Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst -Vice President

Citi • Tampa, FL

7d

About The Position

The Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities. We are looking for hands-on full-stack engineering team leads who are passionate about solving business problems through innovation and engineering practices. The team lead plays a meaningful role in crafting and maintaining the strategic partnership between business needs and technology delivery within the construct of an Agile team. The role is to own an Agile team’s efforts to plan, design, develop, and launch efficient systems and solutions in support of our core organizational functions. In addition to managing members of an agile team, there is also an expectation to contribute to the codebase and deliver solutions against the sprint-level commitments.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of proven software development experience, specializing in Java, Spring Boot, React, Oracle, MongoDB.
• In-depth knowledge of modern application architecture
• Clear understanding of Data Structures and Object-Oriented Principles using Java principles.
• Multiple years of experience architecting and building horizontally scalable, highly available, highly resilient, and low latency applications
• Practical experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for enhancing development workflows.
• Proficiency in Microservices frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot), Event-Driven Services, and Cloud-Native Application Development.
• Multiple years of experience on Service Oriented and Microservices architectures, including REST and GraphQL implementations
• Multiple years of experience with Cloud-native development and Container Orchestration tools (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.)
• Proficiency with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and tools for building (e.g., Maven, Gradle) and deploying code (e.g., Docker, Jenkins, OpenShift). Experience with AWS is considered a significant advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and maintain both front-end and back-end components of robust web applications.
• Strong expertise in developing intuitive user interfaces using contemporary JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React), HTML5, and CSS.
• Solid experience in developing server-side logic and APIs using languages such as Java, Python, or similar.
• Strong knowledge of NoSQL best practices in MongoDB or other document DBs in the are of modeling and scaling.
• Proficient knowledge of SQL, PL/SQL, with a solid understanding of Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS).
• Proven capability in designing, developing, and implementing high-performance RESTful APIs leveraging appropriate frameworks and technologies.
• Practical experience working within Agile development methodologies and utilizing project management tools such as JIRA.
• Ability to develop and automate comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure code quality.
• Solid understanding and practical experience with code versioning tools, including GitHub Enterprise and Bitbucket.
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field is required.

Responsibilities

• Code contributing leader of an Agile team, working to deliver sprint goals, as well as conduct personnel duties for team (e.g., performance evaluations, hiring, promotions and disciplinary actions).
• Design, document, and develop world-class enterprise applications leveraging the latest technologies and design patterns.
• Lead a team of full stack engineers on end-end software solution design, development and delivery using modern tech stack/tools.
• Provide technical guidance, expertise, and direction to team members, ensuring adherence to coding standards, best practices, and conducting code reviews to maintain code quality
• Identifying and resolving technical and non-technical challenges, making informed decisions, and ensuring the team's ability to overcome obstacles
• Actively seeking opportunities to improve software development processes, tools, and practices. Identifying areas for optimization, automation, and efficiency gains. Sharing knowledge and promoting continuous learning within the team
• Able to work independently and with your team to deliver software successfully.
• Deliver work that is consistently of a high quality (e.g., secure, testable, maintainable, low-defects, efficient, etc.) and incorporates best practices.
• Focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions, taking on projects that improve your team’s software, making it better and easier to maintain.
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, as well as communicate with external parties, as necessary
• Effectively communicate progress, proactively anticipate bottlenecks, provide skilled escalation management, and adeptly identify, assess, track, and mitigate issues and risks across various levels.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.
• Leverage AI tools, such as GitHub Copilot, to enhance development efficiency, accelerate delivery timelines, and optimize software solutions.
• Maintain awareness of the rapidly evolving AI landscape and proactively propose innovative approaches to implement product features.
• Possess the expertise to analyze and effectively troubleshoot complex coding, application performance, and design challenges.
• Capable of conducting thorough research to identify the root causes of development and performance issues, as well as devising and implementing effective defect resolutions.
• Demonstrate a profound understanding of the technical requirements pertinent to the solutions under development.
• Utilize Docker for application containerization and Kubernetes for efficient service orchestration.
• Streamline, automate, or eliminate redundant processes within architecture, build, delivery, production operations, or business areas where similar efforts or issues recur annually.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees