Citigroup, Inc

Senior Java Technology Developer - Vice President

Citigroup, Inc • $120K — $170K *
Mississauga, ON L4T 0A1In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in application development or systems analysis.
  • Extensive experience in system analysis, design, and software engineering.
  • Proven success in managing large-scale technology initiatives.
  • Recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME) in application development.
  • Ability to adapt priorities based on business and regulatory changes.
  • Strong project management and leadership skills.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver advanced technology initiatives as a senior individual contributor throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Lead the design and modernization of business-critical Credit Risk systems.
  • Provide technical leadership on large-scale initiatives involving cloud-native architectures.
  • Act as a mentor to junior developers to improve engineering standards.
  • Collaborate with global teams to deliver quality solutions in Capital Markets and Risk.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and assist in platform modernization.
  • Ensure applications meet performance, security, and availability standards.

Benefits

  • Access to continuous learning and professional development.
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology initiatives.
  • Collaboration with a diverse, global team of experts.
  • Mentoring opportunities to enhance leadership skills.
  • Exposure to enterprise-scale, regulatory-compliant platforms.
Full Job Description
The Java Technology Developer 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 application systems analysis and programming activities while delivering and supporting business-critical Credit Risk and Capital Markets platforms.
This role requires deep technical expertise combined with strong domain knowledge in Capital Markets, Derivatives, and Risk Management.

What you will be doing:
  • Deliver advanced technology initiatives as a senior individual contributor, providing expertise across the full software development lifecycle-from concept and design through development, testing, and deployment.
  • Lead the design, development, and modernization of business-critical Credit Risk systems, ensuring resilience, scalability, and regulatory compliance.
  • Provide technical leadership on large-scale initiatives, including re-engineering complex, franchise-critical, monolithic applications into modern, cloud-native microservices architectures.
  • Act as a technical advisor and coach to mid-level and junior developers, strengthening engineering standards and overall team capability.
  • Partner closely with a global team of software engineers, business analysts, DevOps, and support teams to deliver high-quality solutions across Capital Markets and Risk domains.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and guide platform modernization efforts involving new technologies and cloud migration.
  • Ensure applications meet enterprise risk, performance, security, and availability standards.

What you will bring to the role:
Technical Skills
  • Strong Core Java experience developing robust, scalable, and maintainable applications using Object-Oriented Design principles.
  • Hands-on experience with concurrent and multi-threaded programming.
  • Experience working in Agile development environments with a strong emphasis on Test-Driven Development (TDD).
  • Deep understanding of Java internals, including class loading, JVM memory management, and performance tuning.
  • Experience with distributed caching frameworks such as GridGain, Oracle Coherence, Redis, or equivalent technologies.
  • Database expertise with RDBMS (preferably Oracle) and NoSQL technologies (preferably MongoDB).
  • Practical experience re-engineering large monolithic applications into microservices architectures.
  • Strong cloud computing experience, including containers and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Hands-on experience with distributed systems and data processing technologies such as Flink and cloud-based platforms handling large datasets.
  • Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments, including scripting capabilities.
  • SDLC and DevOps tools experience including Git/BitBucket, CI/CD frameworks (Jenkins, SonarQube), JIRA, and secure coding toolkits.
  • Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or Devin.
  • Strong understanding of building and supporting highly resilient, low-latency, enterprise-scale systems.

Domain Knowledge
  • Proven experience working in the Capital Markets domain.
  • Strong understanding of Derivatives, Credit Risk, and Risk Management concepts.
  • Experience developing and supporting business-critical, risk-sensitive platforms.

Competencies
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across large, globally distributed teams and influence key architectural and strategic decisions.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.
  • Highly motivated self-starter with a passion for continuous learning and improvement.
  • Proven experience mentoring and developing junior team members to deliver high-quality, production-grade solutions.
Qualifications
  • 6+ years of relevant experience in application development or systems analysis.
  • Extensive hands-on experience in system analysis, design, and software engineering.
  • Demonstrated success in managing and delivering large-scale, complex technology initiatives.
  • Recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of application development.
  • Ability to rapidly adjust priorities in response to changing business and regulatory needs.
  • Strong leadership, ownership, and project management capabilities.
  • Consistent demonstration of clear, concise written and verbal communication.
Education
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM discipline, or equivalent practical experience in a similar role.
This job description provides a high-level overview of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Job Family Group:
Technology

Job Family:
Applications Development

Time Type:
Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$120,800.00 - $170,800.00

Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.

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

Automated Processing and AI

We use automated processing, including artificial intelligence, for our legitimate business interests (or our reasonable and appropriate business purposes) to identify and align the candidate's skills and abilities with a specific job opening. Additionally, if you so choose, or consent, we can match your skills and abilities to other suitable roles at Citi.

Importantly, all our hiring processes and decisions, including determining your suitability for a role, are conducted, checked, and decided by individuals. Our automated processing and AI do not involve relying on automatic or autonomous decision-making. Please refer to any Jurisdictional Considerations, with specific provisions for your country (where relevant) for further details.

This job opening is for an existing job vacancy.

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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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$1.3 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$89.6 million
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1812
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