The Applications Development Group Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department in an effort to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities.
Responsibilities:
- Manage multiple teams of professionals to accomplish established goals and conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
- Provide strategic influence and exercise control over resources, budget management and planning while monitoring end results
- Utilize in-depth knowledge of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve issues
- Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards
- Integrate in-depth knowledge of applications development with overall technology function to achieve established goals
- Provide evaluative judgement based on analysis of facts in complicated, unique, and dynamic situations including drawing from internal and external sources
- Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, as well as communicate with external parties as necessary
- 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, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.
- Collaborate with the business/Technical product owner & SMEs to perform detailed requirements analysis
- Responsible for Components Design, Construction & Unit Testing of assigned components/modules
- Perform technical review and resolve any technical challenges
- Coordinate with customer stakeholders and bridge the offshore communication
- Understanding of agile /waterfall development methodologies and test-driven development practices
- Responsible for overall deliverables and highlight if any risk
Job Qualifications and Skillset:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in Java development
- The role requires an individual who is results-focused, proactive, highly collaborative, confident under pressure, and has demonstrated skills in both solution evangelism and expectation management.
- Strong leadership skills, excellent communication, time-management; planning, negotiation skills and presentation skills are highly desirable.
- In-depth knowledge in building enterprise web applications
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of Core Java, Java EE, Spring boot
- excellent Knowledge in Spring Microservices architecture and design patterns
- In-depth knowledge of Multithreading , Concurrency, JPA , Hibernate
- Extensively used Eclipse or IntelliJ
- Agentic System Design: Lead the architectural design and implementation of multi-agent systems and autonomous AI solutions, ensuring scalability, robustness, and performance.
- AI Agent Development: Develop, train, and fine-tune individual AI agents, for tasks such as natural language understanding, decision-making, and task execution.
- Orchestration & Integration: Design and implement frameworks for agent orchestration, communication, and collaboration within a larger ecosystem. Integrate agentic AI solutions with existing enterprise platforms and data sources.
- Research & Innovation: Stay abreast of the latest advancements in agentic AI, multi-agent systems, and related fields. Conduct research and rapid prototyping of new AI technologies and methodologies.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Knowledge of Python, PySpark and working in BigData environment is a plus
- Knowledge of hardware and operating systems (Unix-based systems)
- Knowledge of event based architecture , JMS
- Understanding of relational databases (Oracle)
- Agile experience with application servers and web application servers
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent discipline
- Master’s degree preferred
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Job Family Group: Technology------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:Applications Development------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:Full time------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location:Rutherford New Jersey United States------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:$176 720,00 - $265 080,00
In 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.
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Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------
Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------
Anticipated Posting Close Date:oct 21, 2026------------------------------------------------------
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Skills Required
- Minimum 10 years of experience in Java development
- Strong leadership skills
- Excellent communication, time-management, planning, negotiation, and presentation skills
- Experience with enterprise web application development
- In-depth knowledge of Core Java and Java EE
- In-depth knowledge of Spring Boot
- Knowledge of Spring microservices architecture and design patterns
- Knowledge of multithreading and concurrency
- Knowledge of JPA and Hibernate
- Extensive experience with Eclipse or IntelliJ
- Experience designing and implementing multi-agent systems and autonomous AI solutions
- Experience developing, training, and fine-tuning AI agents
- Experience designing agent orchestration, communication, and integration frameworks
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Knowledge of Python, PySpark, and Big Data environments
- Knowledge of hardware and Unix-based operating systems
- Knowledge of event-based architecture and JMS
- Understanding of relational databases, including Oracle
- Agile experience with application servers and web application servers
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or an equivalent discipline
- Master’s degree
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