Senior Full-Stack Engineer (React / Angular + Java) – Prime Brokerage (VP)

Citi • Jersey City, NJ

9d • $142,320 - $213,480 • Onsite

About The Position

This is a hands-on software development role for a Senior Full-Stack Engineer focusing on the Prime Brokerage technology platform. The position involves designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality UI components, taking ownership of the entire development lifecycle. The role also includes providing technical leadership to an agile development team, championing best practices in CI/CD, fostering a culture of quality through automated testing, and driving continuous improvement in SDLC, agile, and DevOps processes using key performance indicators like DORA metrics. Responsibilities extend to leading design, planning, and estimation discussions, conducting high-level system analysis and architecture design, facilitating requirement gathering, and translating business needs into technical specifications. The role also involves overseeing project and technical documentation, identifying and mitigating risks, developing standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation, and overseeing production support processes. Additionally, the Senior Full-Stack Engineer will provide technical leadership and mentorship to mid-level developers, analysts, and graduates.

Requirements

• React, Angular & Test-Driven Development are essential.
• 6-10 years of relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role.
• Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications.
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of Applications Development.
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• AI-assisted development tooling (GitHub Copilot, Devin)
• Kotlin/Java
• Cloud Technologies (Kubernetes, Open Shift)
• Messaging Technologies (Kafka, Solace, TIBCO)
• SQL/No-SQL Database, Data Store (SQL Server, Mongo, S3)
• Observability Technologies (OpenTelemetry, ELK, Grafana)
• Master’s degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality UI components for the Prime Brokerage technology platform, taking ownership of the entire development lifecycle from concept to production.
• Provide technical leadership for an agile development team, championing best practices in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
• Foster a culture of quality through developer-led automated testing initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement in SDLC, agile and DevOps processes using key performance indicators, including DORA metrics, to enhance team efficiency and software delivery.
• Lead design, planning and estimation discussions within the team and with partners from across the department along with business stakeholders.
• Conduct high-level system analysis and architecture design, ensuring alignment with business requirements, technical standards and the overall architecture blueprint.
• Facilitate requirement gathering and translate complex business needs into technical specifications.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of project and technical documentation.
• Identify and mitigate risks throughout the SDLC, proposing solutions to complex problems.
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
• Oversee production support processes, collaborating with operations and business stakeholders.
• Analyze issue patterns to drive improvements.
• Guide documentation efforts, maintain on-call rotations and lead post-mortems.
• Lead efforts to resolve root-causes and enhance performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership and serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers, analysts and grads.
• Partner with multiple management 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 variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards.
• Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint.
• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• medical, dental & vision coverage
• 401(k)
• life, accident, and disability insurance
• wellness programs
• paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior