Java Technical Lead - Vice President
Citi (company site, opens in a new tab)10+ yrsPuneHybridDirect career pageEst. 30–50 LPA
Posted 14h ago
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About This Role
- Own architecture and hands-on development of high-throughput Java/Spring Boot microservices and Kafka-based workflows for Citi’s global client onboarding platform.
- Lead delivery across the SDLC, from design and implementation to testing, CI/CD, production deployment, and ongoing performance, reliability, and security improvements.
- Set technical standards, review code, mentor developers, and lead resolution of complex production issues across onboarding workflows spanning Legal, Credit, KYC/AML, and Account Opening.
Minimum Requirements
- Work Experience Required: 10+ years of hands-on enterprise application development, with strong backend engineering expertise.
- Expert Core Java and production-grade Spring experience, including microservices; strong Apache Kafka and event-driven architecture expertise; proven REST API design and implementation.
- Strong relational database skills (such as Oracle or PostgreSQL) and experience with document stores such as MongoDB; understanding of distributed systems and resilient design patterns.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; hands-on automated testing experience and familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift, and CI/CD pipelines.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- A senior, hands-on backend technologist able to make architectural decisions while continuing to design, code, tune, and troubleshoot production systems.
- Strong fit for event-driven, distributed platforms requiring high throughput, low latency, concurrency, fault tolerance, and operational observability.
- Likely to succeed in a regulated banking technology environment, translating complex onboarding workflows into secure, reliable services while guiding other engineers.