Java Application Developer, Citi

Citi

Location:
India, Chennai

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

The role involves developing and implementing payment solutions within Citi's Payment Modernization framework, utilizing skills in Java, Spring Framework, Kafka, microservices, and more. Candidates should have strong experience in software engineering and a focus on banking payment systems. Responsibilities include designing, implementing, testing, and troubleshooting software components while ensuring best development practices.

Job Responsibility:

Utilize knowledge of applications development procedures and concepts, and basic knowledge of other technical areas to identify and define necessary system enhancements, including using script tools and analyzing/interpreting code
Consult with users, clients, and other technology groups on issues, and recommend programming solutions, install, and support customer exposure systems
Apply fundamental knowledge of programming languages for design specifications
Analyze applications to identify vulnerabilities and security issues, as well as conduct testing and debugging
Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts
Identify problems, analyze information, and make evaluative judgements to recommend and implement solutions
Resolve issues by identifying and selecting solutions through the applications of acquired technical experience and guided by precedents
Contribute to 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
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
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
Experience in Banking Payments Solution development and implementation in large banks
Experience in working with various Payments schemes, and Payments messaging formats such as ISO 8583, ISO 20022, and SWIFT MX messages is advantage
Having Python skills and GEN AI tools knowledge is plus
Be 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
6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer/Developer using Java, Spring, Springboot, microservices
Strong hands-on experience in Java, Spring boot, Kafka, Openshift, SQL/NoSQL tech stack
6+ years of experience with software engineering best practices (Junit testing, automation, design patterns, peer review, etc.)
Strong Experience in 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 and 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 and experience with AI tools is added advantage

Nice to have:

Experience in Banking Payments Solution development and implementation in large banks
Experience with Python scripting
Experience with GEN AI tools
Experience in working with ISO 8583, ISO 20022, SWIFT MX messages
Experience with AI tools

What we offer:

Equal opportunity employer support
Accessibility accommodations for candidates with disabilities

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
August 30, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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