Senior Java Developer (AVP)
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Overview
As part of Citi Tech, you will build and maintain Java-based systems that power global finance at scale. You’ll work on Unity, Citi’s cross-asset transaction reference, enabling end-to-end traceability from front to back office. The role blends core development with platform support, design collaboration, and continuous improvement in a hybrid, mentoring-led environment. You’ll impact performance, reliability, and the delivery of high-value features across distributed teams. This is a chance to shape the future of financial technology at a global scale.
Pay / Benefits- 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- discretional annual performance related bonus
- Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Pension Plan
- Paid Parental Leave
- Build and maintain solutions for trading platform monitoring, trade reconciliation, and application recovery.
- Participate in design sessions with cross-location teams (employees and vendors).
- Evaluate new tools and approaches to improve delivery quality in an Agile SDLC.
- Analyze existing software and propose improvements to design, architecture, and efficiency.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to shape requirements and design decisions.
- Liaise with production support for troubleshooting and debugging.
- Ensure best practices and standards across the development life cycle.
- Provide user/support documentation and ensure performance and scalability.
- Strong commercial Java development experience.
- Experience with REST APIs and authentication (OAuth/Basic).
- Messaging systems experience (Kafka preferred; others include Nats, Solace, TiBCo, RabbitMQ).
- SQL/database experience (Oracle, SQL Server, Hadoop, etc.).
- Java multithreading/concurrency, Web Services (SOAP/REST), DB2, JMS, MQ, SFTP.
- Knowledge of industry best practices and distributed system development.
- Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Effective stakeholder communication
- Adaptability in a multi-time-zone environment
- Java
- REST API
- OAuth