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By joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.\nCiti has had a presence in Ireland since 1965, it was one of the first foreign banks to open an office in the country and is the Citibank Europe Plc Headquarters.\nTeam/Role Overview\nCiti's Investor Services division is seeking a visionary and experienced back-end engineering leader to join our team as a Vice President. This is more than a development role; it's a senior-level position where you will be responsible for establishing and implementing mission-critical application systems, shaping the future of our technology landscape in coordination with a global team.\nAs a Lead Backend Developer, you will be at the forefront of designing, developing, and deploying the next-generation applications that power our custody, fund accounting, and asset servicing clients.\nYou will act as a technical authority, guiding a team of talented developers while remaining hands-on with a cutting-edge technology stack including Java, Kafka, Docker, and Kubernetes.\nIf you are a leader who thrives on solving complex problems and driving technological innovation within a world-class financial institution, this is your opportunity to make a significant impact.\nWhat you’ll do\nTechnical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead the architectural design and implementation of complex, scalable, and resilient full-stack applications. Serve as a trusted advisor and coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work and providing the technical guidance, mentorship, and code reviews needed to build a high-performing team.\nDevelopment: Engage in hands-on development across the entire technology stack, utilizing Java for backend services.\nArchitectural Governance: Provide deep expertise in advanced application programming, ensuring all application designs adhere to the overall architecture blueprint. Develop and enforce standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation to build best-in-class software.\nEvent-Driven Architecture: Design and implement sophisticated, real-time data processing solutions using Apache Kafka and related streaming technologies to handle the demands of a global financial market.\n DevOps & Cloud-Native Excellence: Champion and implement best practices for containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes). Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure the rapid and reliable delivery of software.\nStrategic Partnership & Solutioning: Partner with multiple management teams and business stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of functions. Identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements, translating business goals into robust technical solutions.\nComplex Problem-Solving: Resolve a variety of high-impact problems and projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system flows, and industry standards, developing innovative and durable solutions.\nRisk Management & Compliance: 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 and adhering to the highest ethical standards.\nWhat you’ll do\nTechnical Skills & Experience:\nExperience: 7+ years of relevant experience in Applications Development or systems analysis, with a proven track record in a technical leadership role.\nMessaging & Streaming: Proven experience with Apache Kafka for building event-driven architectures and real-time data pipelines.\nContainerization & Orchestration: Demonstrable, hands-on experience with Docker for containerizing applications and Kubernetes for orchestration in a production environment.\nLeadership & Professional Qualities:\nLeadership: Demonstrated leadership and project management skills, with experience in managing and implementing successful projects.\nSubject Matter Expertise: Deep subject matter expertise in at least one core area of applications development, with a comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, architecture, and infrastructure integrate to accomplish business goals.\nAdaptability: Ability to adjust priorities quickly and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.\nCommunication: Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nFinancial Domain Knowledge: Prior experience in FinTech or a large financial institution is highly preferred.\nInvestor Services Experience: Specific domain expertise in investor services, including Custody, Fund Accounting, Transfer Agency, or Asset Servicing, is a significant advantage.\nCloud Platforms: Experience with public cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure.\nEducation:\nBachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.\nMaster’s degree preferred.\nWhat we can offer you\nBy joining Citi Dublin, 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 base salary (which is annually reviewed) and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well. Discover more here.\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 energised to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.\nSounds like Citi has everything you need? 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