direction may be required.
• Engage in digital applications development, risk technology, Middleware, Mainframe applications, Non Mainframe applications, Analytic Model Development and Application support activities to meet specific business needs of user areas and to test systems to ensure integrity of deliverables.
• Expected to provide sound understanding of application development concepts and principles and a basic knowledge of concepts and principles in other technology areas.
• On occasion, may need to consult with users, clients and other technology groups on issues and recommend programming solutions for customer exposed systems.
• Take the time to fully learn the functionality, architecture, dependencies, and runtime properties of the systems involved with your projects. This includes the business requirements, applications/services, runtime operations (including trouble management/associated support strategies), and maintenance.
• Understand the business context and the associated customer use cases.
• Understand the team’s technologies and are able to evaluate system designs and architecture as you participate in solution discussions, development and the creation of application / systems documentation.
• Drive clarity into technical implementation by driving system build and performance discussions, providing technical context to team members as required and competently represent your team’s systems to others both inside and outside Digital.
• Occasionally need guidance from peers and / or manager as the team’s operating procedures and technology is well defined.
• Build and maintain integrated project development schedules that account for internal / external dependencies