FX UI Platform VP — Senior Frontend Engineer, Real-Time

Citi; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; 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 resources

Job summary

Citi London is seeking a Senior UI Software Engineer to join the FX Client Platforms team. You will lead design and delivery of trading GUIs for internal and external traders, owning the full dev lifecycle.

Hybrid work model (up to 2 days at home per week) with a competitive base salary and benefits. The role includes private medical care, life insurance, pension, and ongoing learning opportunities.

Qualifications

• Solid experience building and deploying complex web application platforms.
• Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript, React, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience with real-time messaging systems and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-quality trading GUIs providing compelling user experiences for traders.
• Define and enforce interoperability standards across web applications using FDC3, REST/WebSocket APIs.
• Drive AI integration within the development lifecycle — including AI-assisted coding, automated test generation, and intelligent monitoring.
• Influence performance engineering across the UI stack: profiling, rendering optimisation, bundle analysis, and low-latency data delivery.
• Contribute and influence architecture decisions for large-scale front-end systems, including monorepo governance and design system adoption across globally distributed teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team growth and delivery standards.

Skills

TypeScript

React

HTML5

CSS

JavaScript (ES6+)

TDD

Agile

Global collaboration

Tools

OpenFin

Electron

Chromium

Kafka

Solace

Tibco

Jenkins

Job description

Citi London is seeking a Senior UI Software Engineer to join the FX Client Platforms team. You will lead design and delivery of trading GUIs for internal and external traders, owning the full dev lifecycle.

Hybrid work model (up to 2 days at home per week) with a competitive base salary and benefits. The role includes private medical care, life insurance, pension, and ongoing learning opportunities.