Hybrid Lead Fullstack Engineer – Vice President

at Citi

• Job title: Lead Fullstack Engineer – Vice President
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Java, JavaScript, Jenkins, Kafka, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Microservices, Oracle, RabbitMQ, React, Spring, Spring Boot, SpringBoot, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Pune, India

About the role

• Lead Engineer with strong UI and full-stack capabilities at Citi, responsible for client onboarding technology platform. Building scalable applications via real-time tools and microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement complex software solutions across the full stack, with a strong focus on both front-end user interfaces and back-end services.
• Develop responsive and highly interactive user interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks such as React JS.
• Build and maintain scalable and high-performance back-end services using Java and the Spring Boot framework.
• Implement and contribute to microservices architecture, ensuring effective communication and integration between services.
• Integrate real-time messaging systems to handle high-throughput data processing and ensure low-latency communication within applications.
• Collaborate with product owners, UI/UX designers, and other engineers to translate business requirements into technical designs and functional features.
• Design, develop, and optimize database schemas and queries for relational databases, with strong knowledge of Oracle and SQL databases.
• Utilize containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes) for efficient application deployment and management.
• Participate in the implementation and maintenance of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using tools like Jenkins.
• Contribute to cloud deployment strategies and operations, ensuring applications are resilient, scalable, and secure in cloud environments.
• Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and ensure adherence to coding standards, architectural patterns, and best practices.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex technical issues across front-end and back-end systems.
• Keep abreast of emerging technologies and propose innovative solutions to enhance product capabilities.

Requirements

• 12+ years of professional software development experience, with significant hands-on experience in full-stack development.
• Strong expertise in front-end development with demonstrable experience in React.
• Proficiency in core web technologies including HTML5 and CSS3.
• Extensive experience with Java and the Spring Boot framework for building robust back-end applications.
• Proven experience in designing, developing, and deploying microservices.
• Hands-on experience with real-time messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Solid understanding of relational databases, particularly Oracle and SQL, including schema design, query optimization, and stored procedures.
• Experience with Kotlin is a plus.
• Proficiency in containerization using Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Practical experience with CI/CD platforms, such as Jenkins, for automated build, test, and deployment.
• Experience with cloud deployments on major platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities