Citi

Prime Service Tech is working on multi-year growth initiative and consent order data remediation deliverables and as part of it, we are expanding our platform offering to markets quants and product development to build analytics using Python, hosting new data platform, creating new data pipelines and building robust monitoring and observability capabilities for Prime Tech. The senior developer will work on building data pipelines, creating APIs to access data and own the application artifacts and infrastructure as an application manager. They will also work closely with product development and quants and other teams within Prime Services Technology. Citi's hybrid work requirement is at least 3 days in office per week.

This 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, application deployment, build pipelines and application monitoring. They will be responsible for frameworks and platforms and work with development managers and leads in that functional area and ensure common solutions and strategic architecture is consistently implemented across Prime & Clearing & Equities org and broader markets technology. The role requires a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas within a function and how they interact in order to achieve the objectives of the function. Applies in-depth understanding of the business impact of technical contributions. Strong commercial awareness is a necessity. Excellent communication and planning skills are required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level.

Responsibilities:

• 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
• Own the application infrastructure, build and deployment pipelines, recovery capabilities and work with support and DevOps teams to ensure application meets the SLAs
• Responsible for platform hygiene by making sure it is free of vulnerabilities, complies with Citi risk & control standards and runs on supported versions
• Ensure application monitoring is in place and meets the business needs
• 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
• Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts
• 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.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8-10 years of hands on development experience
• At least 5 years of working as a senior developer on JAVA backends
• At least 3 years of working experience building data pipelines using Spark
• Understanding of RDBMS vs NO SQL vs Columnar Databases . Understanding of the file formats like Parquet , Avro , ORC, Iceberg etc. also required .
• Extensive experience of building CI/CD pipelines, application monitoring using Grafana/Splunk and Open Telemetry
• Understanding of Linux, Bash and basic scripting along with setting up hostgroups, Active Directory and maintenance jobs
• Experience working on Microservice Architecture, Containerization and Orchestration.
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate
• Excellent planning and coordination skills across diverse teams is required
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Prior work experience working in Capital Markets trade processing is a plus

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Development

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Jersey City New Jersey United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$142,320.00 - $213,480.00

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.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Jul 04, 2025

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