Java Engineer Backend
Citi · United States · 4d ago
Overview of the Role
Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.
As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.
Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.
The Digital S/W Engineer Sr Analyst is a seasoned professional role. Applies in-depth disciplinary knowledge, contributing to the development of new techniques and the improvement of processes and work-flow for the area or function. Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the function and overall business. Evaluates moderately complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, where development of an approach/taking of an action involves weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting situations using multiple sources of information. Requires good analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex and dynamic material from multiple sources. Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required. Regularly assumes informal/formal leadership role within teams. Involved in coaching and training of new recruits Significant impact in terms of project size, geography, etc. by influencing decisions through advice, counsel and/or facilitating services to others in area of specialization. Work and performance of all teams in the area are directly affected by the performance of the individual.
Responsibilities:
Collaborate with business partners to analyze user stories, ensuring they are clear, concise, and technically feasible.
Translate user stories into solutions that provide an excellent client experience and align with Digital’s architectural roadmap.
Willing to work in a fast paced environment and ready to take up challenging POCs with new technology.
Prepare detailed technical designs that account for security, resiliency, scalability, maintainability, and performance.
Code, test, debug, implement, and support complex financial applications.
Collaborate with onshore/offshore resources, ensuring adherence to our processes and standards.
Remain abreast of emerging Digital technologies.
Develop, maintain, and execute automated and manual test scripts for requirement/user story validation, integration, regression, performance and usability testing
Implement Test and Behavior Driven Development as part of Shift-Left Strategy
Code and debug complex financial applications
Accountable for SDLC auditable artifacts – SIA, Code Reviews, Test Plans and Exit Reports
Ability to organize/manage multiple priorities and projects coupled with the flexibility to adapt to changes in a fast-paced environment
Provide accurate and precise estimates for assigned task duration and work effort, along with confidence level, and foreseeable dependencies
Monitor projects on an ongoing basis, evaluating progress and quality, managing risks / issues, and taking corrective action as necessary to meet project deadlines
Understand the role of the engineering team within the SDLC and effectively advocate for the best possible customer experience of product quality within those parameters
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in cloud computing, Microservices/APIs, Private cloud platforms like pivotal cloud foundry , Openshift, distributed caching like Gemfire/Redis
- SpringBoot. RESTFul, JSON experience is a must have
- 3+ years of experience in containerized platform like Kubernetes, Docker
- 3+ years experience on Cloud Platforms (AWS/GCP), CI/CD Pipeline Process & Tools and Config as Code.
- 3+ years experience with Java, HTML5/CSS3, AngularJS, and/or experience with Android/iOS Development platforms
- 3+ years experience with NoSql DB (MongDb, couchbase) or oracle DB experience.
- Experience with service discovery options, Resiliency 4J/Hystrix,
- Experience with GenAI tools is desirable
- Familiar with BitBucket, GIT etc. for source control
- Experience with Jenkins for build and deployment
- Automation tools – Junit / TestNG frameworks, Selenium, Appium, Cucumber
- Experience in Technology Development lifecycle and applications deployment
- Experience with Test and Behavior Driven Development
- Good communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, negotiating, influencing, facilitation, prioritization, decision-making and conflict resolution skills are required
- Knowledgeable and experienced in Agile and Agile-hybrid environment
- Experience in Financial industry is a plus.
Education:
BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Business related or comparable work experience
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Job Family Group:
Technology------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:
Digital Software Engineering------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:
Full time------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location:
Irving Texas United States------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$107,120.00 - $160,680.00
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.
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Anticipated Posting Close Date:
Sep 30, 2026------------------------------------------------------
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.
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