Citi—Lead Java Engineer - Vice President

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Description: The Role: The Engineering Lead Analyst is a senior, hands-on technical leadership position responsible for architecting and building the next-generation of platforms for our core Controls Technology area. As a hands-on technical leader for one or more scrum teams, you will be a key voice in our architecture, driving innovation and ensuring our engineering practices meet the highest standards of quality and efficiency. This is a role for a "player-coach" who thrives on impacting design, mentoring engineers, and contributing directly to the codebase. Responsibilities: - Lead a Scrum Team as a Hands-On Engineer: Guide the technical direction and impact the design of highly scalable, containerized Java Spring Boot microservices, while actively contributing to the codebase and driving feature implementation alongside your team. - Champion Innovation with AI Tooling: Actively explore, pilot, and integrate cutting-edge AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, advanced code analyzers) to accelerate development velocity, enhance code quality, and champion a culture of innovation within the team. - Build Critical System Integrations: Design and implement robust, high-performance APIs to connect our new platforms with a diverse landscape of firm-wide control systems, ensuring data accuracy and integrity across the enterprise. - Shape the Full-Stack Experience: Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to build seamless user experiences, shaping the APIs that power our modern Micro-Frontend (MFE) applications built with React and Angular. - Drive End-to-End Feature Ownership: Take full ownership of the development lifecycle for key features, from architectural design and technical specifications through to implementation and deployment in a high-impact, agile environment. - Mentor and Elevate the Team: Advise and mentor team members on best practices in software design, containerization, and modern development workflows, fostering a culture of technical excellence. Qualifications: - 10+ years of hands-on experience in software development, with a proven track record in building and designing robust backend systems. - Experience with Java / Spring Boot framework. Preferred if candidate has exposure in React or Angular. - Strong experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift) and building cloud-native applications. - Demonstrated experience leading technical projects or acting as a tech lead for a development team. - A keen interest in or experience with leveraging AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and code quality. - Deep understanding of software architecture, microservice design patterns, and RESTful API development best practices. - Experience working in Financial Services or another large, complex global environment is highly desirable. - Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks (React, Angular) is a significant plus. - Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication. Education: - Bachelor’s degree/University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience. - Master’s degree preferred. ------------------------------------------------------ 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.