Senior Java Lead Engineer, Citi

Citi

Location:
United States, Jersey City

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

142320.00 - 213480.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Citi is embarking on a multi-year technology initiative in our Wholesale Lending Credit Risk (WLCR) space of Institutional Clients Group(ICG). We are building the brand new Helios platform, which supports various Messaging, API, and Workflow Components for Loans Services across the bank. Helios platform is being built from the scratch using latest technologies, including Messaging, APIs, Workflow, Relational and No-SQL DB Solutions, Containers, Microservices, and Vendor Loan Processing Platforms, and integration with Peer and Legacy Systems using Enterprise Application Integration Patterns. We work in a Hybrid-Agile customized SDLC environment.

Job Responsibility:

Hands-on Development:Serve as a primary individual contributor, writing high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable Java code
Technical Leadership:Act as a technical lead for a global team, providing guidance, mentorship, and fostering best practices
REST API middleware implementation
MOM Messaging middleware implementation
Workflow Integration
Writing High Performance Parallel Processing using Multi-Threading and Multi-Processing
Writing Unit Tests and participating in dev testing throughout the SDLC (SIT, UAT, etc)
Dev, SIT and UAT environments support (mostly automation using Jenkins/Tekton CI, Harness/Udeploy CD)
Evaluate and adopt new dev tools, libraries, and approaches to improve delivery quality
Perform peer code review of project codebase changes
Write user/supporter documentation

Requirements:

6+ years of experience in enterprise software development
6+ years of experience as a Java developer
Java concurrency (practical experience and good knowledge)
Proven experience in designing, developing RESTful based Microservices and Distributed Systems
Strong proficiency with the Spring ecosystem, including Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Sprint Security, Spring Web
Expert-level knowledge of core Java concepts: Threading, Collections, Exception Handling, JDBC, Java OOD/OOP Concepts, GoF Design Patterns, MoM and SOA Design Patterns, File I/O, and parsing XML and JSON, delimited files and fixed length files, String matching, parsing, building, working with binary data / byte arrays
Solid knowledge of SQL (Oracle dialect is preferable), Entity Relationships
Good knowledge of JAXB / XML, UML and JSON
Good knowledge of Maven/Gradle, Postman/SOAP UI
Up-to-date overview of modern software development tools and techniques

Nice to have:

Messaging Systems: RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Kafka, Tibco. IBM MQ, etc.
Tomcat, Jetty, Apache HTTPD
Linux Ecosystem, OpenShift Container Platform, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm Charts, GraphQL
Able to work with build/configure/deploy automation tools
API Management tools: IBM API Connect, Apigee, etc.
APM Tools: Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic etc.
Log Analysis Tools: Splunk, Elastic Stack (ELK), etc.
Caching Technologies: Redis, Hazelcast, MemCached, Gemfire, etc.
DB schema changes deployment tools: Liquibase, Flyway etc.
Java Performance Testing tools: Apache JMeter, Locust
Python, other scripting tools
Autosys Job scheduler

What we offer:

medical, dental & vision coverage
401(k)
life, accident, and disability insurance
wellness programs
paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
August 16, 2025

Expiration:
September 15, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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