Senior Java Backend Developer, Citi

Citi

Location:
India, Pune

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

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Job Description:

The job involves serving as the development lead for medium-scale projects, developing feature-rich applications with Java backend technologies, troubleshooting performance issues, and participating in full software development lifecycle processes. Opportunities to work with advanced systems architecture, automation testing, and cloud-based technologies.

Job Responsibility:

Accountable for executing and driving mid-size feature application design and development efforts to completion, serving as a development lead on medium-scale projects and supporting the execution of larger efforts
Proficient at operating with considerable autonomy and discretion as you will significantly influence the way an application is designed and developed by providing subject specific expertise and an advanced level of understanding of application programming principles
Sought after due to ability to analyze and troubleshoot coding, application performance and design challenges
Capable of research in root cause of development and performance concerns as well as the resolution of defects
Have a deep understanding of the technical requirements for the solutions being built
Understand engineering needs including those required to build, maintain, and operate the system through all phases of its life
Proficient in information modeling, data structures and algorithms
Demonstrate an advanced understanding of supported main system flows and possess a comprehensive understanding of how the system and others (i.e. architecture or infrastructure) collectively integrate to contribute towards achieving business objectives
Using this expertise, assist with the development of standards for coding, testing, debugging and implementation
Participate in design discussions as a Development Lead and as such will play the part of a key decision maker in driving design decisions
Exhibit the ability to turn complex application design into a well written application
Partner with industry vendors that provide technology or user experience design components that support our Digital architecture and work with vendors on our implementation plans and roadmaps identifying partnership opportunities to increase our development velocity and our learnings
Participates in the full development life cycle, identify dependencies between agile and waterfall delivery, working within broadly defined parameters, including test plan execution and software quality needs
Directly impact the business by influencing strategic functional decisions through advice, counsel or provided services
Recognize discordant views and take part in constructive dialog to resolve them
Work across teams to optimize processes
Regularly review metrics and proactively seek out new and improved mechanisms for visibility ensuring your program stays aligned with organization objectives
Continuously assess development processes, test plans, and operations
Work with teams to improve concurrent project delivery
Streamline and / or eliminate excess process in any area of architecture, build, delivery, production operations environment, or business area where the same efforts (or issues) are repeated year-over-year
Share knowledge with the team in various forums (brown bags, engineering forums etc.) and demonstrate a higher level of knowledge through industry certifications

Requirements:

7+ years of relevant experience
Strong proficiency in Java core concepts (Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), Collections, Concurrency, etc.)
Expertise in Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Model-View-Controller (MVC), Spring Data)
Experience with database technologies (SQL, Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks)
Knowledge of RESTful API design principles
Familiarity with version control systems (Git)
Understanding of design patterns and software architecture
Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
Proficiency in SQL for data querying and manipulation
Strong core Java skills, JDBC/JPA, Restful web services
Experience with frameworks like Hibernate, Junit, Spring Boot/Microservice-style application development
Experience with JAVA 17 or higher is a plus
Strong experience with Relational Databases like Oracle, MSSQL
Experience with build tools like Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, UDeploy
Experience with cloud based architectures on OpenShift Kubernetes
Experience with Messaging and Caching frameworks such as Kafka and IBM MQ is a plus
Testing experience with distributed software applications
Strong experience with Unix or Linux

Nice to have:

Knowledge of microservices architecture
Knowledge of Kafka and Spark
Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
Experience with front-end technologies (Angular, JavaScript, HTML, CSS) for full-stack development
Programming languages like Python or R for data analysis

What we offer:

Equal opportunity employer
Global workforce benefits
Support for well-being, growth, and work-life balance

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
September 19, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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