Vice President, Applications Development Tech Lead Analyst

The Applications Development Senior Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of application SDLC 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.
This role is responsible for delivering Technology solutions to Citi Markets Fixed Income businesses. It requires deep expertise in system design, hands-on coding, and strong problem-solving skills to create resilient, high-performing, and secure applications.

In this role, you’re expected to:

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and high-performance applications.
• Drive the adoption of modern engineering ways of working, including Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD.
• Partner with architects, product owners, and cross-functional teams to design scalable and distributed systems.
• Utilize in-depth knowledge and skills across multiple Applications Development areas to provide technical oversight across systems and applications
• Review and analyze proposed technical solutions for projects
• Contribute to formulation of strategies for applications development and other functional areas
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business integrate to accomplish business goals
• Provide evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual data in complicated and unique situations
• Impact the Applications Development area through monitoring delivery of end results, participate in budget management, and handling day-to-day staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards negotiating with external parties when 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.

As a successful candidate, you’d ideally have the following skills and exposure:

• 6-10 years of relevant experience in the Financial Service industry
• Deep understanding of Fixed Income Spread Products and general understanding of Markets products
• Extensive experience on pre-trade and trading controls
• Full stack technician with extensive experience in Java, Cloud, DevOps, and proficient in React/Angular, Kafka, Flink and Data (relational and non-sql)
• Deep expertise in system design and microservices architecture.
• Experience with trunk-based development, feature flags, and progressive delivery strategies.
• Proficiency in TDD, BDD, and automation-first mindset to ensure high test coverage and reliability.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
• Experience conducting code reviews, vulnerability assessments, and secure coding.
• Familiarity with modern cloud-native technologies (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in fast-paced, agile environments.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience as senior level in an Applications Development role
• Stakeholder and people management experience
• Demonstrated leadership skills

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Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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