Java Fullstack Developer- Vice President

• *Discover your future at Citi**
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• *Job Overview**
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• *Job Description: Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst (C13\) – Java Full Stack**
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• *Job Title:** Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst (Java Full Stack)

• *Job Level / Band:** C13 (Vice President )

• *Primary Location:** \[Pune/ Hybrid]

• *Function / Group:** Technology / Applications Development

• *Role Overview**
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The **Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst (Java Full Stack)** is a senior\-level technical leadership role responsible for establishing, designing, and delivering high\-quality, scalable application systems and software solutions in coordination with cross\-functional technology teams. The overall objective of this role is to drive end\-to\-end applications systems analysis, architectural alignment, full\-stack software engineering, and implementation activities across distributed enterprise environments.

• *Key Responsibilities**
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• *Technical Leadership \& Solution Delivery**
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• **System Integration \& Product Delivery:** Partner with engineering managers, product owners, and multi\-disciplinary teams to establish architectural roadmaps, integrate enterprise services, and deliver core system enhancements and new digital capabilities.
• **Architecture \& Engineering Standards:** Ensure software and application designs strictly adhere to enterprise architecture blueprints, security baselines, and industry best practices.
• **Complex Problem Resolution:** Resolve high\-impact, critical engineering and architectural challenges through in\-depth evaluation of complex business flows, technical bottlenecks, system dependencies, and industry standards.
• **Coding \& Quality Governance:** Define, champion, and enforce engineering standards for clean code, design patterns, automated unit/integration testing, debugging, code reviews, and release readiness.
• **Cross\-Functional Domain Alignment:** Maintain a comprehensive understanding of how application architecture, infrastructure, data management, and business capabilities integrate to achieve business objectives.

• *Innovation, AI\-Augmented Engineering \& Coaching**
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• **Innovative Problem\-Solving:** Apply interpretive thinking and structured analysis to identify complex technical problems, proposing modern, scalable, and resilient technical solutions.
• **AI\-First Software Delivery:** Actively leverage generative AI and modern developer\-productivity tools to accelerate software delivery cycles, streamline automated test creation, refactor legacy code, and elevate code quality.
• **Mentorship \& Team Guidance:** Serve as a technical advisor and mentor to mid\-level software engineers and analysts, leading technical discussions and delegating engineering tasks effectively.

• *Risk, Compliance \& Governance**
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• **Risk \& Controls Assessment:** Appropriately assess risk when business and technical decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding client assets.
• **Regulatory \& Policy Compliance:** Drive compliance with applicable laws, rules, and enterprise standards; apply sound ethical judgment; and escalate, manage, and report control issues with full transparency.

• *Qualifications \& Technical Competencies**
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• *1\. Core Backend Software Engineering (Java)**
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• **Java Mastery:** Advanced, hands\-on expertise with Java (Java 17 / 21\) and the modern enterprise Java ecosystem.
• **Frameworks:** Extensive experience with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Data, and Hibernate / JPA.
• **Microservices Architecture:** Proven track record of architecting, implementing, and deploying high\-throughput, low\-latency, resilient, and secure microservices and distributed processing systems.
• **Messaging \& Event\-Driven Systems:** Hands\-on experience with asynchronous messaging and event streaming technologies (Apache Kafka, Solace, or JMS).
• **API Standards:** Expertise designing and developing enterprise\-grade RESTful APIs and gRPC services with strong authentication/authorization patterns (OAuth2, OIDC, mTLS).

• *2\. Modern Frontend Engineering (React / Angular)**
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• **Frontend Frameworks:** Deep practical experience building modern, responsive web applications using **React** and/or **Angular** with **TypeScript** and modern ECMAScript (ES6\+).
• **State Management \& Reactive Programming:** Proficiency in state management patterns (Redux / NgRx) and reactive streams using **RxJS**.
• **Modern UI \& Micro\-Frontends:** Hands\-on experience with Micro\-Frontend architectures, standalone components, dynamic routing, and complex enterprise data grids (e.g., AG Grid Enterprise, Elemental UI / Design System components).
• **Web Fundamentals \& Real\-Time Data:** Strong mastery of HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, DOM manipulation, responsive layouts, and bidirectional communication protocols (WebSockets / Server\-Sent Events).

• *3\. Database \& Data Engineering**
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• **Relational Databases (RDBMS):** Deep experience with relational data modeling, schema design, advanced SQL tuning, and query optimization on enterprise databases (Oracle,).
• **NoSQL Data Stores:** Practical experience designing, indexing, and maintaining document/key\-value NoSQL databases (MongoDB/Couchbase).
• **High Availability \& Scalability:** Solid understanding of database clustering, indexing strategies, replica sets, connection pooling, and caching strategies .

• *4\. CI/CD, Containerization \& Cloud Operations**
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• **Containers \& Orchestration:** Proven experience containerizing applications using Docker and deploying onto container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes / Red Hat OpenShift).
• **Enterprise CI/CD Pipelines:** Hands\-on proficiency configuring automated build, test, and release pipelines using modern enterprise platforms (Harness, Jenkins, Tekton, or GitHub Actions) in Linux environments.
• **Job Scheduling \& Batch Systems:** Familiarity with enterprise workload automation and job schedulers (Autosys or equivalent).
• **Quality \& Security Tooling:** Experience integrating automated code quality, dependency management, and vulnerability scanning tools (SonarQube, Snyk, Checkmarx).

• *5\. AI\-Assisted Engineering**
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• **AI\-First Tooling:** Demonstrated proficiency integrating Generative AI developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, or internal LLM coding assistants) into daily development workflows to enhance productivity, code generation, and test coverage.

• *Education \& Experience**
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• **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent; Master’s degree preferred.
• **Experience:** 6–10\+ years of progressive, hands\-on experience in full\-stack software engineering and application architecture, with demonstrated experience leading technical delivery within enterprise environments.

• This job description provides a high\-level review of the types of work performed. Other job\-related duties may be assigned as required.*

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• *Job Family Group:**
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Technology

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• *Job Family:**
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Applications Development

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• *Time Type:**
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Full time

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• *Most Relevant Skills**
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Please see the requirements listed above.

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• *Other Relevant Skills**
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For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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• 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.*