Senior Java Architect - Data Platform Lead (Hybrid/Remote)

Socket.dev; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model (3 days in office, 2

Continuous learning opportunities

Wellbeing and competitive benefits

Job summary

Citi seeks a Senior Java Architect to lead the design and engineering of enterprise-scale data platforms supporting analytics, dashboards, and data visualization. You will define the architecture for Java-based data infrastructure, build high-performance pipelines, and mentor a team of data engineers.

You will guide streaming and batch pipelines using Kafka, Flink, Iceberg, Pinot, and related technologies, while optimizing storage and query performance across data lakes and lakehouses.

Qualifications

• Expert in Java and Spring with microservices architecture.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Microservices design

Data lakes architecture

Apache Kafka

Apache Flink

Apache Iceberg

Starburst

Apache Pinot

Hive/HDFS

SQL

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Docker

Kubernetes

Leadership experience

6+ years experience

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science / Data Engineering

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Citi seeks a Senior Java Architect to lead the design and engineering of enterprise-scale data platforms supporting analytics, dashboards, and data visualization. You will define the architecture for Java-based data infrastructure, build high-performance pipelines, and mentor a team of data engineers.

You will guide streaming and batch pipelines using Kafka, Flink, Iceberg, Pinot, and related technologies, while optimizing storage and query performance across data lakes and lakehouses.