Sr. Java Developer

The Sr. Java Developer is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with senior developers to design, develop, and maintain software applications using Java, Spring, and Angular. 

• Participate in Agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives. 

• Contribute to the DevOps pipeline by automating build, test, and deployment processes. 

• Adapt to a demanding and fast-paced environment, demonstrating a strong work ethic and motivation. 

• Communicate effectively through verbal and written channels, including documenting code and writing technical documentation. 

• Monitor and control all phases of development process and analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation as well as provide user and operational support on applications to business users

• Utilize in-depth specialty knowledge of applications development to analyze complex problems/issues, provide evaluation of business process, system process, and industry standards, and make evaluative judgement

• Recommend and develop security measures in post implementation analysis of business usage to ensure successful system design and functionality

• Consult with users/clients and other technology groups on issues, recommend advanced programming solutions, and install and assist customer exposure systems

• Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes

• Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts

• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.

• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.

• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.

• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 6-10+ years of experience as a Software Engineer/Developer using Java with minimum 3 years’ experience in front end technologies.  

• Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications

• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects

• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of Applications Development

• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate

• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills

• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

• Master’s degree preferred

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

The following would also be helpful for the role :

• Multiple years of experience with software engineering best practices (unit testing, automation, design patterns, peer review, etc.) 

• Clear understanding of Data Structures and Object-Oriented Principles using Java 

• Multiple years of experience with Cloud-native development and Container Orchestration tools (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.). 

• Hands on experience Service Oriented and Microservices architectures, as REST implementations 

• Hands on experience with frameworks like Spring Boot. 

• Working knowledge on build tools (Ant/Maven), continuous integration (Jenkins), code quality analysis (SonarQube) and unit and integration testing (JUnit). 

• Basic understanding of databases (SQL Server preferably) with ability to write queries and stored procedures.  

• Exposure to front-end technologies (Angular, JavaScript, Typescript / HTML5/ CSS3) 

• Exposure to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, either on-premise or public cloud (i.e., Tekton, Harness, CircleCI, Jenkins, etc.) 

• Exposure to architecture experience in building horizontally scalable, highly available, highly resilient, and low latency applications 

• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision. 

• Comprehensive knowledge of Banking and securities domain for application development 

• Working experience on Cloud applications. 

• Knowledge of tools like Bitbucket, Jira & RLM. 

• Good to have knowledge of Kubernetes and OpenShift. 

• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.  

• Ability to work independently and in a team.  

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