Java Microservices Developer Vice President at Citi

Department: Technology

Compensation

$142,320 – $213,480/yr

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 17, 2026

Description

Citi is hiring a Senior Java Microservices Developer to design, build, and evolve distributed backend systems for global financial services. The role focuses on cloud-native Java microservices using Spring Boot and Kafka, event-driven data pipelines, Spring Cloud, RESTful APIs, database optimization, concurrency, performance tuning, code reviews, and containerized deployment with Docker and Kubernetes. The position is full-time in Jersey City, New Jersey, with a hybrid model of three office days and two remote days, and offers a salary range of $142,320 to $213,480.

Required Skills

Java
Spring Boot
Apache Kafka
Spring Cloud
Docker
Kubernetes
REST APIs
Git
Agile

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree, university degree, or equivalent practical experience
Required Previous Experiences: 6 to 10 years of hands-on Java development experience
Experience designing, developing, and deploying production microservices with Spring Boot and the Spring Framework
Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree
Production Kubernetes workload orchestration
Cloud platform experience
Message broker or event streaming experience
CI/CD pipeline experience
JUnit and Mockito testing experience
AI or machine learning experience
Translation Company Name: Citi