Senior Java Developer with Kotlin

Citi Solutions Center Poland is part of Citi, a global financial services company with over 230,000 employees worldwide. The role is within the Prime Brokerage Technology team, which supports the Prime Finance business and is a major growth target for Citi.

• 6-10 years of relevant experience in application development or systems analysis.
• Extensive experience in system analysis and 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.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; Master’s degree preferred.
• Essential experience with Java and Test-Driven Development.
• Advantageous experience with Kotlin, Kubernetes, Open Shift, Kafka, Solace, TIBCO, SQL Server, Trino, Mongo, S3, OpenTelemetry, Elastic Stack/ELK, and Grafana.

• Own and develop core components for the Prime Brokerage platform using Java/Kotlin.
• Provide technical leadership to an agile team, mentoring developers and establishing best practices for coding, testing, and CI/CD.
• Drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement in SDLC and DevOps, using metrics like DORA to boost efficiency.
• Lead system architecture, design, planning, and estimation discussions with technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Translate complex business requirements into detailed technical specifications.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of all project and technical documentation.
• Proactively identify, mitigate, and solve complex risks throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Manage production support, analyze issue patterns, and lead efforts to improve system performance, scalability, and reliability.