Java Full Stack Developer

We are looking for experienced full-stack software engineers who are passionate about solving business problems through innovation and engineering practices. This role will be responsible for writing code pairing with other developers as appropriate decomposing acceptance criteria to understand team backlog deliverables complexities and risk while working as a strong contributor on an agile team. From a technical standpoint the Software Engineer has full-stack coding and implementation responsibilities and adheres to best practice principles including modern cloud-based software development agile and scrum code quality and tool usage.

Job Requirements

Extensive Experience: Minimum of 8 years of proven software development experience specializing in Java JavaScript framework like React Spring Boot and Oracle.

Modern Application Development:

In-depth knowledge of modern application architecture principles.

Clear understanding of Data Structures and Object-Oriented Principles using Java

Practical experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for enhancing development workflows.

Proficiency in Microservices frameworks (e.g. Spring Boot) Event-Driven Services and Cloud-Native Application Development.

Multiple years of experience on Service Oriented and Microservices architectures including REST and GraphQL implementations

Full Stack Proficiency: Demonstrated ability to design develop and maintain both front-end and back-end components of robust web applications.

Front-End Development: Strong expertise in developing intuitive user interfaces using contemporary JavaScript frameworks (e.g. React) HTML5 and CSS.

Back-End Development: Solid experience in developing server-side logic and APIs using languages such as Java Python or similar.

Database Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL with a deep understanding of Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) particularly Oracle.

API Development: Proven capability in designing developing and implementing high-performance RESTful APIs leveraging appropriate frameworks and technologies.

CI/CD and DevOps:

Proficiency with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and tools for building (e.g. Maven Gradle) and deploying code (e.g. Docker Jenkins OpenShift).

Experience with AWS is considered a significant advantage.

Agile Methodologies: Practical experience working within Agile development methodologies and utilizing project management tools such as JIRA.

Testing Automation: Ability to develop and automate comprehensive unit integration and end-to-end tests to ensure code quality.

Version Control: Solid understanding and practical experience with code versioning tools including GitHub Enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

Apply depth of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle as well as partner continuously with stakeholders on a regular basis

Develop and engineer solutions within an Agile software delivery team working to collaboratively deliver sprint goals write code and participate in the broader Citi technical community and team-level Agile and Scrum processes.

Contribute to the design documentation and development of world-class enterprise applications leveraging the latest technologies and software design patterns.

Leverage technical knowledge of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve issues as necessary.

Follow and contribute to defining technical and team standards.

Collaborate technical leadership to achieve established goals in line with our broader technical strategy.

AI-Driven Development: Leverage AI tools such as GitHub Copilot to enhance development efficiency accelerate delivery timelines and optimize software solutions.

AI Landscape Awareness: Maintain awareness of the rapidly evolving AI landscape and proactively propose innovative approaches to implement product features.

Problem Solving and Troubleshooting: Possess the expertise to analyze and effectively troubleshoot complex coding application performance and design challenges.

Root Cause Analysis: Capable of conducting thorough research to identify the root causes of development and performance issues as well as devising and implementing effective defect resolutions.

Technical Acumen: Demonstrate a profound understanding of the technical requirements pertinent to the solutions under development.

Containerization and Orchestration: Utilize Docker for application containerization and Kubernetes for efficient service orchestration.

Communication and Risk Management: Effectively communicate progress proactively anticipate bottlenecks provide skilled escalation management and adeptly identify assess track and mitigate issues and risks across various levels.

Process Optimization: Streamline automate or eliminate redundant processes within architecture build delivery production operations or business areas where similar efforts or issues recur annually.