Citi Group Senior Java Developer - Risk & Capital Tech VP Manchester based 

United Kingdom, England, London 

682441264

Initially, this role will be remote, but will switch to Hybrid working once the new office is Open (city-centre).

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver advanced technology projects as an individual contributor providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design, development, to testing and deployment. Opportunities available to expand responsibilities to a team leadership position based on leadership potential and performance.
• Provide technical leadership on projects implemented by the wider team of Software Engineers/Analyst Developers using advanced knowledge of application development. Ensure application design adheres to the appropriate architectural and design patterns in the systems.
• Utilize advanced knowledge of engineering process and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging and productionization.
• Collaborate effectively with a large global team of software engineers, business analysts, dev-ops and support staff to deliver software solutions for the business.
• Advance the derivatives exposure processing software infrastructure by continuously adopting new technologies where appropriate to solve business problems while adhering to Citi’s architectural guidelines. Build bespoke solutions where necessary to perform risk and capital exposure impact analysis on data sets comprising millions of records.
• Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level/junior developers and analysts, helping build the overall engineering capabilities of the team.
• Appropriately assess risk when 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 behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Ideal background

• Core Java experience developing robust, scalable, and maintainable applications applying Object Oriented Design principles.
• Experience working in the Capital Markets domain. Good understanding of Derivatives and Risk management is as significant advantage.
• Experience with Agile software development processes with a strong emphasis on test driven development.
• Understanding of Java internals such as class loading and memory management.
• Demonstrated capacity to build sophisticated tooling for development and production team use.

• Good to have
  • Experience re-engineering large monolithic applications to microservices.
  • Experience re-engineering complex franchise critical applications to new platforms.
  • Experience in Tableau or equivalent data analytics tool

Extensive experience working with most if not all the technologies listed below:

• Java Core with extensive hands-on experience with concurrent programming.
• Spring Framework including Core, Integration, Batch, JDBC, Hibernate.
• Distributed Caching frameworks such as Gemfire, Oracle Coherence, Redis or equivalent.
• Cloud computing technologies with practical experience working with containers, microservices and large datasets (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Databases - RDBMS preferably Oracle, NoSQL preferably MongoDB.
• Familiarity with Linux environment including scripting skills.
• SDLC/Dev Ops - Git/BitBucket, CI/CD pipeline frameworks such as Jenkins, SonarQube, JIRA, Any secure coding toolkits.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

What we’ll provide you

By joining Citi, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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