Core Java Backend Lead - Vice President

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Job Overview

Job Description

The XVA and Cross Asset Margin technology teams actively develop and enhance a set of co-operative, strategic systems and services which are regulatory driven and have a direct bearing on how Citi Capital Markets manages risk arising from trading, including both market and counterparty credit risks. We are responsible for calculating margin requirements for OTC bilateral derivatives and optimizing margin requirements for clients by considering offsets across various financial products using models like VaR, SIMM and Credit Stress. We support traders, salespeople, risk managers, financial controllers and operations staff.

The Lead Java Developer 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, design and programming activities. This is a senior technical position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team to drive a variety of engineering activities including the design, acquisition and deployment of hardware, software and network infrastructure in coordination with the Technology team.

Responsibilities:

Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications 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.

Qualifications:

10+ 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

Any experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB is preferred

Experience with Python is preferred

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

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.

Education:

A completed Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent.

A Master’s degree in preferred

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

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Other Relevant Skills

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