The Applications Development Senior Manager is 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 one or more Applications Development teams in an effort to accomplish established goals as well as conduct personnel duties for the team (e.g., performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
Utilize in-depth knowledge and skills across multiple Applications Development areas to provide technical oversight across systems and applications
Review and analyze proposed technical solutions for projects
Contribute to formulation of strategies for applications development and other functional areas
Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business integrate to accomplish business goals
Provide evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual data in complicated and unique situations
Impact the Applications Development area through monitoring delivery of end results, participate in budget management, and handling day‑to‑day staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project
Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards negotiating with external parties when 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 supervising the activity of others and creating accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards
Leadership Skills Excellent organization skills, attention to detail, and ability to multi‑task
Demonstrated sense of responsibility and capability to deliver quickly
Excellent communication skills. Clearly articulating and documenting technical and functional specifications is a key requirement
Proactive problem‑solver
Relationship builder and team player
Negotiation, difficult conversation management and prioritization skills
Flexibility to handle multiple complex projects and changing priorities
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
Good analytical and business skills
Promotes teamwork and builds strong relationships within and across global teams




Promotes continuous process improvement especially in code quality, testability & reliability
Technical Proficiency The Senior Technology Lead must be an experienced hands‑on engineer passionate about solving business, customer, and technology problems through innovation and perseverance. Responsible for writing the most mission‑critical code, design and design reviews, code reviews, and process automation
Strong experience in systems design and development of software applications
Experience in Banking Payments Solution development and implementation in large banks
Strong exposure to Java, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Kafka, MQ, Micro‑Service, Oracle, Mongo, OpenShift, REST, Maven, Git, JUnit, TDD, Agile, and strong knowledge on CI/CD pipeline with system design for resiliency backed by observability
Python skills and GEN AI tools knowledge is a plus
Strong experience in working with various Payments schemes, and Payments messaging formats such as ISO8583, ISO20022, and SWIFTMX messages
Strong technical and functional experience in banking domain under the payment space like Domestic (RTGS, GIRO, ACH etc.), International funds transfer, SWIFT/ISO20022 messaging, Currency Foreign Exchange, AML Monitoring, Sanction Screening, etc
Experience and/or exposure to Digital Asset / Blockchain domain is a plus
Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
Leading a team of engineers and taking end‑to‑end responsibility of owning the delivery, by properly managing the Jira board at all times
Proven experience of handling the Production Releases and the post‑production support
Be hands‑on with the technologies and contribute to the Architecture, Design, Implementation and Pull Request reviews with a good quality ensuring adequate coverage of Unit Test, Code Coverage, lesser or no code smells fostering refactoring, scalability, and maintainability
Stakeholder management and ability to liaise well with the Engineering, QA and Product/Business throughout the SDLC lifecycle
Groom the team on technical, functional and behavioral aspects where needed
Be proactive, assertive and a strategic thinker
Qualifications 6–10 years of relevant experience in Java & Microservices with commensurate people management experience




Hands‑on working experience in Java / Spring / Spring Cloud / Spring Data JPA / Spring Boot Microservices
Solid experience of Microservices, API Development and its Ecosystems
Strong experience on Observability and Monitoring tech stack
Messaging like Kafka and MQ components
Hands‑on working experience with JUnit, Git, Jenkins, Maven
Should have troubleshooting skills using debuggers, logs, etc.
Experience with OpenShift, AWS will be an added advantage
Implement Unit Testing and TDD to ensure software quality and maintainability
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Work proactively & independently to address project requirements, and articulate issues/challenges with enough lead time to address project delivery risks
Code reviews, test case reviews, and ensure code developed meets the requirements
Proficiency in SQL Databases, MongoDB, Oracle, Data Analysis. Experience as Applications Development Manager
Experience as senior level in an Applications Development role
Stakeholder and people management experience
Demonstrated leadership skills
Proven project management skills
Basic knowledge of industry practices and standards
Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
Role Responsibilities Design, implement, and deploy software components and solve difficult problems generating positive feedback
Lead Payment modernization for the bank to develop and migrate payment applications on the modernized enterprise application platform
Effectively coach, help and give feedback to junior team members
Able to work independently and with team(s) to deliver software product successfully
Lead deliveries that are consistently of high quality (secure, testable, maintainable, low‑defects, efficient, etc.) and incorporate best practices
Review design and code
Focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems, identifying and building solutions, taking on projects that improve software, making it better and easier to maintain
Make improvements to development and testing processes
Education Bachelor’s degree / University degree or equivalent experience
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📌 Apps Development Sr Manager - Vice President (Ontario)
🏢 Citi
📍 Ontario