Application Development Lead - Senior Vice President

Location: Chennai India

Remote Type: Hybrid

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

The Applications Development Technology Senior Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

• Lead integration of functions to meet goals, deploy new products, and enhance processes
• Analyze complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards to define and develop solutions to high level problems
• Provide expertise in area of advanced knowledge of applications programming and plan assignments involving large budgets, cross functional project, or multiple projects
• Develop application methodologies and standards for program analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
• Utilize advanced knowledge of supported main system flows and comprehensive knowledge of multiple areas to achieve technology goals
• Consult with end users to identify system function specifications and incorporate into overall system design
• Allocate work, and act as an advisor/coach developers, analysts, and new team members
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders and communicate with external parties
• 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.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in implementing projects
• Experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications
• Demonstrated Subject Matter Expert (SME) in area(s) of Applications Development
• Demonstrated knowledge of client core business functions
• Demonstrated leadership, project management, and development skills
• Relationship and consensus building skills

Key Responsibilities:

• Design & Development: Create and optimize scalable ETL (Extraction, Transformation, Loading) pipelines using PySpark for massive datasets.
• Coding & Engineering: Write clean, efficient, well-documented code primarily in Python (PySpark) often leveraging frameworks/tools.
• Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams (senior developers, data engineers, analysts, business partners) to understand data requirements and ensure seamless solution integration.
• Troubleshooting & Optimization: Debug and resolve data processing issues and performance bottlenecks in Spark applications and other big data technologies.
• Full SDLC Involvement: Participate in the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis and design to testing, deployment, and operations.
• Data Integrity: Ensure high data quality and integrity throughout the data lifecycle.

This candidate possesses 10-12 years of experience in developing and managing Enterprise Applications, demonstrating a robust foundation in Big Data technologies and a strong grasp of software development principles.

Key Experience & Expertise:

• Enterprise Application Development: 10-12 years in developing and managing enterprise-grade applications.
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP): Solid foundation in OOP concepts.
• Big Data Development: Expertise in PySpark, HDFS, Hive, Sqoop, and Hadoop for Big Data environments.
• Database Technologies: Good exposure to SQL Server and ORACLE databases. Experience with query writing for data validation/manipulation
• Scripting & Automation: Proficient in Shell Scripting and experience with job scheduling tools like Autosys.
• BI Reporting Tools: Some exposure to BI tools, specifically Tableau.
• Tools & Practices: Proficient with Git; experience with JIRA, Confluence. Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

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