Citi Group Senior Software Engineer- Hybrid 

Canada, Ontario 

752154836

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from feasibility studies and cost estimation to deployment, maintenance, and user support. This includes analysis, design, coding, testing, and implementation.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to business users, stakeholders, and other technology teams.
• Analyze complex business and system processes, evaluate industry best practices, and recommend innovative programming solutions.
• Design and implement robust security measures throughout the SDLC, ensuring system integrity and data protection.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines, coordinating deployments, releases, and associated documentation.
• Collaborate with users, clients, and other technical groups to address issues, propose solutions, and implement systems.
• Define and maintain operating standards and procedures, ensuring adherence to best practices.
• Mentor and coach junior team members, fostering their professional development.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy and sound judgment, making informed decisions that consider business risks and align with company policies and regulations.
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for stakeholders and team members.
• Prioritize the firm's reputation and safeguard its assets by adhering to applicable laws, regulations, and ethical guidelines.
• Participate actively in building and maintaining a strong engineering culture.

Required Skills/Experience:

• 7+ years of hands-on professional software development experience.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, JavaScript, or React.
• Experience building RESTful APIs using frameworks like Spring.
• Experience working with event-driven systems, microservices, and micro-frontend UIs.
• Proven ability to follow TDD and clean code principles.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and SQL.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Familiarity with cloud services like AWS and distributed systems such as Kafka, Kubernetes, S3, DynamoDB, MongoDB, or other NoSQL databases.
• Experience working in the investment banking or financial services industry.
• Experience with Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and RESTful web services (XML, JSON).
• Extensive experience with Core Java, including multi-threading and collections framework.
• Deep understanding of persistent storage technologies (RDBMS like Oracle, SQL Server).
• Experience in the payments domain.
• Experience working in Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and distributed teams.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field involving software programming or systems engineering.

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