Citigroup, Inc

Applications Development Technology Senior Lead Analyst - Senior Vice President

Citigroup, Inc • $176K — $265K *
Jersey City, NJ 07305Hybrid
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of relevant experience in software applications development
  • Expertise in Trade Finance Applications Development with a focus on Letters of Credit and Guarantees
  • Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture
  • Proven experience leading full-stack development teams
  • Solid understanding of cloud technologies and DevOps practices including Kubernetes and Docker

Responsibilities

  • Lead the integration of functions to meet goals and enhance processes
  • Analyze complex business systems to define solutions for high-level problems
  • Develop methodologies and standards for applications programming
  • Consult with end users to gather system specifications for design
  • Mentor and allocate tasks to developers and analysts
  • Influence strategic discussions with senior leadership
  • Deliver innovative solutions using modern technology stacks

Benefits

  • Medical, dental & vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Life, accident, and disability insurance
  • Wellness programs
  • Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, and holidays
Full Job Description
The Applications Development Technology Senior Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead integration of functions to meet goals, deploy new products, and enhance processes
  • Analyze complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards to define and develop solutions to high level problems
  • Provide expertise in area of advanced knowledge of applications programming and plan assignments involving large budgets, cross functional project, or multiple projects
  • Develop application methodologies and standards for program analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
  • Utilize advanced knowledge of supported main system flows and comprehensive knowledge of multiple areas to achieve technology goals
  • Consult with end users to identify system function specifications and incorporate into overall system design
  • Allocate work, and act as an advisor/coach developers, analysts, and new team members
  • Influence and negotiate with senior leaders and communicate with external parties
  • Partner with multiple management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals as well as identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements
  • Lead and mentor a team of full stack developers working on backend and frontend components
  • Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals
  • Deliver state-of-the-art solutions using new stack development using Agile/DevOps/Micro services/Angular JS
  • Regular interact with business and operations partners globally.
  • Should have hands-on development experience on Java & modernization technologies
  • 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.


Leadership Skills:
  • Excellent organization skills, attention to detail, and ability to multi-task
  • Demonstrated sense of responsibility and capability to deliver quickly
  • Excellent communication skills. Clearly articulating and documenting technical and functional specifications is a key requirement.
  • Proactive problem-solver
  • Relationship builder and very good team player
  • Negotiation, difficult conversation management and prioritization skills
  • Flexibility to handle multiple complex projects and changing priorities
  • Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
  • Good analytical and business skills
  • Promotes teamwork and builds strong relationships within and across global teams
  • Promotes continuous process improvement especially in code quality, testability & reliability
  • Partnership and networking skills to be the key


Required Qualifications:

Technical / Functional Proficiency:

Architecture & Design:
  • Strong experience designing microservices architecture (decomposition, inter-service communication, API gateways, resilience patterns, scalability)
  • Knowledge of domain-driven design (DDD), event-driven architecture, and CQRS (optional)

Backend:
  • Java , Spring Boot, Spring Cloud
  • REST APIs, GraphQL (nice to have)
  • SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle)
  • NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, or similar)

Frontend:
  • Angular as primary framework
  • Strong JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS
  • Exposure to React.js (or openness to cross-framework collaboration)


DevOps & Cloud:
  • Kubernetes (deployments, Helm, config maps, secrets, scaling, rolling updates)
  • Docker (containerization)
  • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, uDeploy, Harness, Tekton)


Tools & Practices:
  • Messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
  • Git (GitFlow / trunk-based development)
  • Unit & integration testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Jasmine, Karma, Cypress)
  • Monitoring/logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
  • API documentation (Swagger/OpenAPI)
  • Security best practices (OAuth2, JWT, Spring Security, OWASP)


Preferred Qualifications:
  • 10+ years of relevant experience
  • Experience in implementing projects
  • Experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications
  • Demonstrated Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Trade Finance Applications Development ( Letter of Credits , Guarantees )
  • Demonstrated knowledge of client core business functions
  • Demonstrated leadership, project management, and development skills
  • Relationship and consensus building skills
  • Experience using Generative AI technologies to build or enhance application capabilities
  • Exposure to technology migration projects (e.g., legacy modernization, cloud migrations, framework upgrades)


Education:
  • Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
  • Master's degree preferred


Citi's Global Trade Platform provides suit of international trade applications catering over 85+ countries worldwide. Trade Services platforms enables Global exporters and Importers to facilitate Trade and innovate their business needs.

Job Family Group:
Technology

Job Family:
Applications Development

Time Type:
Full time

Primary Location:
Jersey City New Jersey United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$176,720.00 - $265,080.00

In addition to salary, Citi's offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

Anticipated Posting Close Date:
Jun 02, 2026

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Citigroup is a financial services holding company that provides financial products and services. The company operates through two segments, Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and Institutional Clients Group (ICG). The GCB segment offers traditional banking services to retail customers through retail banking, commercial banking, Citi-branded cards, and Citi retail services. The ICG segment offers various banking, and financial products and services to corporate, institutional, public sector, and high-net-worth clients. This segment provides wholesale banking products and services, including fixed-income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivative services, equity and fixed-income research, corporate lending, investment banking, and advisory services, private banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. Citi is committed to sustainability and social responsibility, and the company invests in initiatives that promote economic progress.

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Market Cap
$1.3 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$89.6 million
Founded
1812
5 Year Trend
+4.6%
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