Java Microservices Development Lead - Vice President

Citigroup

Tampa (FL)

On-site

USD 114,000 - 171,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Citi is seeking a Java & Microservices Development Lead - Vice President to architect and guide mission-critical backend systems for real-time payments on a global scale. You will champion cloud-native Java microservices, implement AI-assisted development practices, and ensure security, reliability, and 99.999% availability across platforms.

You will collaborate with product managers, enterprise architects, and cross-functional squads to translate complex requirements into production-ready

Qualifications

10+ years of hands-on Java software engineering and architecture.
Proven experience designing and operating production-grade microservices.
Strong expertise with Kafka, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and AI-assisted tools.

Responsibilities

Architect and lead end-to-end development of high-throughput Java microservices for real-time processing.
Build event-driven streaming architectures using Apache Kafka.
Champion AI-PDLC practices and integrate AI tools into delivery workflows.
Develop cloud-native services with Spring Boot/Spring Cloud, including observability and security.
Drive design reviews, mentorship, and cross-squad architectural governance.

Skills

Java 17/21

Microservices architecture

Spring Boot

Kafka

AI-PDLC adoption

Cloud-native design

Performance tuning

SRE collaboration

Code reviews/mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

GitHub Copilot

DevOps tooling

Job description

Citi is looking for a Java & Microservices Development Lead - Vice President to architect, build, and lead the engineering of mission‑critical, distributed backend systems that power financial transactions on a global, 24x7 scale. In this role, you will provide technical leadership for high-throughput, low-latency platforms that support real-time Payments processing. You will drive cloud-native Java microservices using Spring Boot, Kafka, and modern AI-accelerated engineering practices (AI-PDLC, GitHub Copilot, Devin), directly shaping the reliability, performance, and 99.999% availability of critical platforms. You will partner with product managers, enterprise architects, and cross‑functional engineering squads to translate complex business and regulatory requirements into robust, production‑ready solutions.

Responsibilities

Architect and lead the end-to-end development of high-throughput, low-latency Java microservices for 24x7 real-time transaction processing, applying core patterns to ensure zero data loss and uninterrupted availability.
Build event-driven streaming and messaging architectures using Apache Kafka
Champion and institutionalize the AI-Assisted Product Development Lifecycle (AI-PDLC) across engineering squads, leveraging generative AI developer tools and autonomous agents (such as GitHub Copilot, Devin, and AI-driven automated testing/code review tools) to accelerate delivery velocity while enforcing firmwide security and governance standards.
Construct resilient cloud-native services utilizing Spring Boot and Spring Cloud components, establishing centralized configuration management, service discovery, distributed tracing, and mTLS security for financial service-to-service communication.
Implement modern financial messaging standards and payment protocols, including ISO 20022 (pacs, pain, camt), real-time payment schemes, and industry-standard financial networks, ensuring strict alignment with data security standards and cryptographic controls.
Optimize data access and persistence tiers across distributed SQL and in-memory caching solutions to maximize throughput and achieve sub-millisecond execution times.
Apply deep expertise in core Java concurrency, Virtual Threads, memory management, and JVM garbage collection tuning to deliver ultra-performant, thread-safe backend architectures.
Partner with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to establish observability standards (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk) and lead performance profiling, chaos engineering experiments, and volume stress testing across all transaction paths.
Lead technical design reviews and code reviews, providing mentorship and architectural guidance that elevates engineering excellence, code quality, and security posture across multiple squads.
Guide containerized workload deployment and management on Docker and Kubernetes / OpenShift, supporting modern CI/CD automation and zero-downtime deployment strategies.

Required qualifications & skills

Hands-on Java software engineering and architecture experience of 10+ years, with deep proficiency in Java 17/21, concurrency utilities, Virtual Threads, memory management, and advanced JVM performance tuning.
Demonstrable track record of designing, developing, and operating production-grade microservices using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and reactive programming paradigms.
Deep expertise in event streaming and messaging architectures using Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ, with practical mastery of partitioning strategies, distributed transactions, and idempotency patterns.
Practical mastery of microservices architecture patterns
Hands-on experience integrating AI-assisted developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Devin, AI code analysis tools) and AI-PDLC practices into team delivery workflows.
Proficiency with containerization and orchestration platforms using Docker and Kubernetes / OpenShift in high-availability environments.
Competency with Git-based version control workflows, automated CI/CD pipelines, and Agile delivery methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional technical, product, and business leadership.

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