Lead Java Developer - VP (Belfast) | Belfast, UK

Citi; Belfast; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

We are seeking to recruit a Senior Java developer and team lead responsible for building out the firm's strategic reference data platforms used by the Institutional Clients Group in Citi. The successful applicant will take ownership of key projects and components and will be responsible for all phases of the SDLC including analysis and design, development, testing and deployment. As a senior developer, the candidate will be responsible for providing technical guidance to junior developers, including overseeing their deliverables, provide architectural guidance, enforce Citi best practices, and conduct code reviews. A potential candidate will need to understand system and enterprise architecture concepts and will be expected to understand how all components fit together and impact one another. They will work with a global and diverse team of peers as well as liaise closely with Business Analyst, Production Support, and Infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver assigned development projects within agreed schedule, quality and scope expectations
• Participate in all stages of the SDLC within an agile Scrum environment
• Form partnership with technology vendors and gain deep understanding of products
• Interact with senior management to define and drive architectural direction
• Interact with PMO and translate reported problems/issues into JIRA items to implement
• Enhance/Re-architect existing components to satisfy new requirements in terms of performance and scalability
• Provide level 3 (escalation) support for the application

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Expertise in Java development, with a strong focus on Spring Boot and REST API architecture
• Strong experience with Oracle PL/SQL and database performance analysis and tuning
• Proficient in Unix commands, Korn shell scripting, and working with RedHat Linux environments
• Experience using Bitbucket and GitHub Enterprise for version control and collaboration
• Preferred to have experience / exposure to Docker / OpenShift based container deployment
• Familiarity with tools like Teamcity / Tekton & uDeploy / Harness for CI/CD automation
• Experience with SonarQube for code quality analysis and JUnit for unit testing
• Proven track record of working in Agile Scrum environments, with the ability to collaborate effectively with product owners and team members
• Experience working with the Scrum methodology
• Experience working with a NoSQL database, preferably MongoDB/Redis
• Experience developing web frontend using Javascript frameworks (prefer AngularJS, React & VUE)
• Exposure to functional programming language like Scala.
• Financial services technology experience preferably in reference data domain
• Physical and logical data modelling

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.