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Citi

Runs banking and payments for global clients

Java Technical Lead

Backend EngineeringPosted on Nov 12
Full-timePune, Maharashtra, IndiaNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 12 years of progressive hands-on software engineering, distributed systems architecture, and technical leadership experience, including 4–6 years in a Technical Lead or Systems Architect capacity.
  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent work experience.
  • Master-level proficiency in Java 11, 17, or 21+, JVM internals, memory management, garbage collection tuning, and multithreaded/concurrent programming.
  • Strong foundations in object-oriented design, functional programming, design patterns, and domain-driven design.
  • Deep architectural and development expertise with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring Batch, and Spring Integration.
  • Experience designing microservice communication patterns using REST, gRPC, GraphQL, or WebSocket, and service mesh implementations.
  • Extensive experience with event-driven architecture and Apache Kafka.
  • Expert knowledge of event sourcing, CQRS, distributed transaction management using the Saga pattern, idempotency, and partition strategies.
  • Advanced data modeling and query optimization experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB, plus expertise in distributed caching and Redis.
  • Hands-on experience designing and operating containerized microservices on Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift.
  • Proficiency with Docker container lifecycle and Linux/Unix operating environments.
  • Deep knowledge of CI/CD orchestration using Jenkins, Harness, or Tekton, and build automation using Maven or Gradle.
  • Experience implementing full-stack observability with Grafana, Splunk, or ELK stack.
  • Comprehensive understanding of OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, JWT, API gateways, and secrets management with HashiCorp Vault.
  • Strong oversight of automated testing using JUnit 5, Mockito, Testcontainers, and Pact contract testing, and security scanning using SonarQube, Snyk, or Checkmarx.
  • Ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams and gain buy-in from senior technology leaders.
  • Strategic thinking and ability to balance immediate business needs against long-term architectural integrity.
  • Verbal, written, and architectural diagramming skills, including UML and the C4 model.
  • Extensive experience working in scaled Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe in a global matrix environment.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as lead architect and technical authority across core banking platforms, defining high-level system designs, domain models, and technical blueprints aligned with enterprise architecture guidelines.
  • Direct the design and implementation of scalable, distributed, resilient Java/Spring Boot microservices for high-volume, low-latency transactions.
  • Champion event-driven architecture using Apache Kafka, asynchronous messaging, and distributed caching strategies.
  • Drive technical debt reduction, legacy modernization, and application refactoring to improve maintainability, scalability, and performance.
  • Establish and enforce software engineering standards, coding guidelines, API governance, and automated code quality gates across multidisciplinary squads.
  • Drive adoption of cloud-native deployment patterns and container orchestration across OpenShift and Kubernetes.
  • Define end-to-end CI/CD delivery strategies, infrastructure-as-code practices, automated deployment pipelines, and zero-downtime release workflows such as blue/green and canary deployments.
  • Architect for high availability, fault tolerance, disaster recovery/business continuity, and resilience patterns including circuit breaking, bulkhead isolation, and rate limiting.
  • Lead performance tuning, heap and thread dump analysis, distributed tracing, and capacity planning for production systems.
  • Embed secure-by-design principles, ensuring adherence to enterprise security standards, OWASP Top 10 guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
  • Architect identity and access management, OAuth2/OIDC implementations, mutual TLS communication, and data-at-rest and in-transit encryption.
  • Oversee vulnerability management, threat modeling, and remediation of findings from static and dynamic application security testing tools.
  • Assess risks in technical and architectural decisions and safeguard compliance with banking regulations, auditing standards, and operational risk policies.
  • Partner with Product Owners, Program Managers, and business executives to translate business strategies into technical roadmaps and milestone plans.
  • Provide technical guidance, code governance, and mentorship to junior developers.
  • Lead Technical Design Reviews, Architecture Review Boards, and post-incident reviews/root cause analyses.

About the Company

Citi

Runs banking and payments for global clients

Citi runs banking, investment and payment services for companies, governments and individuals around the world. Its global network connects institutions with local banking systems, while its US consumer business sells credit cards and deposit accounts. Corporate clients use Citi to manage cash, finance trade and raise capital, and investors use its trading, custody and wealth services to hold and manage assets. The bank earns interest on loans and fees from payments, securities transactions, financial advice and account services. Citi traces its banking roots to 1812; the Citigroup holding company was formed in 1998, and its headquarters are in New York City.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1812

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