{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"4ff3c4910d9b63a978e0bf95","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4ff3c4910d9b63a978e0bf95","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4ff3c4910d9b63a978e0bf95","title":"Senior Java Big Data Developer","description":"Discover your future at Citi\n\nWorking at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of approximately 219,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.\n\nJob Overview\n\nCiti is looking for a Senior JAVA Big Data Developer to design, build, and scale high-performance data platforms that power critical business decisions across our global financial institution. In this senior-level role, you will lead the development of complex data engineering solutions, working closely with cross-functional technology teams to deliver robust systems built on Java, Confluent Kafka, Apache Flink, and modern big data technologies. Your work will directly shape how Citi processes and operationalizes data at scale — driving measurable impact across products, platforms, and business outcomes.\n\nKey Responsibilities-\n\nDesign and develop scalable big data pipelines and distributed systems using Java and Apache Kafka to support high-volume, real-time data processing.\n\nArchitect and implement data solutions that align with enterprise-wide technology standards, ensuring system reliability, performance, and maintainability.\n\nArchitect, deploy, and manage containerized big data workloads and microservices on Citi's Enterprise Container Solution (ECS) (built on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform) and native Kubernetes environments.\n\nPartner with engineering and product teams to identify system enhancements that enable new product capabilities and process improvements.\n\nDefine and enforce development standards across coding, testing, debugging, and deployment to maintain engineering quality across the team.\n\nAnalyze complex business and system processes to resolve high-impact technical challenges, delivering innovative and practical engineering solutions.\n\nMentor and guide mid-level developers and analysts, providing technical direction and distributing work to ensure delivery goals are met.\n\nEvaluate technical and business decisions with a clear understanding of risk, ensuring all solutions meet regulatory, compliance, and data governance requirements.\n\nRequired Qualifications & Skills\n\nExperience: 6+ years of hands-on experience in software or application development, with a strong focus on big data engineering, systems analysis, or distributed systems.\n\nCore Language Expertise: Deep expertise in Java development, with demonstrable experience building large-scale, production-grade data applications.\n\nStreaming & Messaging: Practical, hands-on experience with Confluent Kafka and Apache Flink(or Apache Spark Streaming) for real-time data streaming and event-driven architectures.\n\nContainerization & Orchestration: Strong hands-on experience deploying and managing applications in Kubernetes (K8s) and enterprise container platforms such as ECS (Enterprise Container Solution) or Red Hat OpenShift.\n\nInfrastructure & Platform Knowledge: Solid understanding of container orchestration concepts, including pod lifecycles, service networking, volume mounts, and resource allocation.\n\nProject Delivery: Proven ability to lead and deliver complex technical projects from design through to production deployment.\n\nLeadership: Demonstrated leadership capability, with experience mentoring developers and coordinating technical delivery across teams.\n\nCommunication: Clear and effective communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for both engineering and non-engineering audiences.\n\nAdditional Skills & Qualifications\n\nExperience in a financial services or enterprise environment.\n\nFamiliarity with cloud-based data platforms and containerized deployment environments.\n\nExposure to data governance practices, compliance frameworks, or regulatory technology contexts\n\nEducation:\n\nBachelor’s degree/University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline\n\nMaster’s degree preferred\n\nThis job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.\n\n-\n\nJob Family Group:\nTechnology\n\n-\n\nJob Family:\nApplications Development\n\n-\n\nTime Type:\nFull time\n\n-\n\nPrimary Location:\nTampa Florida United States\n\n-\n\nPrimary Location Full Time Salary Range:\n$113,840.00 - $170,760.00\n\nIn addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.\n\n-\n\nMost Relevant Skills\nPlease see the requirements listed above.\n\n-\n\nOther Relevant Skills\nFor complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.\n\n-\n\nAnticipated Posting Close Date:\nSep 06, 2026\n\n-\n\nAutomated Processing and AI\n\nWe use automated processing, including artificial intelligence, for our legitimate business interests (or our reasonable and appropriate business purposes) to identify and align the candidate's skills and abilities with a specific job opening. Additionally, if you so choose, or consent, we can match your skills and abilities to other suitable roles at Citi.\n\nImportantly, all our hiring processes and decisions, including determining your suitability for a role, are conducted, checked, and decided by individuals. Our automated processing and AI do not involve relying on automatic or autonomous decision-making. Please refer to any Jurisdictional Considerations, with specific provisions for your country (where relevant) for further details.