Senior Java Developer – Assistant Vice President

Citi

Senior Java Developer/Lead overseeing technical design and delivery of backend services across Wealth lending platforms. Providing mentorship and driving high-quality software products with a focus on performance and scalability.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timePune • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaMicroservicesSpring

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Owning the technical design, development, and delivery of backend services and applications across Wealth lending platforms.
Providing technical leadership and mentorship to a team of Java developers, actively contributing to the design, development, and implementation of high-quality software.
Designing and developing resilient and scalable microservices and RESTful APIs with robust error handling, monitoring, and performance.
Designing, building, and managing the application's service and data access layers, ensuring consistent and efficient data handling.
Performing and overseeing code quality reviews, application performance profiling, and driving optimization strategies.
Defining, implementing, and validating complex business logic and data transformations within the application.
Championing and utilizing AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) and modern authentication frameworks to improve developer productivity, code quality, and testing across the engineering team.
Providing technical leadership and delivery ownership, guiding the team on architecture decisions, best practices, and ensuring the high-quality delivery of features and platform enhancements.
Identifying problems, analyzing information, and making evaluative judgments to recommend and implement effective solutions.
Applying fundamental knowledge of programming languages for design specifications and active development.
Ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision, drive initiatives, and resolve complex technical issues effectively.
Appropriately assessing risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients, and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
8+ years of progressive experience in software development, with at least 1-2 years in a senior developer or lead capacity
Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
Demonstrable experience within the financial services or banking industry, specifically with wealth management or lending platforms, is highly desirable
Certifications in Java, Spring, or cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) are a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavamicroservicesRESTful APIscode quality reviewsapplication performance profilingdata transformationsAI-assisted development toolsprogramming languagesarchitecture decisionsoptimization strategies

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentorshipproblem-solvinganalytical judgmentinitiativerisk assessmentcommunicationcollaborationdecision-makingadaptability

Certifications

Java certificationSpring certificationAWS certificationAzure certificationGCP certification