Senior Java Developer - Vice President

Location: Jersey City, NJ | Type: Full-time | Posted: 8/19/2026

About the role

The Senior Java Developer - Vice President is a hands-on development role within Prime Services Technology, focusing on designing, developing, and maintaining complex data pipelines and applications. This position requires collaboration with business analysts, quantitative analysts, and traders to understand requirements and deliver robust technical solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software development, particularly in Java and Python, and a strong understanding of financial data. The role also involves leading application systems analysis and ensuring adherence to architectural standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines and APIs to support analytics, quants, and product development teams.
• Drive the design, simplification, and modernization efforts for individual system components, contributing to overall architectural improvements.
• Lead application systems analysis and programming activities, establishing and implementing new or revised systems.
• Take ownership of technical frameworks and platforms, ensuring that common solutions and strategic architecture are consistently implemented across the organization.
• Ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
• Leverage expertise in Java-based frameworks, including Spring Boot, to develop robust solutions.
• Perform comprehensive data analysis to identify and address data discrepancies or gaps within production datasets.
• Demonstrate proficiency in deploying applications across both Virtual Machine (VM) and containerized environments.
• Actively contribute to daily scrum discussions, ensuring a clear understanding of assigned tasks and stories, and committing to their timely delivery.
• Serve as a technical advisor and coach to mid-level developers and analysts, providing guidance and allocating work as necessary.
• Partner with multiple management teams and stakeholders to ensure the appropriate integration of functions and define system enhancements for new products and process improvements.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8+ years' hands-on software development experience with at least 6+ years in backend development.
• Strong, hands-on experience with Java (17+ preferred) and the Spring ecosystem, including Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and Hibernate.
• Strong, hands-on experience with Python for data processing and application development.
• Demonstrated experience designing, building, and working on data pipelines.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles, data structures, and software design patterns.
• Proficiency with both relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB).
• Demonstrated experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Experience with message brokers like Apache Kafka for building asynchronous, event-driven systems.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Expert experience in Linux environments.
• Strong understanding of software development best practices, including automated testing, security, and performance tuning.
• Demonstrated leadership, project management, and mentoring skills.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

Pay

$142,320 - $213,480 per year

Benefits

Citi offers a comprehensive benefits package including competitive pay, stock programs, healthcare coverage, retirement plans, paid time off, parental leave, and programs supporting employee wellbeing and professional development.