Lead Java Developer (VP)

Overview

In this role you drive the technical design, development and optimization of Citi’s regulatory reporting framework and data pipelines, focusing on onboarding new regulations. You’ll lead a team of engineers within an Agile setting, translating regulatory rules into scalable software solutions. The work combines hands-on coding with system design, data processing and automation to support compliance at scale. This is a chance to influence financial regulation tech and mentor a diverse engineering team.

Pay / Benefits

• 27 days annual leave
• discretionary annual performance-related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design, development and optimization of the regulatory reporting platform and data pipelines
• Mentor and guide a team of software engineers, performing code reviews and promoting technical excellence
• Drive onboarding of new regulatory requirements and ensure adaptability to evolving standards
• Apply AI/ML concepts to enable intelligent automation, anomaly detection and data classification in pipelines
• Write clean, robust Java/Spring Boot code and set engineering quality standards
• Design scalable components, microservices and data integration layers for high-throughput processing
• Develop and optimize distributed data processing jobs with Spark, Hadoop and Hive
• Build and maintain real-time streaming pipelines with Apache Kafka
• Design and optimize data models in MongoDB and relational databases
• Lead Agile execution: sprint planning, estimation, daily progress tracking
• Translate complex regulatory rules with Business Analysts into precise technical specs
• Serve as a primary technical liaison, communicating progress and risk to management
• Establish automated testing and secure coding practices (TDD, OWASP)

Key requirements

• Significant hands-on software engineering experience in enterprise-scale environments
• Deep Java/J2EE and Core Java knowledge (Java 8+)
• Strong Spring ecosystem experience (Boot, Cloud, Data, Security)
• Proficiency with Spark, Hadoop and Hive; ability to optimize Spark jobs
• Experience with Apache Kafka for event-driven architectures
• Strong SQL and database design skills; NoSQL experience with MongoDB
• Proficiency with Git/Bitbucket, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes
• Agile/Scrum experience; SDLC, secure coding standards and TDD (JUnit, Mockito)
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Financial domain knowledge or willingness to learn regulatory reporting (Basel III/IV, CCAR, MiFID, Dodd-Frank)
• Cloud familiarity (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related technical field

• Collaborative
• Strong communicator
• Analytical problem-solver
• Java/J2EE
• Spring Boot / Spring Cloud / Spring Data / Spring Security
• Apache Spark / Hadoop / Hive