EMEA SVP, Low-Latency Client Connectivity Engineering

Citigroup Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical care & life insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension plan

Paid parental leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. seeks an experienced leader to head the Equities Electronic-Execution technology team in the EMEA region. You will design and deliver a next-generation, low-latency connectivity platform, including client connectivity, order management, and DMA capabilities, while coordinating with product, research, and production hosts across regions.

You will mentor engineers, align with global strategy, and drive innovation, performance, and reliability at scale within a hybrid work setup.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in financial technology with low-latency systems in Java, C++, or Rust.
• Proven track record leading geographically distributed engineering teams in a financial institution.
• Experience in developing and architecting electronic trading platforms (DMA, FIX).
• Ability to set technical strategy, roadmaps, and manage large multi-year initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technical vision, strategy, and roadmap for the global low-latency connectivity platform.
• Lead, manage, and mentor a geographically distributed team of engineers.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to translate business needs into product features and performance improvements.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of high-performance, resilient electronic connectivity systems.
• Champion engineering excellence with automated testing, QA, and performance optimization.
• Promote AI-powered SDLC tools to boost productivity and code quality.
• Advance Agile practices and CI/CD to speed up releases and predictability.
• Ensure robust platform monitoring, recovery, and production support.

Skills

Low-latency systems

Leadership

Distributed teams

Java

C++/Rust

Electronic trading

DMA/FIX

CI/CD/DevOps

Agile

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Distributed systems tooling

Job description

Citigroup Inc. seeks an experienced leader to head the Equities Electronic-Execution technology team in the EMEA region. You will design and deliver a next-generation, low-latency connectivity platform, including client connectivity, order management, and DMA capabilities, while coordinating with product, research, and production hosts across regions.

You will mentor engineers, align with global strategy, and drive innovation, performance, and reliability at scale within a hybrid work setup.