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Citi
Full time
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09/23/2026
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Pune, India

Responsibilities

Define and drive the architecture and technical strategy for large-scale data-processing platforms.
Lead hands-on coding, implementation, design, optimization, and peer review of complex modules and framework components.
Mentor developers and guide technical teams toward high standards of code quality and engineering excellence.
Translate complex business requirements into secure, scalable, performant, and maintainable technical solutions.
Establish engineering best practices involving object-oriented programming, design patterns, clean coding, testing, and maintainability.
Collaborate with senior stakeholders, product owners, and technology leaders on roadmaps and delivery.
Evaluate and adopt technologies and methodologies while influencing technical decisions across the organization.

Requirements

10+ years of hands-on Big Data development experience.
Expert-level proficiency in Java and Apache Spark.
Strong understanding of Funds Transfer Pricing processes and financial systems.
Expert knowledge of object-oriented programming, advanced design patterns, and clean coding practices.
Proven experience architecting, building, and optimizing large-scale, mission-critical distributed data-processing systems.
Extensive experience with REST APIs, RDBMS, and Kafka or similar messaging systems.
Deep experience with microservices architecture and containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
Significant experience working in and leading teams within Agile environments.
Proven ability to lead technical teams and mentor engineers.
Extensive Databricks experience is highly preferred.
Deep familiarity and experience building AI-powered solutions and AI agents.
Bachelor’s or university degree, or equivalent experience; a master’s degree is preferred.

Benefits

Full-time position.

Citi

Citi is a public financial-services company offering consumer and institutional banking, credit cards, wealth management, treasury and trade solutions, and capital-markets services. It serves individuals, corporations, financial institutions, and governments in more than 160 countries and jurisdi...

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