Senior Java Platform Engineer at Citi to lead the engineering of a global check payment platform as part of the Payments Platform and Cheque Processing Transformation Initiative. This senior role blends hands-on Java development with platform strategy ownership, code reviews, and guiding a scrum team to deliver mission-critical capabilities across the full payment lifecycle. Responsibilities include designing and building production-grade Java microservices for a high-volume, low-latency platform; architecting event-driven distributed systems using Kafka, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs; defining and governing data architecture across Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and MongoDB; modernising legacy components into cloud-native microservices aligned with Citi Engineering Excellence Standards; leading platform performance engineering to meet SLA commitments; embedding AI-powered engineering practices to improve code quality and testing; serving as the primary engineering contact for the Check Processing pillar; and ensuring security and regulatory compliance through threat modelling and secure design reviews. Required qualifications include 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in senior leadership, extensive Java experience in high-throughput production environments, microservices design with Spring, Kafka expertise, and cloud-native deployment experience with OpenShift, AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required. Beneficial skills include familiarity with agentic AI frameworks, Python experience in data pip

Senior Java Platform Engineer at Citi to lead the engineering of a global check payment platform as part of the Payments Platform and Cheque Processing Transformation Initiative. This senior role blends hands-on Java development with platform strategy ownership, code reviews, and guiding a scrum team to deliver mission-critical capabilities across the full payment lifecycle. Responsibilities include designing and building production-grade Java microservices for a high-volume, low-latency platform; architecting event-driven distributed systems using Kafka, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs; defining and governing data architecture across Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and MongoDB; modernising legacy components into cloud-native microservices aligned with Citi Engineering Excellence Standards; leading platform performance engineering to meet SLA commitments; embedding AI-powered engineering practices to improve code quality and testing; serving as the primary engineering contact for the Check Processing pillar; and ensuring security and regulatory compliance through threat modelling and secure design reviews. Required qualifications include 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in senior leadership, extensive Java experience in high-throughput production environments, microservices design with Spring, Kafka expertise, and cloud-native deployment experience with OpenShift, AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required. Beneficial skills include familiarity with agentic AI frameworks, Python experience in data pip