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In this role, you will play a direct part in modernising cloud-based identity services, translating complex engineering requirements into scalable, production-ready solutions. This is an opportunity to work on technically challenging problems with real business impact at one of the world's leading financial services organisations.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, develop, and deploy microservice applications using Java and Spring Boot, with a focus on automating manual processes and delivering measurable cost reductions across the firm.\nBuild and maintain seamless integrations between microservices and existing cloud infrastructure, ensuring reliability, performance, and alignment with architectural standards.\nContribute to the full development lifecycle for new features within the identity innovation space, from technical design and implementation through to testing and deployment.\nCollaborate with engineering and business teams to translate requirements into well-defined technical specifications and clearly articulate application and system processes.\nImplement solutions that meet audit and security requirements, working alongside information security teams to maintain compliance with applicable standards.\nParticipate in code reviews and support the technical development of junior engineers, contributing to a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.\nEvaluate technical decisions with a clear understanding of risk, ensuring solutions uphold the firm's standards for quality, security, and regulatory compliance.\nRequired Qualifications & Skills\nHands-on experience in Java software development with deep proficiency in Core Java and the Spring Framework, including Spring Core, Spring Security, and Spring Data.\nPractical experience building and consuming RESTful and SOAP web services, with a solid grasp of microservices architecture principles and patterns.\nCompetence across the core development toolchain, including Maven or Gradle for builds, Git for version control, and testing frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, AssertJ, and Cucumber.\nExperience working with relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB), and familiarity with logging frameworks such as SLF4J or Log4j.\nDemonstrated ability to containerise and orchestrate applications using Docker and Kubernetes, and to work within CI/CD pipeline environments.\nExperience with event-driven architectures using Kafka or equivalent message queuing technologies.\nAbility to manage competing priorities independently, take ownership of project components end-to-end, and communicate technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.\nBeneficial Skills & Qualifications\nWorking knowledge of Python, enabling contribution to automation tasks or scripting where Java is not the primary tool.\nFamiliarity with JVM performance tuning and application profiling, with the ability to identify and resolve bottlenecks in production environments.\nPrior experience working within financial services or another large, regulated, global organisation.\nWhat We Offer\nAt Citi, you will work on technically complex, high-impact problems alongside engineers and security specialists operating at global scale. We offer an environment where your technical contributions directly shape how a leading financial institution manages cloud identity and security - with the autonomy to take ownership and the support to grow.\nBy joining Citi Hungary, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive compensation package and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well:\nCafeteria Program\n\nHome Office Allowance (for colleagues working in hybrid work models)\n\nPaid Parental Leave Program (maternity and paternity leave)\n\nPrivate Medical Care Program and onsite medical rooms at our offices\n\nPension Plan Contribution to voluntary pension fund\n\nGroup Life Insurance\n\nEmployee Assistance Program\n\nAccess to a wide variety of learning and development programs, online course libraries and upskilling platforms, such as Udemy and Degreed\n\nFlexible work arrangements to support you in managing work - life balance\n\nCareer progression opportunities across geographies and business lines\n\nSocially active employee communities with diverse networking opportunities\n\nAlongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.\nSounds like Citi has everything you need?\nThen apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.\n------------------------------------------------------\nJob Family Group:\nTechnology------------------------------------------------------\nJob Family:\nSystems & Engineering------------------------------------------------------\nTime Type:\nFull time------------------------------------------------------\nPrimary Location Full Time Salary Range:\n12 211 560,00 Ft - 20 474 640,00 Ft------------------------------------------------------\nMost Relevant Skills\nPlease see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------\nOther Relevant Skills\nFor complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------\nCiti 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.\nIf 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.\nView Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6415,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Cafeteria","Flexible schedule","Home office","Hybrid work","Life insurance","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Hungary","iso":"HU","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Wealth Management","Lending","Payments","Capital Markets"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-24T11:47:00Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":11,"reasons":["conf:3","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T14:55:52Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/citi-java-developer-14","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/citi-java-developer-14.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T14:55:52Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}