Citi—Java Engineering Lead - Vice President

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Description: Java Engineering Lead - Vice President Key Responsibilities: - Lead a team of developers in designing, developing and deploying scalable, secure and maintainable applications. - Architect and implement robust backend services using Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA and Spring Cloud. - Drive containerization and orchestration strategies using Docker and Kubernetes. - Apply modern DevOps principles with Maven, Gradle, CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native tools. - Collaborate with product owners, business analysts and QA teams to ensure alignment with business goals. - Participate in and facilitate Agile ceremonies (Scrum or Kanban) including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, refinement and backlog grooming. - Review code, mentor junior developers and enforce coding standards and best practices. - Troubleshoot production issues and lead root cause analysis to identify and resolve performance or stability issues. - Ensure high standards of software quality within team by establishing good practices and habits. Required Skills and Qualifications: - 10+ years of professional software development experience. - Proven expertise in Java (8/11/17), Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA and Spring Cloud. - Proficiency in Docker and Kubernetes for microservices deployment. - Strong knowledge of build tools: Maven, Gradle - Experience working in Agile environment (Scrum, Kanban) and familiarity with tools like JIRA, Confluence. - Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices architecture and design patterns. - Experience with source control (e.g. Git), CI/CD with LightSpeed Enterprises - Strong leadership and team management experience - Excellent communication, problem-solving and organizational skills. Preferred Qualifications: Good to have - Experience with cloud-native platforms (Enterprise Cloud, AWS, Azure, GCP) - Exposure to monitoring and logging tools (e.g. Prometheus, KLK stack). - Knowledge of testing tools like Junit, Quantum, Mockito, Karma, Jasmine. - Strong experience in front-end development using Angular (10+) - Build responsive, user-centric front-end components using Angular. - Multiple years of experience with software engineering best practices (unit testing, automation, design patterns, peer review, etc.) - Clear understanding of building horizontally scalable, highly available, highly resilient, and low latency applications - Multiple years of experience with agile and iterative software delivery - Exposure to Cloud infrastructure both on-premises and public cloud (i.e., OpenShift, AWS, etc.) - Exposure to Cloud-native development and Container Orchestration tools (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.) - Multiple years of experience CI/CD pipelines and using front-end test strategies and frameworks (Cypress, jasmine, karma, selenium etc.) - Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent work experience - Exposure to event-driven design and architecture (Kafka, Spark Flink, etc.) - Exposure to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, either on-premise or public cloud (i.e., Tekton, Harness, CircleCI, Cloudbees Jenkins, etc.) - Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Cloudformation, etc.) - Exposure to Security, Observability, and Monitoring tools (Grafana Prometheus, Splunk, ELK, CloudWatch, etc.) - Exposure to database concepts (RDBMS, NoSQL) ------------------------------------------------------ Job Family Group: Technology------------------------------------------------------ Job Family: Applications Development------------------------------------------------------ Time Type: Full time------------------------------------------------------ Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------ Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------ Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi. View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.