Java Spark Developer – Vice President

Citi

Lead applications development teams at Citi, overseeing technical solutions and project management in financial services. Engaging in stakeholder management and compliance within the Financial Service industry.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timePune • 🇮🇳 IndiaLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheCloudJavaMicroservicesOraclePythonRedisSparkSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage one or more Applications Development teams in an effort to accomplish established goals as well as conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
Utilize in-depth knowledge and skills across multiple Applications Development areas to provide technical oversight across systems and applications
Review and analyze proposed technical solutions for projects
Contribute to formulation of strategies for applications development and other functional areas
Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business integrate to accomplish business goals
Provide evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual data in complicated and unique situations
Impact the Applications Development area through monitoring delivery of end results, participate in budget management, and handling day-to-day staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project
Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards negotiating with external parties when necessary
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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10 - 15 years of relevant experience in the Financial Service industry
Experience as Applications Development Manager
Experience as senior level in an Applications Development role
Stakeholder and people management experience
Demonstrated leadership skills
Proven project management skills
Basic knowledge of industry practices and standards
Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and design pattern.
Exhibit sound understanding of theories and practices in architecture in multiple related areas.
Demonstrated knowledge in the areas of Big Data, Grid Computing, Data Warehousing, Cloud Computing, and programming languages such as Java, Spark and Python.
Extensive development expertise in building the high scaled and performant software platforms for data computation and processing.
Expert level knowledge of core Java concepts and framework such as Spring Boot, Microservices and well versed with OOPs concepts and design patterns.
Hands-on experience with Apache Spark (with Java)
Experience with caching solutions like Pinot, Redis etc.
Strong knowledge of Oracle DB, including schema design and query optimization.
Deep knowledge of how technology integrates within the organization and of direct competitors’ products and services.
Strong leadership Ability to persuade and influence senior leaders through excellent data driven communication and diplomacy skills.
Market risk domain knowledge is plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

object-oriented programmingJavaSparkPythonSpring BootMicroservicesBig DataGrid ComputingData WarehousingOracle DB

Soft Skills

leadershipstakeholder managementproject managementcommunicationpersuasioninfluencediplomacyevaluative judgmentresource managementaccountability