Java Full Stack Dev Tech Lead

Citi is seeking a highly motivated and accomplished candidate for  Java Full Stack Dev Tech Lead  role in Wholesale Lending Technology team that serves Institutional Credit Management (ICM). It is a leadership position responsible for the strategic direction, establishment, and implementation of new or significantly revised application systems and programs. This role involves driving architectural decisions, managing key stakeholder expectations, and providing hands‑on technical guidance to ensure the successful delivery of complex solutions.

This role offers a unique opportunity to immerse oneself in and contribute significantly to the Wholesale Lending Division, gaining extensive exposure to business and technology initiatives aimed at maintaining Citi's leadership position. The environment fosters innovation and operates within a Hybrid‑Agile framework.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Technical Leadership:  Provide vision and strategic direction for the full stack development across Angular/React, Java, and Spring Boot ecosystems, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards and business objectives.

Architectural Design & Solutioning:  Lead the detailed design and architectural blueprinting of scalable, resilient, and performant solutions, leveraging deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and microservices architectures.

Team Leadership & Management:  Work with engineers onshore, offshore and matrix teams to implement a business solution. Mentor, and manage high‑performance engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Stakeholder Engagement & Management:  Proactively engage with senior business stakeholders, product owners, and other technology groups to understand requirements, manage expectations, communicate progress, and influence strategic decisions.

Hands‑on Technical Guidance:  Provide hands‑on expertise in complex coding challenges, code reviews, and technical problem‑solving. Guide teams in implementing best practices.

Quality Assurance & Standards:  Champion and enforce high standards for code quality, security, and maintainability. Drive the adoption of industry best practices, design patterns, coding standards, and modularity across all development efforts.

Innovation & Adoption:  Continuously evaluate and advocate for the adoption of new development tools, libraries, and approaches to enhance delivery quality, efficiency, and system resilience.

Vulnerability & Security Management:  Implement stringent security practices, analyze applications for vulnerabilities, and lead efforts in ensuring compliance with Citi's security policies and standards.

Problem Resolution & Escalation:  Act as a primary escalation point for complex technical issues, exercise expert judgment to identify root causes, analyze information, and implement effective, sustainable solutions.

Required Skills:

8+ years of hands‑on experience  in building enterprise‑scale highly componentized applications

Expert‑level Full Stack Development:  Demonstrated experience in Angular, React, and associated testing frameworks (Jest).

Advanced Java Ecosystem Proficiency:  Expertise in Java, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Web, Spring Data, coupled with hands‑on experience in Threading, Collections, Exception Handling, JDBC, OOD/OOP Concepts, and GoF Design Patterns.

Messaging & Integration Architectures:  

Experience with Messaging‑Oriented Middleware (MoM), and Micro‑services utilizing REST, with a strong understanding of Kafka and other enterprise messaging systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, IBM MQ).

Cloud‑Native & Dev Ops Expertise:  Proven experience in designing and implementing cloud‑ready applications and deployment pipelines on large‑scale container platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker). Strong understanding of CI/CD environments and tools (Tekton, Harness, Jenkins, Code Quality).

Database Expertise:  Proficient in SQL, particularly Oracle dialect, with comprehensive knowledge of database SQL optimization.

Architectural & Design Principles:  In‑depth knowledge of industry standard best practices, design patterns, coding standards,…