\n\nIllinois residents – AI Notice and Right\n\n-\n\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.","company":"Citi","rawCompany":"citi","city":"Tampa","state":"FL","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-31T07:28:48.196Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Java Big Data Developer","description":"Discover your future at Citi\n\nWorking at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of approximately 219,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.\n\nJob Overview\n\nCiti is looking for a Senior JAVA Big Data Developer to design, build, and scale high-performance data platforms that power critical business decisions across our global financial institution. In this senior-level role, you will lead the development of complex data engineering solutions, working closely with cross-functional technology teams to deliver robust systems built on Java, Confluent Kafka, Apache Flink, and modern big data technologies. Your work will directly shape how Citi processes and operationalizes data at scale — driving measurable impact across products, platforms, and business outcomes.\n\nKey Responsibilities-\n\nDesign and develop scalable big data pipelines and distributed systems using Java and Apache Kafka to support high-volume, real-time data processing.\n\nArchitect and implement data solutions that align with enterprise-wide technology standards, ensuring system reliability, performance, and maintainability.\n\nArchitect, deploy, and manage containerized big data workloads and microservices on Citi's Enterprise Container Solution (ECS) (built on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform) and native Kubernetes environments.\n\nPartner with engineering and product teams to identify system enhancements that enable new product capabilities and process improvements.\n\nDefine and enforce development standards across coding, testing, debugging, and deployment to maintain engineering quality across the team.\n\nAnalyze complex business and system processes to resolve high-impact technical challenges, delivering innovative and practical engineering solutions.\n\nMentor and guide mid-level developers and analysts, providing technical direction and distributing work to ensure delivery goals are met.\n\nEvaluate technical and business decisions with a clear understanding of risk, ensuring all solutions meet regulatory, compliance, and data governance requirements.\n\nRequired Qualifications & Skills\n\nExperience: 6+ years of hands-on experience in software or application development, with a strong focus on big data engineering, systems analysis, or distributed systems.\n\nCore Language Expertise: Deep expertise in Java development, with demonstrable experience building large-scale, production-grade data applications.\n\nStreaming & Messaging: Practical, hands-on experience with Confluent Kafka and Apache Flink(or Apache Spark Streaming) for real-time data streaming and event-driven architectures.\n\nContainerization & Orchestration: Strong hands-on experience deploying and managing applications in Kubernetes (K8s) and enterprise container platforms such as ECS (Enterprise Container Solution) or Red Hat OpenShift.\n\nInfrastructure & Platform Knowledge: Solid understanding of container orchestration concepts, including pod lifecycles, service networking, volume mounts, and resource allocation.\n\nProject Delivery: Proven ability to lead and deliver complex technical projects from design through to production deployment.\n\nLeadership: Demonstrated leadership capability, with experience mentoring developers and coordinating technical delivery across teams.\n\nCommunication: Clear and effective communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for both engineering and non-engineering audiences.\n\nAdditional Skills & Qualifications\n\nExperience in a financial services or enterprise environment.\n\nFamiliarity with cloud-based data platforms and containerized deployment environments.\n\nExposure to data governance practices, compliance frameworks, or regulatory technology contexts\n\nEducation:\n\nBachelor’s degree/University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline\n\nMaster’s degree preferred\n\nThis job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.\n\n-\n\nJob Family Group:\nTechnology\n\n-\n\nJob Family:\nApplications Development\n\n-\n\nTime Type:\nFull time\n\n-\n\nPrimary Location:\nTampa Florida United States\n\n-\n\nPrimary Location Full Time Salary Range:\n$113,840.00 - $170,760.00\n\nIn addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.\n\n-\n\nMost Relevant Skills\nPlease see the requirements listed above.\n\n-\n\nOther Relevant Skills\nFor complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.\n\n-\n\nAnticipated Posting Close Date:\nSep 06, 2026\n\n-\n\nAutomated Processing and AI\n\nWe use automated processing, including artificial intelligence, for our legitimate business interests (or our reasonable and appropriate business purposes) to identify and align the candidate's skills and abilities with a specific job opening. Additionally, if you so choose, or consent, we can match your skills and abilities to other suitable roles at Citi.\n\nImportantly, all our hiring processes and decisions, including determining your suitability for a role, are conducted, checked, and decided by individuals. Our automated processing and AI do not involve relying on automatic or autonomous decision-making. 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