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Overview Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services. Citi’s Functions Technology is responsible for delivering Technology solutions to Citi's Functions organizations. Functions Technology mission is to optimize Citi's Technology environment by delivering world class applications, driving standardization of the production environment, reducing complexity, optimizing management of systems supporting global functions such as Compliance, Controls, Internal Audit and Risk, and introducing innovative technologies that provide new business capabilities, reduce the technology total cost of ownership, and create a competitive advantage for Citi. Core Engineering Lead is responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department in an effort to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities. Responsibilities Manage multiple teams of professionals to accomplish established goals and conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions). Provide strategic influence and exercise control over resources, budget management and planning while monitoring end results. Utilize in-depth knowledge of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve issues. Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards. Integrate in-depth knowledge of applications development with overall technology function to achieve established goals. Provide evaluative judgement based on analysis of facts in complicated, unique, and dynamic situations including drawing from internal and external sources. Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, as well as communicate with external parties as necessary. Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards. Collaborate with the business/technical product owner and subject matter experts to perform detailed requirements analysis. Responsible for components design, construction & unit testing of assigned components/modules. Perform technical review and resolve any technical challenges. Coordinate with customer stakeholders and bridge offshore communication. Understanding of agile and waterfall development methodologies and test-driven development practices. Responsible for overall deliverables and highlight if any risk. Job Qualifications and Skillset 10+ years of experience in Java development. The role requires an individual who is results-focused, proactive, highly collaborative, confident under pressure, and has demonstrated skills in both solution evangelism and expectation management. Strong leadership skills, excellent communication, time-management; planning, negotiation skills and presentation skills are highly desirable. In-depth knowledge in building enterprise web applications. In-depth knowledge and understanding of Core Java, Java EE, Spring boot. Excellent knowledge in Spring Microservices architecture and design patterns. In-depth knowledge of multithreading, concurrency, JPA, Hibernate. Extensively used Eclipse or IntelliJ. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills. Ability to work both independently and as part of a team. Knowledge of Python, PySpark and working in BigData environment is a plus. Knowledge of hardware and operating systems (Unix-based systems). Knowledge of event-based architecture, JMS. Understanding of relational databases (Oracle). Agile experience with application servers and web application servers. Education Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent discipline Master’s degree preferred Job Details Job Family Group: Technology Job Family: Applications Development Time Type: Full time Primary Location: Rutherford New Jersey United States Primary Location Full Time Salary Range: $176,720.00 - $265,080.00 In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire. Most Relevant Skills: Please see the requirements listed above. Other Relevant Skills: For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter. Anticipated Posting Close Date: Sep 11, 2025 Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review the "Accessibility at Citi". 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