Senior Java Developer, Vice President

Overview of the Role

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first‑class customer experience.

We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well‑rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride.

If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Java Developer to join our dynamic technology team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high‑performance, scalable, and secure applications. This role requires a strong understanding of core and advanced Java principles, enterprise application development, and a proven track record of delivering robust solutions in a complex financial services environment.

The Senior Java Developer will play a crucial role in all phases of the software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering and design to implementation, testing, and deployment. They will also be expected to mentor junior developers and contribute to architectural decisions, while taking end‑to‑end ownership of project deliveries.

• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions and implementations.
• Design, develop, and implement enterprise‑level applications using Java and related technologies.
• Collaborate with business analysts, architects, and other developers to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Write clean, efficient, well‑documented, and testable code following best practice and coding standards.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to architectural guidelines.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring high system availability and performance.
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the evolution of the technical roadmap.
• Mentor, coach, and groom junior team members, fostering a collaborative and high‑performing development environment.
• Take end‑to‑end responsibility for the successful delivery of projects and features, from conception to deployment and post‑launch support.
• Ensure the security, reliability, and scalability of applications.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends, evaluating their potential impact and applicability to our systems.
• Work effectively in an Agile/Scrum development environment.

• Core & Advanced Java Expertise: Strong proficiency in Java 8+ (including new features like Lambdas, Streams). Deep understanding of advanced Java concepts, including concurrency, multi‑threading, and garbage…