Java Fullstack Lead

• Code contributing leader of an Agile team, working to deliver sprint goals, as well as conduct personnel duties for team (e.g., performance evaluations, hiring, promotions and disciplinary actions)
• Design, document, and develop world-class enterprise applications leveraging the latest technologies and design patterns
• Lead a team of full stack engineers on end-end software solution design, development and delivery using modern tech stack/tools
• Provide technical guidance, expertise, and direction to team members, ensuring adherence to coding standards, best practices, and conducting code reviews to maintain code quality
• Identifying and resolving technical and non-technical challenges, making informed decisions, and ensuring the team's ability to overcome obstacles
• Actively seeking opportunities to improve software development processes, tools, and practices. Identifying areas for optimization, automation, and efficiency gains. Sharing knowledge and promoting continuous learning within the team
• Able to work independently and with your team to deliver software successfully
• Deliver work that is consistently of a high quality (e.g., secure, testable, maintainable, low-defects, efficient, etc.) and incorporates best practices
• Focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions, taking on projects that improve your team’s software, making it better and easier to maintain
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, as well as communicate with external parties, as necessary
• Effectively communicate progress, proactively anticipate bottlenecks, provide skilled escalation management, and adeptly identify, assess, track, and mitigate issues and risks across various levels
• 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards
• Leverage AI tools, such as GitHub Copilot, to enhance development efficiency, accelerate delivery timelines, and optimize software solutions
• Maintain awareness of the rapidly evolving AI landscape and proactively propose innovative approaches to implement product features
• Possess the expertise to analyze and effectively troubleshoot complex coding, application performance, and design challenges
• Capable of conducting thorough research to identify the root causes of development and performance issues, as well as devising and implementing effective defect resolutions
• Demonstrate a profound understanding of the technical requirements pertinent to the solutions under development
• Utilize Docker for application containerization and Kubernetes for efficient service orchestration
• Streamline, automate, or eliminate redundant processes within architecture, build, delivery, production operations, or business areas where similar efforts or issues recur annually

• Minimum of 10 years of proven software development experience, specializing in Java, Python, Spring Boot, React and Oracle, Oracle/PostgreSQL
• In-depth knowledge of modern application architecture Clear understanding of Data Structures and Object Oriented Principles using Java principles
• Multiple years of experience architecting and building horizontally scalable, highly available, highly resilient, and low latency applications
• Practical experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for enhancing development workflows
• Proficiency in Microservices frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot), Event-Driven Services, and Cloud-Native Application Development
• Multiple years of experience on Service Oriented and Microservices architectures, including REST and GraphQL implementations
• Multiple years of experience with Cloud-native development and Container Orchestration tools (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.)
• Proficiency with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and tools for building (e.g., Maven, Gradle) and deploying code (e.g., Docker, Jenkins, OpenShift)
• Experience with AWS is considered a significant advantage
• Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and maintain both front-end and back-end components of robust web applications
• Strong expertise in developing intuitive user interfaces using contemporary JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React), HTML5, and CSS
• Solid experience in developing server-side logic and APIs using languages such as Java, Python, or similar
• Comprehensive knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL, with a deep understanding of Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS), particularly Oracle
• Proven capability in designing, developing, and implementing high-performance RESTful APIs leveraging appropriate frameworks and technologies
• Practical experience working within Agile development methodologies and utilizing project management tools such as JIRA
• Ability to develop and automate comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure code quality
• Solid understanding and practical experience with code versioning tools, including GitHub Enterprise and Bitbucket
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field is required

Experience in HR technology and Workday is plus