Lead Software Engineer - VP
Citi is undergoing a multi-year transformation effort to simplify and modernize its legacy core banking platform. As part of this transformation, the DDA module within the legacy core banking platform will be migrated into a modern cloud native next generation DDA platform.
The new DDA platform will provide account management and transaction processing capabilities for Citi's Institutional Clients Group (ICG) business globally.
Citi has completed the selection of the new DDA platform and is seeking a Development Technology Lead to establish and implement new DDA Services in coordination with the Technology team.
Responsibilities:
* Partner with multiple management teams to ensure integration of functions that meet goals, identify necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements.
* Execute and drive results on large-scale efforts or multiple smaller efforts as a development lead for most medium and large projects. This includes expertise with application development methodologies and standards for program analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
* Resolve high impact problems/projects through evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards.
* Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming, ensuring application design adheres to overall architecture blueprint.
* Utilize knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
* Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business integrate to accomplish goals.
* Provide analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions.
* Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary.
* Work independently with little or no guidance by senior developers.
* Assist in planning and managing application development assignments involving large budgets, cross-functional projects, or multiple projects.
* Effectively communicate technical and business risks to business owners to inform their decisions.
* Accountable for providing guidance on architecturally significant efforts during pre-planning phase, ensuring principles and best practices are followed prior to initiation of work.
* Publish design review extensions and provide documented guidance aligned to sprint plans and timelines.
* Provide long-term perspective for business and technology choices, using technical judgment to vet architecture as required.
* Direct teams on developing efficient systems with resource usage such as hardware, runtime, performance, load, and memory requirements.
* Provide architectural guidance to SDEs based on best practices and alignment with CTO guidelines and platform.
* Drive clarity and work independently as business and/or technical strategy is not defined.
* Provide corresponding architectural guidance, conduct design reviews and code reviews based on assigned projects. Product definition and technical planning are out of scope.
* Communicate progress, anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, identify assess track and mitigate issues/risks at multiple levels. Recognize discordant views and participate in constructive dialog to resolve them.
* Demonstrate ability to implement continuous improvement and induction of new technology. Demonstrate examples of influence in scrum teams beyond own area of focus.
* Assess risk when business decisions are made, considering firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients, and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct, and business practices, and escalating, managing, and reporting control issues with transparency.
Qualifications:
* Substantial experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role.
* Strong hands-on experience on Java, Spring Boot, Observability Stack, Database, JDBC, Rest/Distributed System, etc.
* Experience designing and delivering complex multi-system, distributed, highly available development projects.
* Proven experience of solution design and architecture in successful deliveries using technologies like microservices, java, etc.
* Experience with architectural methodologies and frameworks, aware of Architectural design pattern, design principals, etc.
* Experience using ALM and CICD tools like Bitbucket, TFS, Jenkins, uDeploy, BMC RLM, or related tools in an agile methodology.
* Experience leading project solution architecture design on various levels, including high and detailed level design.
* Experience in Solution Architecture documentation and other architectural deliverables.
* Experience providing solutions for a wide range of technologies – Java, Database, Cloud, and Web Technologies, etc.
* Experience working in both waterfall and Agile methodologies.
* Able to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
* Demonstrated leadership and project management skills.
* Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
* Experience within a banking/finance environment would be preferable.