FX FIX Onboarding AVP — Hybrid Tech Lead

Citi; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Discretional annual bonus

Private Medical Care

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Employee discounts

Learning and development resources

Job summary

Citi is seeking an experienced FX technology professional to join the Global FX onboarding and FIX infrastructure team. You’ll work with clients and internal teams to configure connectivity, maintain FIX API, and support low-latency trading platforms across FX Spot, Forwards, and NDFs.

You’ll gain exposure to a global FX franchise, collaborating with trading desks and eSales, while growing skills in networking, security, and production support in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Strong academic record, ideally with a good degree and a mathematical or scientific background.
• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Working with external clients and internal business teams to identify client requirements
• Arranging various forms of network connectivity for clients
• Delivering new server and client components as per evolving business requirements
• Maintaining the existing FIX API while helping development teams enhance the infrastructure
• Ensuring that there is a good understanding of the business priorities and to plan work accordingly
• Second line support (investigation of problems that front-line support cannot resolve)
• Identifying and correcting areas of poor stability across the platform
• Decommissioning of unused client sessions or network connections that will save the business money
• Ensuring all external clients and vendors are satisfied with the service provided

Skills

Unix/Linux

FIX protocol

Networking

Real-time/low-latency

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Citi is seeking an experienced FX technology professional to join the Global FX onboarding and FIX infrastructure team. You’ll work with clients and internal teams to configure connectivity, maintain FIX API, and support low-latency trading platforms across FX Spot, Forwards, and NDFs.

You’ll gain exposure to a global FX franchise, collaborating with trading desks and eSales, while growing skills in networking, security, and production support in a hybrid work environment.