FX Risk Java Lead — AI-Powered Real-Time Markets

Citigroup Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Discretional annual bonus

Private Medical Care

Life Insurance

Pension Plan

Parental Leave

Learning and development resources

Hybrid working

Job summary

Citi is hiring a FX Risk Lead Java Developer + AI (VP) to architect and deliver real-time FX risk systems. You will lead high‑performance Java applications, drive technical direction, and collaborate with traders and analysts in a global, hybrid work model.

You will leverage Citi’s GenAI ecosystem and modern DevOps practices to ship weekly releases while mentoring engineers and maintaining security and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on Java development experience in high-load, low-latency systems.
• Experience with real-time FX risk computation and distributed architectures.
• Familiarity with GenAI tools and AI-assisted software development is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, high-performance Java applications for FX risk management across global markets.
• Architect scalable, low-latency solutions with emphasis on resilience, security and performance.
• Drive technical direction and engineering standards across the team.

Skills

Core Java

Multithreading

JVM tuning

Distributed systems

Apache Ignite

MongoDB

Oracle SQL

Kafka

Solace

Linux

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

TDD

Production support

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

Citi is hiring a FX Risk Lead Java Developer + AI (VP) to architect and deliver real-time FX risk systems. You will lead high‑performance Java applications, drive technical direction, and collaborate with traders and analysts in a global, hybrid work model.

You will leverage Citi’s GenAI ecosystem and modern DevOps practices to ship weekly releases while mentoring engineers and maintaining security and quality standards.