Applications Development Senior Programmer (Java) - Assistant Vice President

The Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst is an intermediate level position responsible for participation in the establishment and implementation of new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to contribute to applications systems analysis and programming activities. About Team and Platform   Citi Futures and Derivatives Clearing Technology supports a rapidly growing business that uses technological innovation to maintain competitive advantage in a constantly evolving market. Working closely with the business, external vendors and internal technology teams, you would build-out and maintain our next generation clearing platforms. You would manage complex projects that will involve everything from incorporating a new functionality within the existing ecosystem, to analyzing new requirements, documenting solutions, managing implementation and testing systems, ensuring that they are fit for purpose. You would regularly work with a range of Business Analysts and high-profile stakeholders.   The Data and Reporting team develops and supports a platform that provides client reporting and feeds other downstream applications within Citi.  It provides reporting such as real-time trades, positions, initial and variation margin, positions and balances for external clients and   internal  users   such as traders, operations and sales. A major ongoing initiative is to modernize the existing platform   in order to   provide scale and to enhance product offerings and new business requirements Responsibilities: Design and   development of technical solutions for the data and reporting   application   utilizing best engineering practices   Contribute toward engineering best practices Work closely with business users, stakeholders, BAs, product managers and other development teams to understand problem space, brainstorm ideas, approaches, and solutions.   Design and   develop   software applications using microservices cloud-native   architecture to be resilient, stateless, scalable, and testable with automation and reusability as key objectives.   Contribute to CI/CD implementation using   DevOps best practices based on industry and Citi standards and work to implement them.   Work with   key business SMEs to develop an in-depth understanding of their critical data and reporting needs and business impact of existing data quality and data integrity issues on a detailed level   Contribute to technical direction and strategic decisions as a technical expert in all development and implementation phases, providing in-depth and sophisticated analyses to define problems and develop innovative solutions   Demonstrate a data-driven approach to problem-solving and decision-making,   utilising   metrics, and performance indicators to assess team efficiency and identify improvement opportunities.   Partner with QA team to ensure robust testing framework is utilized for functional and nonfunctional testing for the release cycles.   Partner with Support team to ensure stability of production environment with proactive monitoring and health checks.   Partner with other Citi development teams to build APIs, integrations and share components that are critical to our platform’s success.   Exhibit strong leadership qualities, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment, providing guidance and mentorship to team members, and promoting a culture of continuous learning.   Work closely with business users, stakeholders, BAs, product managers and other development teams to understand problem space, brainstorm ideas, approaches, and solutions.   Recommended Qualifications: Full-stack developer with 8-10 years of experience in designing and developing robust, scalable, and maintainable applications applying Object Oriented Design principles Extensive experience working with Java Core with extensive hands-on experience with