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Backend Java Developer, Assistant Vice President

Job Req Id:
25903640
Location(s):
Mississauga, Canada
Job Type:
Hybrid
Posted:
Aug. 29, 2025

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Job Overview

Overview of the Role

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.

Job Description

The Backend Java Developer is an intermediate level position responsible for participation in the establishment and implementation of new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to contribute to applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

  • Stay abreast of new JAVA developments, and propose innovation wherever they see fit.  

  • Effectively interact, collaborate with development team

  • Work with developers onshore, offshore and matrix teams to implement a business solution

  • Effectively communicate development progress to the tech lead

  • Investigate possible bug scenarios and production issues

  • Implement Ad-hoc changes as requested by the business or technology

  • Committed technologist to deliver high quality products on time with aggressive timelines following TDD

  • Candidate should have keen interest to gain financial knowledge.

  • Strong written, interpersonal and verbal communication skills are essential.

Experience:

  • Hands-on experience with core Java(8, 11, 17)

  • Knowledge and understanding of container technology such as docker, OpenShift, AWS

  • Working knowledge of distributed computing framework such as apache flink, apache spark, kafka

  • Ability to write high-quality and well-tested code

  • A passion for automation with strong believer of not doing the same thing twice

  • Experience with multithreaded development, modern approaches to concurrency

  • Ability to implement MicroServices using Spring Boot and possesses good understanding of REST

  • Possesses ability to work well under pressure and tight deadlines

  • Spark/Scala Experience is good to have

  • Firm understanding of design patterns 

  • Firm understanding and willingness to quickly learn and adopt new technologies

  • Working experience with Linux and shell scripting

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi.

View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.

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