Full-Time
Lead Java Back-End Developer
Digital Assets Platform, Vice President
Updated on 9/12/2026
Citi
10,001+ employees
Global financial services including banking, investment
Compensation Overview
$142.3k - $213.5k/yr
New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
Bachelor's
 Software Engineering (1) |
|---|
Get referred to Citi
See people who can refer or advise you
- At least 6 to 10+ years of hands-on professional software development experience with demonstrated depth in backend engineering, including Java, Spring Boot, distributed systems, microservices, and REST or gRPC APIs.
- A proven track record of leading by doing as an engineer who codes regularly and is respected for technical depth.
- Strong experience conducting thorough, high-signal code reviews and identifying correctness, security, performance, edge-case, and race-condition issues.
- Strong command of low-level design, including independently producing and critiquing detailed technical designs.
- Experience leading or technically mentoring a team of engineers.
- Understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms, design patterns, concurrency, database design, API design, and testing practices.
- Experience working in large-scale, regulated, or enterprise environments.
- Ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs clearly to engineers and senior stakeholders.
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Actively write, review, and ship production-quality code alongside the team.
- Own the most complex, high-risk, or ambiguous engineering problems on the platform.
- Set the technical direction for the team's day-to-day implementation work and ensure consistency with the overall platform architecture.
- Perform rigorous code reviews across the team's pull requests, identifying logic errors, concurrency issues, security gaps, performance bottlenecks, and maintainability problems.
- Establish and enforce coding standards, review checklists, and best practices for clean code, SOLID principles, secure coding, and testability.
- Act as the final technical quality gate before merge or release for critical components.
- Drive low-level design sessions by translating high-level architecture and requirements into detailed technical designs covering class and module structures, API contracts, data models, sequence flows, and error-handling strategy.
- Review and challenge design proposals to ensure they are scalable, resilient, and aligned with platform standards.
- Document key design decisions and trade-offs for traceability and knowledge sharing.
- Directly manage and/or technically lead a squad of backend and platform engineers by providing day-to-day technical guidance and removing impediments.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, reviews, and structured feedback.
- Identify team skill gaps and growth opportunities and contribute to hiring and technical interviewing.
- Drive sprint or iteration execution by decomposing epics into technical tasks, estimating effort, and ensuring timely, high-quality delivery.
- Identify technical risks, bottlenecks, and technical debt, and resolve or escalate issues before they affect delivery timelines.
- Partner with the Engineering Team Lead, architect, and product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into a technical execution plan.
- Champion automated unit and integration testing, CI/CD discipline, observability, and operational readiness.
- Identify and remediate technical debt, legacy pain points, and recurring production issues.
- Stay current on backend engineering, distributed systems, and platform reliability best practices.
- Experience working in financial services.
- Prior exposure to blockchain, distributed ledger, or digital asset platforms.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization using Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift, and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience operating in an Agile/Scrum delivery model.
- Prior formal people-management experience, including performance reviews and career development conversations.
Citi provides financial services including consumer banking, credit, investment banking, and wealth management to individuals, corporations, and governments. The company operates by earning interest on loans and collecting fees for managing investments, processing trades, and facilitating cross-border transactions through its digital platforms. Unlike many local banks, Citi maintains a physical and digital presence in over 160 countries, allowing it to serve as a single partner for clients with global financial needs. Its goal is to drive growth and profitability for its clients and shareholders while supporting environmental and social sustainability initiatives.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1812
Get referred to Citi
See people who can refer or advise you
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 revenue rose 14% to $24.8 billion, showing broad business momentum.
- Assets under custody and administration reached $35 trillion, up 22% year over year.
- Citi won $250 million from FundPark, expanding trade-finance and SME financing capacity.
What critics are saying
- Britain fined Citi £4.7 million on September 2, 2026 for Russia sanctions failures.
- Citi cut about 1,000 jobs in January 2026 and plans more March layoffs.
- China brokerage approval in September 2026 still leaves Citi exposed to CSRC rejection and delays.
What makes Citi unique
- Citi's Services franchise hit $6.4 billion in Q2 2026, led by TTS and Securities Services.
- Citi processed live tokenized-dollar transfers with DBS and SWIFT in minutes.
- Citi is launching Custody+ and Japan blockchain payments, extending global transaction-banking reach.
Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Wellness Program
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Company News
Citigroup will launch instant cross-border payment services for Japanese companies using blockchain-based tokenized deposits as early as this year. The US bank claims this will be the first such service offered to Japanese clients by a foreign financial institution. The blockchain-based system will enable companies to make foreign-currency transfers instantly, including during nights and holidays when traditional banking systems are unavailable. The service represents an expansion of Citi's blockchain payment capabilities into the Japanese market, offering businesses greater flexibility in managing international transactions outside standard banking hours.
NEOM has secured approximately $3 billion in export credit agency financing from Italy's SACE under a long-term multicurrency untied facility. The deal, NEOM's first corporate ECA financing and the largest untied financing ever guaranteed by SACE, is backed by nine international banks including HSBC, Bank of America, and J.P. Morgan. The financing will support various projects across NEOM, particularly in infrastructure, urban development, construction, and transport. It will enable NEOM to leverage supplies from Italian businesses, especially SMEs. Italian suppliers and contractors have already supported NEOM projects with contracts worth $6.3 billion. The partnership aims to generate capital investment aligned with Saudi Vision 2030 and diversify the Kingdom's economy through foreign investment.
DBS and Citi completed a live cross-border US dollar payment on a Saturday in minutes using tokenized deposits through SWIFT's blockchain-based Digital Ledger. The transaction between DBS in Singapore and Citi's New York office took place on 5 September, whilst conventional transfers can take up to two business days. SWIFT declared its blockchain ledger ready for initial use in July, with 17 banks across six continents preparing live pilots. Participants include Citi, DBS, HSBC, Standard Chartered, UBS, BNY, Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, and MUFG. Banks issue tokenised representations of deposits on their own ledgers, whilst SWIFT's shared ledger coordinates payment commitments. Final settlement occurs through existing infrastructure. Citi has already processed live transactions with First Abu Dhabi Bank and OCBC.
Citigroup is expected to receive Chinese regulatory approval for its fully owned mainland brokerage as early as this month, Reuters reported. The US bank applied for the licence in late 2021 as part of efforts to deepen its China operations. The bank plans to expand the unit's workforce to around 100 employees by year-end, roughly double current levels, according to sources. Recruitment will cover senior revenue-generating roles and operational positions through relocations and external hiring. The brokerage will seek permission for A-share trading, underwriting, research and principal trading. It aims to leverage Citi's existing mainland corporate relationships for equity and M&A work, focusing on technology, healthcare, consumer and financial sectors. Citi declined to comment on the application.
Anthropic, the developer behind Claude AI chatbot, has secured a $15 billion credit facility ahead of its initial public offering. Major financial institutions including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Citigroup are backing the arrangement. The facility significantly exceeds last year's $2.5 billion loan and surpasses the company's roughly $10 billion target. Anthropic now expects over $65 billion in annualised revenue, representing more than a sevenfold increase from its pace at the end of last year. Additional banks including Barclays and Bank of America have joined the arrangement. The timing coincides with renewed activity in the US IPO market, positioning Anthropic for a substantial market debut.