Codified Controls - Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer - VP

Citigroup Inc.; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Senior Software Engineer and be part of a transformative team dedicated to building innovative solutions. This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies, including Generative AI, while collaborating with talented peers in a supportive environment. You will play a vital role in shaping the future of software engineering, ensuring high-quality standards and user-centric designs. With a hybrid working model and a commitment to professional development, this position promises exciting challenges and the opportunity to grow your skillset in a dynamic industry.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Discretional annual performance bonus

Private Medical Care

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees, family, and friends

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer in product teams.
• Strong experience delivering Go, Python, and React code to production.
• Experience working in an agile software development environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test software applications.
• Work closely with other team members to ensure timely delivery.
• Set standards for high-quality software and user experiences.

Skills

Full Stack Software Engineering

Go

Python

React

Agile Development

Problem Solving

Communication

Collaboration

User-Centric Design

Continuous Improvement

Tools

SQL

NoSQL

DevSecOps

Container-Based Microservices

Job description

The Department

Developer Engineering is a function of the CTO organisation. Our mission is to make it easy and enjoyable for software engineering teams to go from a business idea to delivering an innovative product solution. The main goals are to improve and upgrade our tools, streamline our processes, automate and strengthen our controls, and help development teams adopt modern working methods.

The Team

The Codified Controls team within Developer Engineering is revolutionizing how we manage policies, standards, and controls through a company-wide "everything-as-code" initiative. This greenfield program offers a unique opportunity to significantly reduce process friction, errors, and manual effort. We build and deliver automated controls, developing both the core technology and supporting infrastructure. As a product-focused team, we prioritize user needs and iterative development through close collaboration. We seek engineers with proven experience in product-oriented environments and a demonstrated ability to empathize with users.

The Opportunity

Software Engineers are critical to building the products and services we need to deliver on our Codified Controls vision. Joining us a Senior Software Engineer you will have the opportunity to build a high-profile product, work closely with a talented group of peers and have the room to build and improve your own skillset. We believe that our Engineers should be a part of all steps of our product from idea to execution and you will be a key part along every step of that journey. You will also work with Generative AI technologies, such as GPT-4 or Gemini, embedding their capabilities through prompt engineering in our systems.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and test software applications
• Work closely with other team members to ensure that the software is developed and delivered on time and within budget
• Set the standards for what good looks like; High quality software and great user experiences
• Stay up to date on the latest software development trends and technologies
• Ensure our software platforms are compliant with Citi's security and Software Development Life Cycle processes
• Work with a wide variety of teams across the organisation and help drive them towards an everything-as-code and a codified controls mind-set
• Support and drive cultural change, instigating critical thinking about controls and processes and encouraging a culture of continuous improvement

Characteristics:

• Able to identify and solve problems effectively
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• A strong product mindset, putting the user requirements at the forefront of decision making
• Connected to latest technologies such as Generative AI, and keen to put them in practice
• Pragmatic, and a creative approach to managing risk
• A growth mindset and willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment
• Shows enthusiasm and develops trust through empathy
• An advocate of inclusion and diversity in every way
• Connected to latest technologies and keen to put them in practice
• A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams and remotely
  

Experience:

• Proven experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer in product teams
• Strong Experience delivering Go, Python and React code to production
• Experience working in an agile software development environment
• Proven experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, container-based micro-services, distributed logs, SQL and NoSQL databases, and DevSecOps

This role will report to the Engineering Lead.

What we’ll provide you

This is a unique role that will put you in the position to be part of a new venture and actively drive change. Every day there will be new challenges that will help you develop new skills that can drive your career.

By joining Citi London, 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
  

Visit ourGlobal Benefitspage to learn more.

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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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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