**Job Description: Senior Applications Development Engineer (VP / Senior Developer)** **Job Title:** Vice President (VP) - Senior Applications Development Engineer **Organization:** Prime Finance Technology **Business Unit:** Institutional Clients Group (ICG) / Services & Markets Technology **Team:** Finance Engine - Hedge Fund Billing Technology **Location:** Primary Tech Hub / Hybrid **Role Overview** Citi is seeking a highly skilled, passionate, and hands-on **Senior Applications Development Engineer (VP level / Individual Contributor)** to drive core software development within the **Finance Engine - Hedge Fund Billing Technology** team. In this hands-on engineering role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end coding, implementation, optimization, and maintenance of high-throughput, mission-critical financial calculation engines and distributed microservices supporting global institutional hedge fund clients. This platform processes complex, tiered fee structures and high-volume transactional workflows across multiple business lines, demanding ultra-low latency, strict transactional integrity (ACID), high availability, and clean, resilient code design. As a Senior Developer, your primary focus will be active coding, system design, query optimization, automated testing, and CI/CD deployment. You will work closely with lead architects, product analysts, and engineering peers to build robust full-stack solutions, debug complex issues, refactor legacy components, and champion software craftsmanship across modern Java and Angular frameworks. **Key Responsibilities** **1. Hands-On Full-Stack Development & Microservices Engineering** + **Core Application Development:** Write clean, modular, efficient, and well-documented code across distributed Core Java / Spring Boot microservices and modern Angular SPAs. + **Calculation Engine Implementation:** Implement and maintain high-throughput financial calculation logic, fee algorithms, and multi-asset billing workflows requiring low-latency execution and high concurrency. + **API & System Integration:** Design, develop, and consume secure, robust RESTful APIs and asynchronous event-driven messaging pipelines (Kafka / RabbitMQ / JMS). + **Refactoring & Modernization:** Actively contribute to legacy code modernization, containerization (Docker, OpenShift / Kubernetes), and framework upgrades to maintain up-to-date architectural standards. + **Debugging & Problem Solving:** Deep-dive into complex runtime issues, thread contention, memory leaks, and distributed transaction bottlenecks to deliver rapid, permanent technical fixes. **2. Database Development & Query Optimization** + **Schema Design & SQL Engineering:** Develop and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, table schemas, and indexing strategies on relational databases (MSSQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL). + **Data Integrity & Consistency:** Ensure strict transactional integrity (ACID compliance), robust error handling,



and auditable financial data processing across high-volume batch and real-time streams. + **Performance Tuning:** Conduct database profiling, execution plan analysis, and query tuning to eliminate batch bottlenecks and reduce processing times. **3. Software Quality, Automated Testing & DevOps** + **Test Automation (TDD/BDD):** Write comprehensive unit, integration, and component tests using JUnit, Mockito, and relevant mocking frameworks to maintain high test coverage. + **Code Quality & Best Practices:** Adhere to enterprise static analysis standards (SonarQube) and participate actively in peer code reviews to maintain high coding standards and prevent vulnerabilities. + **CI/CD & Deployment Automation:** Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines (Bitbucket, Jenkins, Harness), automated build scripts, and container deployment manifests. + **Production Support & L3 Troubleshooting:** Partner with SRE and DevOps teams to triage Level 3 production issues, analyze logs and metrics (Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus), and implement permanent root-cause fixes. **4. Technical Collaboration & Agile Execution** + **Agile Sprint Delivery:** Actively participate in sprint planning, technical task estimation, daily standups, and backlog grooming. + **Technical Specifications:** Translate user stories and functional requirements into detailed technical designs, class diagrams, and sequence flows. + **Peer Collaboration:** Share technical knowledge, pair-program on complex tasks, and collaborate constructively with squad members to meet sprint commitments. **5. Risk, Security & Regulatory Compliance** + **Secure Coding:** Follow secure development lifecycle (SDLC) standards, remediate security vulnerabilities (SAST/DAST findings), and ensure data encryption/privacy protocols are rigorously maintained. + **Audit & Control Governance:** Ensure all deliverables adhere to Citi's software engineering governance, change management protocols, and risk controls. **Qualifications & Skills:** **Required Technical Expertise & Experience:** + **Experience:** 6-10+ years of hands-on software development experience building enterprise-scale distributed systems and transactional applications. + **Core Java / JVM Mastery:** Deep hands-on expertise in Core Java (Java 11/17/21), JVM memory management, multi-threading/concurrency, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, and Hibernate/JPA. + **Frontend Engineering:** Hands-on experience developing single-page applications (SPAs) using modern Angular, TypeScript, RxJS, HTML5, and CSS/SCSS. + **Relational Database Expertise:** Strong hands-on SQL programming and tuning experience across MSSQL, Oracle, or PostgreSQL (complex joins, CTEs,



indexing, query execution plans). + **Event Streaming & Messaging:** Practical experience developing event-driven producers/consumers using Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or JMS. + **Containerization & Tooling:** Working knowledge of Docker, Red Hat OpenShift / Kubernetes, Linux shell scripting, and Git/Bitbucket. + **CI/CD & Testing Frameworks:** Experience with Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, Harness, JUnit, Mockito, and SonarQube. **Preferred Qualifications:** + Financial domain background in Hedge Fund Operations, Fund Administration, Institutional Billing, Asset Management, or Capital Markets. + Familiarity with caching frameworks (Redis/Hazelcast) and observability tools (Splunk, ELK, Grafana, Prometheus). + Experience with cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Private Cloud environments). **Behavioral Competencies:** + **Strong Problem Solver:** Passionate about writing clean, maintainable code and solving complex algorithmic/architectural challenges. + **Execution & Ownership:** Proven track record of independently taking technical tasks from design through production deployment. + **Collaborative Mindset:** Strong team player with clear written and verbal technical communication skills. **Education** + **Bachelor's degree** in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent practical experience). + Relevant technical certifications (Java/Spring, Kubernetes, Cloud Practitioner) are a plus. ------------------------------------------------------ **Job Family Group:** Technology ------------------------------------------------------ **Job Family:** Applications Development ------------------------------------------------------ **Time Type:** Full time ------------------------------------------------------ **Most Relevant Skills** Please see the requirements listed above. ------------------------------------------------------ **Other Relevant Skills** For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter. ------------------------------------------------------ _Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law._ _If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review_ _Accessibility at Citi (https://www.citigroup.com/citi/accessibility/application-accessibility.htm)_ _._ _View Citi's_ _EEO Policy Statement (https://www.citigroup.com/global/eeo-aa-policy)_ _and the_ _Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf)_ _poster._ Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Minority/Female/Veteran/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

📌 Java Application Development - Vice President (Pune)
🏢 Citigroup
📍 Pune