Application Development Senior Programmer Analyst, Assistant Vice President

Discover your future at Citi

Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.

Job Overview

Overview of Citi:

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.

Overview of the Role:

Are you a highly skilled and motivated Application Developer looking to make a significant impact in the dynamic world of finance? Join our cutting-edge technology team and play a pivotal role in developing and enhancing our proprietary “Margin Calculations and Reporting” Platform, a critical component of our Prime Finance Services organization. This is an exceptional opportunity to apply your technical expertise to complex, computing-intensive financial solutions within a collaborative and globally connected environment.

This role is at the heart of our Prime Services division, where you will contribute to the evolution of a sophisticated margin calculation engine. This engine leverages a complex model and intricate business logic to provide leverage to clients and reduce risk for Citi, directly impacting our financial operations. As a Application Development Senior Programmer Analyst, you will be instrumental in delivering end-to-end software solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, and robustness for our critical financial systems globally.

Responsibilities:

As a key member of our global development team, you will:

• Innovate & Develop: Design, develop, and implement robust and scalable application systems and programs for the Margin Calculation Services and reporting, aligning with strategic technology initiatives.
• Problem Solve: Consult with users, clients, and other technology groups on issues, and recommend programming solutions. Analyze complex technical and business challenges, and propose innovative solutions that enhance system functionality and business processes.
• Project work: Monitor and guide all phases of the software development lifecycle, from analysis and design through construction, testing, and implementation, ensuring timely and high-quality project delivery. Provide user and operational support on applications to business users
• Strategic Impact: Utilize your expertise in application development to make evaluative judgments, recommend security measures, and contribute to post-implementation analysis, ensuring optimal system design and functionality.
• Collaboration & Consultation: Partner closely with project managers, business stakeholders, and senior managers to translate complex business requirements into well-architected technical solutions. Consult with users and other technology groups, providing advanced programming insights and support.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure adherence to best practices and essential procedures.
• Autonomy & Ownership: Operate with a high degree of independence and judgment, taking ownership of critical initiatives and driving them to successful completion.
• Risk Management: Proactively assess and manage technical risks, demonstrating a strong commitment to regulatory compliance, ethical judgment, and transparent reporting of control issues.

Qualifications:

We are seeking a talented individual with:

• Experience: 4-6 years of progressive experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications, with a proven track record of implementing successful projects.
• Technical Expertise :
  • Strong proficiency in Java application technologies, including deep experience with TDD (Test-Driven Development), Spring framework, and Microservices architecture.
  • Excellent knowledge of algorithms and data structures, design patterns. Experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications
  • Strong Java experience : Java core, collections, concurrency, streams  
  • Frameworks and APIs:  Spring (Core, Batch, Integration, MVC, Boot, Data), Hibernate, Jackson , JAX RS, JPA, JAXB
  • Experience with distributed caches like Apache Gemfire will be a plus
  • Messaging: JMS, Kafka
  • Testing: JUnit, Mocking frameworks (Mockito, Power Mock)
  • Experience in performance enhancements using parallel processing, multithreading. Understanding locking/synchronization
  • Understanding Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience in RESTful API development and integration, deployment framework and source control experience such as Git.
  • Solid understanding and experience with SQL.
  • Proficiency in Linux environments.
  • Experience with job scheduling.
• Methodology: Working knowledge of project management techniques and methods, with a focus on agile methodologies.
• Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple deadlines, and adapt quickly to evolving requirements and priorities.
• Collaboration: A strong team player with excellent communication skills, capable of working effectively with global teams to deliver integrated solutions.

Nice to Have:

• Prior experience or a keen interest in the financial services industry
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
• Experience of working in fast paced environment
• Flexible and adaptive, team player
• Excellent analytical and communication, interpersonal skills.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

------------------------------------------------------

Job Family Group:

Technology

------------------------------------------------------

Job Family:

Applications Development

------------------------------------------------------

Time Type:

Full time

------------------------------------------------------

Primary Location:

New York New York United States

------------------------------------------------------

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$121,200.00 - $181,800.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

------------------------------------------------------

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

------------------------------------------------------

Other Relevant Skills

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

------------------------------------------------------

Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Mar 03, 2026

------------------------------------------------------

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.