(Java Full Stack) Applications Development Sr Programmer Analyst - C12 - BANGALORE

Project Description:  

Citi is embarking on a multi-year technology initiative in Wholesale Lending Credit Risk (WLCR) Technology Space. In this Journey, we are looking for a highly motivated hands-on senior developer. We are building the platform, which supports various Messaging, API, and Workflow Components for Loans Services across the bank. Solution will be built from the scratch using latest technologies. The candidate will be a core member of the technology team responsible for implementing projects based on Java, Spring Boot, Kafka using latest technologies. Excellent opportunity to immerse in and learn within the Wholesale Lending Division and gain exposure to business and technology initiatives targeted to maintain lead position among its competitors. We work in a Hybrid-Agile Environment.

The Applications Development Intermediate 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.

Responsibilities:

5 - 8 years of experience

Individual Contributor – Write good quality code in Angular JS 16

Well versed with UI/UX Designs (Figma), Unit test using Jest

Individual Contributor - Write good quality code in Java, Sprint Boot (related stack)

Well versed with JUnit, Mockito, Integration Tests and Performance Tests

Ability to design, develop components with minimal assistance

Ability to effectively interact, collaborate with development team

Ability to effectively communicate development progress to the Project Lead

Work with developers onshore, offshore and matrix teams to implement a business solution

Write user/supported documentation  

Evaluate and adopt new dev tools, libraries, and approaches to improve delivery quality 

Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members

Utilize knowledge of applications development procedures and concepts, and basic knowledge of other technical areas to identify and define necessary system enhancements, including using script tools and analyzing/interpreting code

Consult with users, clients, and other technology groups on issues, and recommend programming solutions, install, and support customer exposure systems

Apply fundamental knowledge of programming languages for design specifications.

Analyze applications to identify vulnerabilities and security issues, as well as conduct testing and debugging

Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts

Identify problems, analyze information, and make evaluative judgements to recommend and implement solutions

Resolve issues by identifying and selecting solutions through the applications of acquired technical experience and guided by precedents

Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision. 

Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy. 

Skills Required:

Good Knowledge of UI/UX Design and Tools (e.g. Figma), Angular JS and Jest for unit testing
Good Knowledge of Spring including Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Web, Spring Data
Hands-on Knowledge of: Threading, Collections, Exception Handling, JDBC, Java OOD/OOP Concepts, GoF Design Patterns, MoM and SOA Design Patterns, File I/O, and parsing XML and JSON, delimited files and fixed length files, String matching, parsing, building, working with binary data / byte arrays. 
Good knowledge of SQL (Oracle dialect is preferable)
Experience working with SOA & Micro-services utilizing REST.
Experience with design and implementations of cloud-ready applications and deployment pipelines on large-scale container platform clusters is a plus
Experience working in a Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery environment and familiar with Tekton, Harness, Jenkins, Code Quality, etc.
Knowledge in industry standard best practices such as Design Patterns, Coding Standards, Coding modularity, Prototypes etc.
Experience in debugging, tuning and optimizing components
Understanding of the SDLC lifecycle for Agile methodologies
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Experience developing application in Financial Services industry is preferred

Nice to have experience:  

Messaging Systems: RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Kafka, Tibco. IBM MQ, etc. 
Tomcat, Jetty, Apache HTTPD 
Able to work with build/configure/deploy automation tools 
Linux Ecosystem 
Kubernetes and Docker 
Autosys 
APIm 
APM Tools: Dynatrace, AppDynamics, etc. 

Qualifications:

8-10 years of relevant experience in the Financial Service industry
Intermediate level experience in Applications Development role
Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making skills
Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements

Education:

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
Master’s degree preferred