Citi Group Senior Java Engineer - AVP JERSEY CITY 

United States, New Jersey, Jersey City 

299572517

• Senior Java Engineer roleis a hands on technical development role participation in the establishment and implementation of new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team.The position is in a critical Risk and Finance group responsible for Data. The applications within the scope play a critical role for serving multiple use cases for Market Risk , Credit Risk , Price Risk and Control, Finance, FO and internal reconciliations functions. The data needs ranges from low retention/low latency requirement for fast compute purposes to deep retention/acceptable latency with focus on data quality and standards. The current data stack is fragmented across multiple data instances and the group is gearing towards a convergence strategy to consolidate data points to a strategic set of data instances . The aim to hire this role is to assure critical software development in delivering towards the convergence strategy forward.Responsibilities:
  • Conduct tasks related to feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, IT planning, risk technology, applications development, model development, and establish and implement new or revised applications systems and programs to meet specific business needs or user areas
  • Monitor and control all phases of development process and analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation as well as provide user and operational support on applications to business users
  • Utilize in-depth specialty knowledge of applications development to analyze complex problems/issues, provide evaluation of business process, system process, and industry standards, and make evaluative judgement
  • Recommend and develop security measures in post implementation analysis of business usage to ensure successful system design and functionality
  • Consult with users/clients and other technology groups on issues, recommend advanced programming solutions, and install and assist customer exposure systems
  • Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes
  • Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts
  • Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
  • Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
  • Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
  • 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.

Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of relevant experience
• Experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
• Working knowledge of consulting/project management techniques/methods
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Required Skills (Essential)

• Programming skills – including concurrent, parallel and distributed systems programming
• Advanced level knowledge of Java
• Advanced level experience with HTTP, ReSTful web services and API design
• Messaging technologies (Kafka)
• Experience with Apache Ignite
• Experience with Reactive Streams

Desirable Skills:

• A good working knowledge of a scripting language such as Groovy, Python, JavaScript, etc.
• Messaging technologies
• Grid and Cloud computing
• Familiarity with databases particularly NoSQL e.g. MongoDB, Couchbase, etc.
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Good understanding of the Linux OS
• Experience with Gradle, Kotlin would be beneficial
• Data Science and model building experience

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