Java/Microservices Developer - VP

Citi is a world-leading global bank with approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide 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.

Citi Belfast is one of the largest employers in Northern Ireland with a diverse and talented team of over 4000 people from over 68 different nationalities across our four Belfast offices. We are the only global investment bank operating in Northern Ireland. Every day, our local experts interact with global teams in over 100 countries developing and supporting next-generation technology solutions for the enterprise and delivering critical services to the bank and its customers.

We are recruiting a Principal Engineer, reporting to the Engineering Manager, to join the Global BI team for an internal compliance and surveillance line of business. You will be responsible for implementing Java/Microservices based Solutions for Independent Compliance Risk Managers. The role requires deep technical knowledge and expertise in software development, including programming languages, frameworks, and best practices.

Responsibilities:

• The candidate will be responsible for designing and building solutions for Compliance Data Archival & Reporting application.
• Core Java, Spring and Hibernate will be the primary technologies used supplemented by strong technical knowledge of Oracle databases.
• The candidate should have hands-on experience in designing and developing solutions.
• The candidate will apply internal standards for re-use, architecture, testing and general best practices.
• The candidate will be responsible for Agile Development Lifecycle, Code reviews, test case reviews and ensure code developed meets the requirements, Component Design/ Coding/ Unit Testing/ Debugging, and Level 3 production support.
• Build and sustain strong relationships with the senior business leaders associated with the platform.
• Design, code, test, document and implement application release projects as part of the development team.
• Work with development partners to ensure design and coding best practices.
• Work closely with Program Management and Quality Control teams to deliver quality software to agreed project schedules.
• Proactively notify Development Project Manager of risks, bottlenecks, problems, issues, and concerns.
• Compliance with Citi's System Development Lifecycle and Information Security requirements.
• Drive quality initiatives.
• Provide technical walk-throughs to various stakeholders.
• Be able to work independently as well as within a team.
• Works directly with end-users or a projects team to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Prioritize technical issue resolution.
• Requirement gathering & understanding, effort estimation, technical design, project planning and monitoring.
• Required to review the day-to-day delivery work with the team, ensuring a robust process implementation, identifying project/program delivery risks and work on risk mitigation.
• Partner with multiple 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.
• Resolve a variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards.
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals.
• Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions.

Mandatory Skills:

• Relevant Experience in Core-Java, J2EE, Spring-Boot, Microservices, Hibernate/jpa.
• Strong experience in SQL & Database Design.
• Experience in Docker and Kubernetes.

Qualifications:

• The candidate should have very strong technical experience in the areas of Core JAVA, J2EE, Spring-boot, microservices, Hibernate/jpa, database design.
• Experience in Unix Scripting and Autosys.
• Experience in CI / CD process like Jenkins / Harness.
• Experience in unit test framework like junit and mockito.
• Experience in any cloud technologies like Openshift / PCF / AWS / GCP.
• Experience with building distributed systems, using solutions such as Spark, Big Data Technologies would be preferred but not mandatory.
• Knowledge of Big Data querying tools (Cloudera stack or similar) e.g. Hive or Impala would be preferred but not mandatory.
• Experience working on parallel development tracks at the same time is required.
• Experience in leading smaller development teams is necessary.
• Adhere to the Agile process, & also ensure others follow process too.
• Should have root cause analysis skills, able to quickly analyze and interpret code and ensure that issues are resolved or escalated appropriately.

What we’ll provide you:

• A business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week).
• A competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed).
• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• A discretional annual performance related bonus.
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Pension Plan.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends.
• Access to an array of learning and development resources.

Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day.