Java Technical Lead - Vice President

Senior Java Developer is a position responsible for establishing, designing, and implementing scalable, high-performance application systems and services in close coordination with the Business and Technology teams. The overall objective of this role is to provide strong technical leadership, drive hands-on system analysis and architecture, and lead programming activities to expand and modernize the Onboarding Management & Coordination (OMC) technology platform. A key function within Banking and International Clients Technology is the global client onboarding process at Citi. Our team is responsible for the enterprise platform that orchestrates mission-critical client onboarding workflows across multiple business domains, including Legal, Credit, KYC/AML, and Account Opening. We empower clients and operations teams with real-time event-driven information, interactive tools, and robust APIs to automate, streamline, and accelerate end-to-end onboarding lifecycles. We are looking for a talented, hands-on senior technologist with deep expertise in modern Java, Spring Boot, and Apache Kafka to help build the next generation of our global Client Onboarding Platform while driving performance and architectural excellence across the existing ecosystem. This role offers high visibility, technical ownership, and significant opportunity to shape how we serve our global institutional clients. Responsibilities: Lead the hands-on architecture, design, and development of mission-critical, high-throughput microservices using modern Java (Java 17/21), Spring Boot, and RESTful/event-driven APIs Architect and implement robust event-driven workflows and real-time streaming data pipelines using Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, partitions, schemas, and fault-tolerant message processing) Design and implement highly concurrent, low-latency solutions utilizing advanced multithreading, concurrency patterns, and JVM performance tuning Write clean, testable, maintainable, and secure code following modern software engineering best practices, design patterns, and enterprise security standards Lead end-to-end SDLC activities from architectural design, technical specification, and implementation through to automated testing, CI/CD pipeline integration, and production deployment Design and optimize data persistence layers across relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL/document stores (MongoDB) ensuring data integrity, optimized indexing, and efficient querying Continuously monitor, profile, and optimize application performance, reliability, and resilience using distributed tracing, metrics, and observability tools Partner with Solution Architects, Product Owners, and cross-functional engineering teams to define system enhancements, evaluate technical trade-offs, and deliver complex business workflows Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve high-impact technical challenges in distributed production environments, leading root-cause analyses and permanent remediation