This role is for an experienced developer who is passionate about hands-on implementation and collaboration. You will be a core member of the team, delivering high-quality, scalable solutions to meet the needs of our OTC Clearing business.

Why Join Our Team?

Drive Global Impact: Be part of a team working on the #1 OTC Clearing platform in the world, a mission-critical system at the heart of global finance.

Solve Complex Challenges: Design and build a scalable, resilient, and cloud-native architecture for a complex workflow and case management system.

Work with a Talented Team: Collaborate with a skilled team of developers, product owners, and architects, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and innovation.

Work with Modern Technology: Utilize a modern tech stack, including Java, Kubernetes, Docker, and Kafka, to build cutting-edge financial technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Software Development: Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code.
• Quality Advocacy: Promote best practices for engineering excellence in coding, testing, build, deployment, and the maintenance of high-quality software.
• Solution Implementation: Act as an active contributor to design and a hands-on implementer of code.
• Agile Mindset: Actively participate in scrum activities such as sprint planning and refinement, offering technical insights for backlog items.
• Technical Excellence: Deliver robust and efficient technical solutions, adhering to best-in-class engineering principles and practices.
• Collaboration: Partner with the Scrum Master, Product Owner, QA, Architects and other global team members to successfully deliver technical solutions and reusable components.
• Stakeholder Management: Work with Business, Operations, and Production Support stakeholders to understand business needs and deliver effective solutions.
• Learning Mindset: Keep up with the latest development practices in the industry and Citi with an eye to implement them in our team such as – Gen AI, DORA metrics, etc.

Required Skills, Experience, and Competencies

Professional Experience

• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Proven experience working in the financial services sector.
• Demonstrated experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Technical Expertise

• Expert-level skills in Java development.
• Expert experience designing and developing robust, scalable, and resilient enterprise-level applications.
• Strong experience with cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience with event-driven architecture leveraging Apache Kafka.
• Experience designing and developing databases on an RDBMS platform.
• Proficiency in API development and application security best practices (e.g., OAuth, TLS, PKI).
• Familiarity with DevOps best practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Leadership & Collaboration Skills

• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• A passion for adopting industry best practices and new technologies with an exploratory mindset.
• Innovative ideas and a can-do attitude.
• Strong problem-solving skills and an ability to manage tight deadlines or unexpected priority changes.
• Willingness to ask questions, challenge the status quo, and seek out answers.
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, take ownership, and drive strategy.
• Impeccable integrity and judgment.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Distributed Caching technologies (e.g., Redis, Gemfire).
• Direct experience in Capital Markets.
• Experience with modern UI development frameworks (e.g., React, Angular).

 

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

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

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