Lead Java and Data Engineer at Citi
Tampa, FL
$113,840–$170,760from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Tampa, FL
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A lead-level backend engineering role at Citigroup focused on owning the full technical lifecycle of mission-critical Java applications — from architecture and design through delivery. The position carries both hands-on development responsibilities and team-level technical leadership, including mentoring developers, setting coding and security standards, and serving as the primary technical authority for senior stakeholders. Strong SQL and data-modeling skills are central to the role.
Senior level · 8+ years · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 290 people in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 210–370
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $133,319 (middle half $102,659–$169,068). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The role is titled 'Lead Java Developer' and is classified under Citi's 'Applications Development' job family, pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers as the primary SOC. However, the posting emphasizes team leadership, mentoring, acting as SME for senior stakeholders, and project management ownership — responsibilities that edge toward 11-3021 Computer and Information Systems Managers. Because the JD still centers on hands-on technical design and coding authority rather than people-management with direct reports, 15-1252 was chosen as primary.
The 6-10 year range and the 8+ year leadership requirement are both stated; 8 years was used as the overall years minimum (the higher, more specific gate).
A Bachelor's degree in a technical field is listed as a hard requirement; a Master's is explicitly 'preferred' and was not elevated to the minimum.
Kafka, MongoDB, and Couchbase appear only under the 'Nice to Haves' section and are marked as preferred accordingly.
MongoDB and Couchbase are listed together as NoSQL alternatives in the same 'nice to have' clause; they are also emitted as separate skills since both are named distinctly and serve similar roles in the stack.
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