Senior Java Developer – Vice President at Citi – Pune Maharashtra India | Jobyssey

The Applications Development Senior Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department in an effort to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

Manage one or more Applications Development teams in an effort to accomplish established goals as well as conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
Utilize in-depth knowledge and skills across multiple Applications Development areas to provide technical oversight across systems and applications
Review and analyze proposed technical solutions for projects
Contribute to formulation of strategies for applications development and other functional areas
Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business integrate to accomplish business goals
Provide evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual data in complicated and unique situations
Impact the Applications Development area through monitoring delivery of end results, participate in budget management, and handling day-to-day staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project
Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards negotiating with external parties when necessary
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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Recommended Qualifications:

12 -15 years of relevant experience in the Financial Service industry
Experience as Applications Development Manager
Experience as senior level in an Applications Development role
Stakeholder and people management experience
Demonstrated leadership skills
Proven project management skills
Basic knowledge of industry practices and standards
Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Java Development Expertise:

Extensive hands-on experience in Java development, with a deep understanding of core Java concepts and design patterns.
Hands-on experience in Java, Spring MVC, Spring Batch and Spring Boot

RESTful APIs: Deep understanding and hand-on experience in RESTful APIs.

Relational Databases: Solid experience with relational databases such as Oracle and Sybase.

DevOps Practices:
Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, and automated testing. Working experience in using DevOps Tools like BitBucket, GitHub, Jenkins, TeamCity, Tekton, Harness and uDeploy.

AI Tools: Usage of AI Tools such as Copilot, etc. in IDE in SDLC processes like development, SONAR fixes, addressing CVM issues, etc.

Preferred Skills:

Messaging & Event Platforms:
Hands-on experience in messaging and event platforms such as Solace, Kafka. Experience designing and implementing event-driven architectures.

RESTful APIs & Microservices: Deep understanding of RESTful APIs and microservice architecture. Experience building and deploying microservices in a cloud environment.

Distributed Systems Experience:
Experience in working on complex, distributed systems in a global context.
Hands-on experience in Distributed Cache like Redis, Hazelcast, etc. and Streaming frameworks like Apache Flink, Apache Spark, etc.
Understanding of distributed system concepts like fault tolerance and scalability.

AI Adoption:
Working Knowledge of any AI Tools using established AI Models like Gemini, GPT, Claude, etc.
Involved in AI Adoption strategy and standardization of best practices in SDLC (Ex: Creating / Using AI Playbooks).
Experience in developing AI Agents.

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.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced candidate for the development, implementation, and maintenance of our core applications. This role requires a strong technical background in Java/Spring, Angular, and Oracle PL/SQL, coupled with proven leadership abilities in managing technical teams and engaging with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be a forward-thinker, with a passion for leveraging emerging technologies, including AI tools and agents, to drive efficiency and innovation.

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Technology

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Applications Development

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Full time

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