Java Engineering Lead - Vice President at Citi

Department: Technology

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Type: Full-time
Level: lead/mgmt
Posted: Sep 15, 2026

Description

Citi is hiring a full-time Java Engineering Lead - Vice President to lead a team of developers and architect scalable, secure, and maintainable backend applications. The role focuses on Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, Spring Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, microservices, CI/CD, cloud-native tools, Agile delivery, code review, mentoring, and production troubleshooting. It requires 10+ years of professional software development experience and strong leadership and team-management experience.

Required Skills

Java
Spring Boot
Hibernate/JPA
Spring Cloud
Docker
Kubernetes
Maven
Gradle
CI/CD
RESTful APIs
Microservices
Git
Angular

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 10+ years of professional software development experience
Leadership and team management experience
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with cloud-native platforms
Monitoring and logging tools
Testing tools
Front-end development with Angular
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent work experience
Event-driven design and architecture
CI/CD pipelines
Infrastructure as Code
Security, observability, and monitoring tools
Database concepts