The Applications Development Senior Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department 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.

Responsibilities:

• Manage one or more Applications Development teams in an effort to accomplish established goals as well as conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
• 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.

Qualifications:

• 10 years of relevant experience in the Financial Service industry
• Technical Leadership: Provide hands-on technical leadership in the design, development, and implementation of scalable, resilient, and secure full-stack applications using Java, Spring, Hibernate and GWT/GXT frameworks.
• Architecture & Design: Define and own the end-to-end technical architecture for the KYC platform, ensuring it aligns with enterprise standards and modern best practices, including microservices, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native principles.
• Team Management: Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of software engineers. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Conduct performance reviews and support career development for your team members.
• Project Delivery: Drive the agile development process, from planning and estimation to execution and deployment. Ensure the team delivers high-quality code, on time and within budget.
• Full Stack Development: Actively participate in the coding and development process, working across the technology stack including backend services (Java/Spring),  Microservices, RESTful APIs, and front-end frameworks (e.g., GWT/GXT – Google Web Tool Kit frameworks, Angular).
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with product owners, business stakeholders, and compliance teams to understand requirements, define solutions, and provide regular updates on project progress.
• Quality Assurance: Champion best practices for software development, including comprehensive automated testing (unit, integration, and end-to-end), code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure the reliability and performance of the production environment. Oversee monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident resolution for the KYC platform.

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.

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Development

Time Type:

Full time

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