Java Kotlin Tech Lead – Agile (VP) - Pune

Prime Brokerage Technology provides solutions that underpin the operations of our clients and traders that provide the foundation of our Prime Finance business. This is an area of great opportunity and is a major growth target for Citi – with technology providing the key to unlock this potential.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Ownership and delivery on a variety of components (Java/Kotlin) within the Core Prime Brokerage platform. Hands-on Development.

• Provide technical leadership for an agile development team, championing best practices in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD). Foster a culture of quality through developer-led automated testing initiatives. Drive continuous improvement in SDLC, agile and DevOps processes using key performance indicators, including DORA metrics, to enhance team efficiency and software delivery.

• Lead design, planning and estimation discussions within the team and with partners from across the department along with business stakeholders.

• Conduct high-level system analysis and architecture design, ensuring alignment with business requirements, technical standards and the overall architecture blueprint.

• Facilitate requirement gathering and translate complex business needs into technical specifications.

• Oversee the creation and maintenance of project and technical documentation.

• Identify and mitigate risks throughout the SDLC, proposing solutions to complex problems.

• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.

• Oversee production support processes, collaborating with operations and business stakeholders. Analyze issue patterns to drive improvements. Guide documentation efforts, maintain on-call rotations and lead post-mortems. Lead efforts to resolve root-causes and enhance performance, scalability, and reliability.

• Provide technical leadership and serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers, analysts and grads.

Technical Experience:

• Java & Test-Driven Development are essential.

Experience in any number of additional technologies (listed below) is advantageous:

• Kotlin, Java, Kafka Streams
• Cloud Technologies (Kubernetes, Open Shift)
• Messaging Technologies (Kafka, Solace, TIBCO)
• Database / Data Store / Data Query Technologies (SQL Server, Trino, Mongo, S3)
• Observability Technologies (OpenTelemetry, Elastic Stack / ELK, Grafana)

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role
• Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of Applications Development
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Education:

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