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Java Backend Engineer – Mid‑level role at Citi focusing on Java J2EE, Spring, Kafka and microservices.
Join Citi’s technology team to design, develop, and maintain high‑quality, scalable software solutions.
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Job Overview
About the Role
We are looking for a highly skilled and hands‑on Software Engineer to work on modern engineering practices and technology transformation within our teams. You will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high‑quality software solutions while ensuring best‑in‑class engineering standards, including trunk‑based development, test automation, security, and modern ways of working.
This role requires good understanding of system design, hands‑on coding, and strong problem‑solving skills to create resilient, high‑performing, and secure applications.
Key Responsibilities
Software Development & System Design
- Develop clean, maintainable, and testable code following SOLID principles and software design best practices.
- Ensure high levels of unit test coverage, test‑driven development (TDD), and behavior‑driven development (BDD).
- Actively contribute to hands‑on coding, code reviews, and refactoring to maintain high engineering standards.
- Follow trunk‑based development practices to enable continuous integration and rapid delivery.
- Monitor and control all phases of development process and analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation as well as provide user and operational support on applications to business users.
- Operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
Engineering Excellence & Best Practices
- Working experience of modern engineering ways of working, including Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD.
- Apply Behavior‑Driven Development (BDD), Test‑Driven Development (TDD), and unit testing to ensure code quality and functionality.
- Conduct thorough code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices in readability, performance, and security.
- Follow secure coding practices, performing vulnerability assessments and ensuring compliance with security standards.
- Collaborate effectively in agile environments, embracing DevOps principles and fostering a culture of continuous delivery and improvement.
Skills and Qualifications
Must‑Have Skills:
- 7‑10 years of relevant experience
- Strong hands‑on experience with Java J2EE and Spring based technology stack.
- Must have hands‑on experience on Kafka
- Good to have Apache Camel expertise
- Must have Hands‑on SQL, Oracle database
- Expertise in system design and microservices architecture.
- Good understanding of Active/IBM MQ is highly desirable
- Experience with trunk‑based development, feature flags, and progressive delivery strategies.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- Experience conducting code reviews, vulnerability assessments, and secure coding.
- Familiarity with modern cloud‑native technologies (OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker).
- Excellent problem‑solving skills and ability to work in fast‑paced, agile environments.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Good‑to‑Have Skills:
- Experience with event‑driven architecture and distributed systems.
- Knowledge of performance tuning, observability, and production monitoring.
- Familiarity with Agile frameworks and modern ways of working in product development.
- Knowledge of SWIFT messaging (ISO 15022/20022)
- Knowledge of Messaging systems like Tibco EMS
Education:
Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
Job description provides a high‑level review of the types of work performed. Other job‑related duties may be assigned as required.
Job Family Group:
Technology
Job Family:
Applications Development
Time Type:
Full time
Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.
Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.
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