Java Full Stack Architect - Vice President

Citi; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Java Full Stack Architect - Vice President to lead applications development teams in New York, United States. The role focuses on managing teams, driving application systems analysis, and overseeing the development and implementation of complex multi-system projects.

The ideal candidate will have 10-15 years of experience in Financial Services, with strong leadership and technical skills in Java, Spring Boot, and Agile methodologies. A Bachelor's degree is required, and a Master's is preferred.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of relevant experience in Financial Services.
• Experience with solution design and architecture using various technologies.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage Applications Development teams and conduct performance evaluations.
• Provide technical oversight across systems and applications.
• Monitor delivery of end results and participate in budget management.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Leadership

Agile methodologies

CI/CD tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Bitbucket

Jenkins

OpenShift

Job description

Java Full Stack Architect - Vice President

Job Information

Job Req Id: 26948699

Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Job Type: Hybrid

Job Overview

The Applications Development Senior Lead is a senior developer 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.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage one or more Applications Development teams, conduct personnel duties such as performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions
• Provide technical oversight across systems and applications using in-depth knowledge across multiple development areas
• 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 business areas integrate to accomplish business goals
• Provide evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual data in complicated and unique situations
• Monitor delivery of end results, participate in budget management, and handle 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, demonstrate consideration for the firm’s reputation, safeguard Citigroup, its clients and assets, drive compliance with laws, regulations, and policy, and supervise the activity of others while maintaining accountability

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of relevant experience in the Financial Services industry
• Experience designing and delivering complex multi‑system, distributed, highly available development projects
• Proven experience in solution design and architecture using technologies such as Microservices, Java, Spring Boot, JDBC, JMS, Kafka
• Knowledge of architectural methodologies and frameworks, design patterns, and principles
• Strong hands‑on experience with Java, Spring Boot, databases, JDBC, JMS, distributed systems, and OpenShift
• Experience with ALM and CI/CD tools such as Bitbucket, TFS, Jenkins, uDeploy, and related tools in an agile methodology
• Leadership experience in project solution architecture design at high and detailed levels
• Experience documenting solution architecture and other architectural deliverables
• Experience with a wide range of technologies (Java, database, cloud, web technologies)
• Experience working in both waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate
• Strong leadership and project management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Experience within a banking/finance environment preferred
• Experience with WebSocket, Elasticsearch, and OpenShift
• Methodology of AI including chunking, embedding, AI engineering, and prompt engineering

Bonus Points

• Familiarity with Angular 14
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Agile development methodologies
• Methodology of AI including chunking, embedding, AI engineering, and prompt engineering

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or university degree, or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

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