Senior Java Architect Lead, Senior Vice President

Citi•Jersey City, NJ

19h•Onsite

About The Position

This is a senior level position within Citi's Cross Asset Margin technology teams, based in Jersey City. The team actively develops and enhances strategic systems and services that are regulatory driven and directly impact how Citi Capital Markets manages risk from trading, including market and counterparty credit risks. Responsibilities include calculating margin requirements for OTC bilateral derivatives and optimizing margin requirements for clients using models like VaR, SIMM, and Credit Stress. The role supports traders, salespeople, risk managers, financial controllers, and operations staff. The App Dev Tech lead is responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application system design and programs, leading applications systems analysis, design, and programming activities, and driving engineering activities related to the design, acquisition, and deployment of hardware, software, and network infrastructure.

Requirements

8+ years of relevant experience in Apps Development role with hand on coding.
Demonstrated thought leadership in designing complex and distrusted systems.
In depth knowledge of Java, Spring, Kafka, Distributed Cache/Systems (e.g. Apache Ignite).
Hands on experience on relational databases like Oracle.
Great exposure to microservices architecture.
API first design thinking and implementation using Rest, websocket and gRPC.
Experience with building applications on cloud platform such as Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift.
Proven implementation of design pattern and enterprise level architecture.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Able to work independently and as part of a team.
Able to multi-task and prioritize tasks effectively.
Strong organizational and project management skills.
A completed Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

Any experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB is preferred.
Hands on experience with designing and developing ML/GenAI solutions.
Experience with Python is preferred.
UI tech stack knowledge will be advantage.
Business knowledge of Margin, CVA, XVA, regulatory stress testing is preferred.
Understanding of Risks (Greeks), risk calculation models like VaRr/SIMM preferred and ability to work with Quant team is preferred.
A Master’s degree in preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications design/architecture, programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint.
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.
Guide team to establish design standard, improving efficiency of development workflow and product rollout.
Take ownership of smooth Production releases planning and execution.
Oversee software quality and system modifications.
Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary.
Analyze existing operations to identify risks and redundancies.
Conduct comprehensive assessments to develop solutions.
Liaise with team members, management to ensure projects are completed to application development and governance standard.
Keep up-to-date with industry trends and developments.
Resolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards.
Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating 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.