Apps Development Group Manager, Citi

Citi

Location:
India, Pune

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

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Job Description:

Citi is seeking an Apps Development Group Manager to lead its Java server development team, working on the Unified Trade Process System (TPS), Citi’s primary Fixed Income trading platform. The role involves hands-on coding, guiding development teams, and shaping technology roadmaps to transition to smaller services with automated CI/CD pipelines. The manager will gain exposure to Fixed Income Trading across a global scale.

Job Responsibility:

Hands-on, code contributing engineer that partners on specific delivery with engineering teams where the complexity necessitates the senior engineering leadership
actively participates as a stakeholder in product discussions, providing valuable input on requirements and advocating for initiatives such as technical debt reduction, modernization of technology assets and improvement in the ways of working
demonstrating deep technical knowledge and expertise in software development, including programming languages, frameworks, and best practices
actively contributes to the implementation of critical features and complex technical solutions
write clean, efficient, and maintainable code that meets the highest standards of quality
provide guidance on scalable, robust, and efficient solutions that align with business requirements and industry best practices
offer expert engineering guidance and support to multiple teams, helping them overcome technical challenges, make informed decisions, and deliver high-quality software solutions
foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement
stay up to date with emerging technologies, tools, and industry trends
develops architecture, strategy, planning, and problem-solving solutions on an enterprise level
manage overall execution of IT strategy and roadmap for the technology area
interfaces across several channels, acting as a visionary to proactively assist in defining direction for future projects
maintains continuous awareness of business, technical, and infrastructure issues and acts as a sounding board or consultant to aid in the development of creative solutions
provides thought leadership in subjects that are key to the business
impacts the technology function through contribution to technical direction and strategic decisions
mentors engineers across the organization and is a loud voice in advocating for engineering excellence

Requirements:

15+ years hands on experience
strong knowledge in one of the project management methodologies
experience in designing and implementing multi-tier applications
excellent analytic and problem solving skills
excellent knowledge in troubleshooting, performance tuning and best practices
experience in messaging, failover designing and recovery planning
experience in delivering high quality applications
experience in project risk identification techniques, mitigation and escalation
familiar with all phases of the systems lifecycle, from analysis, design and development through to support
experience in developing performance sensitive multi-tier Java/JEE applications
knowledge of the FI market and products is very desirable
excellent knowledge in Java (JDK 1.8 or more)
experience with SpringBoot, KAFKA, GRPC, ECS, Mongo, REST API, JUNIT and SQL/PLSQL basics
Java performance tuning
Kubernetes, Openshift, Gradle, Splunk, Prometheus
knowledge of CI/CD Pipeline, familiarity with TeamCity, UDeploy, Jenkins, SonarQube

Nice to have:

knowledge of the FI market and products
excellent persuasive, influencing and negotiation skills
knowledge of CI/CD pipeline
familiarity with TeamCity, UDeploy, Jenkins, SonarQube

What we offer:

Equal opportunity employment
focus on employee well-being, growth, and work-life balance

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
September 19, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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