Senior Applications Platform & Fraud DevOps Lead

Citi; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Senior Application Development Manager to lead a Java-based microservices stack for fraud detection and analytics. You will guide architecture, cloud infra, and DevOps practices while collaborating with risk and payments teams.

The role requires deep Java expertise, experience with Kafka/IBM MQ, OpenShift or AWS, and a track record of delivering high-throughput systems in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, IT, or a related field.
• 10+ years of professional software development, with 4+ years in leadership/engineering management.
• Experience in DevOps-centric environments and cloud infra.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and development of high-throughput Java microservices for fraud detection and analytical scoring.
• Design secure integration rails with internal/external risk scoring platforms.
• Implement real-time messaging with Kafka and IBM MQ; enforce code quality and security standards.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines; ensure resilience, observability, and autoscaling.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Kafka

IBM MQ

CI/CD

DevOps

Payments

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Related Field

Tools

OpenShift

AWS

Snowflake

MongoDB/Oracle

Job description

Citi is seeking a Senior Application Development Manager to lead a Java-based microservices stack for fraud detection and analytics. You will guide architecture, cloud infra, and DevOps practices while collaborating with risk and payments teams.

The role requires deep Java expertise, experience with Kafka/IBM MQ, OpenShift or AWS, and a track record of delivering high-throughput systems in a hybrid environment.