Java Developer - AVP (Belfast) - #1672232

Unity is the global authority for business transactions across Citi, covering transactions across all asset classes in capital markets, commercial payments, account management and more. At its core Unity provides a unique reference that keeps with a transaction for its entire lifetime thereby allowing full traceability from front office to back office providing great business benefit.
A development position responsible for accomplishing results through hands on development/bug fixes of our Java application. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications development through programming activities.
R esponsibilities

• Participate in design sessions with the development team, both employees and vendors located across multiple locations
• Progress assigned JIRA tasks assign to completion
• Provide user/support documentation
• Evaluate and adopt new development tools, libraries, and approaches to improve delivery quality
• Perform peer code review of project codebase changes
• Communicate with stakeholders to help shape requirements and design decisions
• Ensure that best practices and standards are followed as part of the application development life cycle.
• Participation in SDLC, Agile SCRUM
• Analyze existing software systems and propose solutions to improve overall design, architecture, and efficiency
• Troubleshoot and debug applications
• Ensure applications meet performance and scalability requirements
• Stay up to date with the latest technologies and industry trends

Mandatory Skills

• Experience as Java software developer. This will be tested at interview
• Messaging Systems experience (Kafka, Nats, Solace, TiBCo, RabbitMQ etc.)
• Experience working with SQL and databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, Hadoop etc.
• Agile SCRUM
• Experience with Java Multithreading/Concurrency, Web Services (SOAP/REST), DB2 Database, JMS, MQ, NDM, SFTP
• Acquainted with industry best practices and standards, software development tools and techniques
• Experience in developing distributed systems
• Experience in the use of Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)

What we'll provide you:

By joining Citi, 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 such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Alongside 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.

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