Applications Developer, Citi

Citi

Location:
India, Chennai

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

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Job Description:

The Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst is an intermediate level position responsible for participation in the establishment and implementation of new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to contribute to applications systems analysis and programming activities. The job requires technical proficiency in software application development, payments domain expertise, and stakeholder management. Clear communication and proactive problem-solving are essential.

Job Responsibility:

Conduct tasks related to feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, IT planning, risk technology, applications development, model development, and establish and implement new or revised applications systems and programs to meet specific business needs or user areas
Monitor and control all phases of development process and analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation as well as provide user and operational support on applications to business users
Utilize in-depth specialty knowledge of applications development to analyze complex problems/issues, provide evaluation of business process, system process, and industry standards, and make evaluative judgement
Recommend and develop security measures in post implementation analysis of business usage to ensure successful system design and functionality
Consult with users/clients and other technology groups on issues, recommend advanced programming solutions, and install and assist customer exposure systems
Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes
Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts
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
Part of Payment modernization for the bank to develop and migrate payment applications on the modernized enterprise application platform
Design, implement, and deploy software components and solve difficult problems generating positive feedback
Able to work independently and with team(s) to deliver software product successfully
Lead deliveries that are consistently of high quality (secure, testable, maintainable, low-defects, efficient, etc.) and incorporate best practices
Review design and code
Focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems, identifying and building solutions, taking on projects that improve software, making it better and easier to maintain
Make improvements to development and testing processes

Requirements:

Strong Experience in systems design and development of software applications
Experience in Banking Payments Solution development and implementation in large banks
Strong experience to Java, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Kafka, MQ, Micro-Service , Oracle, Mongo, Openshift, REST, Maven, Git, JUnit, TDD, Agile, Strong knowledge on CI CD pipeline and exposure to system design with resiliency backed by observability
Having Python skills and GEN AI tools knowledge is plus
Strong experience in working with various Payments schemes, and Payments messaging formats such as ISO 8583, ISO 20022, and SWIFT MX messages
Strong technical and functional experience in working in Banking domain under the payment space like Domestic (RTGS, GIRO, ACH etc.), International funds transfer, SWIFT/ISO20022 messaging, Currency Foreign Exchange, AML Monitoring, Sanction Screening etc.
Hands-on the technologies and contribute to Design, Implementation and Pull Request with a good quality ensuring the adequate coverage of Unit Test, Code Coverage, lesser or no code smells fostering a good refactoring, scalability, and maintainability
Stakeholder management and ability to liaise well with the Engineering, QA and Product/Business throughout the SDLC lifecycle
8 to 12+ years of experience as a Software Engineer/Developer using Java 17 or more, Spring, Springboot, microservices, design patterns, Kubernetes
8 to 12+ years of experience with software engineering best practices (Junit testing, automation, design patterns, peer review, etc.)
Strong Experience in Data Structures and Object Oriented Principles using Java 17
Experience in Cloud-native development and Container Orchestration tools (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.)
Exposure to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, either on-premise or public cloud (i.e., Tekton, Harness, Jenkins, etc.)
Hands-on working experience with Junit, Git, Jenkins, Maven
Should have troubleshooting skills using debuggers, logs, etc.
Multiple years of experience with agile and iterative software delivery (SCRUM, Kanban)
Strong Proficiency in SQL Databases, MongoDB, Oracle, Data Analysis
Exposure to event-driven design and architecture (i.e., Kafka, MQ, etc.)
Exposure to Security, Observability, and Monitoring tools (Grafana Prometheus, Splunk, ELK, CloudWatch, etc.)
Work proactively & independently to address project requirements, and articulate issues/challenges with enough lead time to address project delivery risks
Code reviews, test case reviews, and ensure code developed meets the requirements
Good knowledge of industry practices and standards
Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
Python scripting experience & Experience with AI tools is added advantage

Nice to have:

Having Python skills and GEN AI tools knowledge is plus
Python scripting experience & Experience with AI tools is added advantage

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
August 22, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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