Prime Brokerage Tech Development Lead - (SVP)

Citi; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Discretionary bonus

Private medical care

Life insurance

Pension plan

Parental leave

Employee discounts

Learning resources

Job summary

Citi is seeking a hands-on engineer to lead and deliver core Prime Brokerage components using Kotlin/Java, shaping technical direction and ownership. You will collaborate with stakeholders, drive planning and estimation, and stay hands-on to push changes into production.

The role emphasizes high engineering standards, shift-left testing, security, observability, and mentoring engineers while improving SDLC and DevOps practices within a hybrid London workplace.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software engineering.
• Deep expertise in systems analysis and programming.
• Proven delivery of complex technical initiatives.
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own, design, and build core Prime Brokerage components in Kotlin/Java.
• Translate complex business requirements into clear technical direction.
• Lead planning and estimation with technical teams and stakeholders.
• Stay hands-on and contribute changes delivered to production.
• Raise engineering standards: testing, resiliency, security, observability.
• Provide technical leadership to agile teams and mentor developers.
• Drive SDLC and DevOps improvements using metrics like DORA.
• Identify and remove friction in development processes.
• Adopt AI engineering tooling integrated into production workflows.
• Own production stability end-to-end and drive remediation.
• Invest in people and culture; contribute to hiring.
• Keep project documentation clear, current, and useful.

Skills

Java

Test-Driven Development

Event-driven architecture

Software engineering

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Kafka

Solace

TIBCO

SQL Server

Mongo

S3

Kubernetes

OpenShift

OpenTelemetry

ELK

Grafana

HashiCorp Vault

CyberArk

GitHub Copilot

Devin

Job description

About Citi

Engineer the future of global finance. At Citi, our Tech team doesn’t just support finance – we are helping to redefine it. Every day, $5 trillion crosses through our network. We do business in 180+ countries operating at a scale few can match. From deploying advanced AI to helping shape global markets, we build systems that matter. Look to join a team where your work helps influence economies, your ideas can drive innovation and outcomes, and your growth is backed by mentorship, continuous learning and flexibility with potential hybrid work opportunities. Help solve real‑world challenges that touch millions and get the opportunity to build the future of finance with Citi Tech.

Equities Tech

Equities Technology at Citi is undertaking a bold, multi‑year transformation to build a best‑in‑class global platform across execution, prime, clearing and cross‑product margining. We are re‑engineering our technology estate to achieve world‑leading performance and resiliency, enabling new capabilities in advanced execution, global market connectivity, and modernised post‑trade, clearing and margin processes. Our ambition is to deliver a seamlessly integrated, highly automated platform that drives outstanding client outcomes and accelerates growth across our global franchise. As part of the team, you’ll collaborate closely with high‑calibre engineers and deeply engaged business and product partners - working together to define and deliver the next generation of Equities technology at Citi.

PB Tech

Prime Brokerage Technology provides solutions that underpin the operations of our clients and form the foundation of our Prime Finance business. This is an area of great opportunity and a major growth target for Citi, with technology providing the key to unlock this potential.

The role

This is a hands‑on (programming) role that sets technical direction, owns delivery outcomes, and takes accountability for application ownership while raising engineering standards across the team. It pairs a broad platform view with close, day‑to‑day engagement in real technical challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Own, design, and build core components of the Prime Brokerage platform in Kotlin/Java.
• Shape complex business requirements into clear technical direction and maintainable solutions.
• Lead planning and estimation with technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Stay hands‑on and lead by example, personally contributing to changes delivered to production.
• Level up applications to high engineering standards, focusing on shift‑left testing, resiliency, security, scalability, and observability.
• Provide technical leadership to agile teams, mentoring developers and raising the engineering quality bar.
• Champion quality and continuous improvement in SDLC and DevOps, using metrics like DORA.
• Identify and remove friction in the development processes to improve developer productivity.
• Drive pragmatic adoption of AI engineering tooling, embedded in workflows where real value is delivered into production.
• Own production stability end to end, staying with incidents through to genuine remediation.
• Invest in people and culture, mentoring engineers and contributing to hiring.
• Keep project and technical documentation clear, current, and useful.

Technical Experience required

• Java & Test‑Driven Development are essential.
• Experience designing and developing robust and resilient event‑driven architectures.
• Experience in any number of additional technologies (listed below) is advantageous:
  • Kotlin
  • Messaging Technologies (Kafka, Solace, TIBCO)
  • Database / Data Store / Data Query Technologies (SQL Server, Mongo, S3)
  • Cloud Technologies (Kubernetes, Open Shift)
  • Observability Technologies (Open Telemetry, ELK, Grafana)
  • Secrets Management platforms (HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk)
  • AI‑assisted development tooling (GitHub Copilot, Devin)

Skills and experience required:

• Proven experience in software engineering.
• Deep expertise in systems analysis and programming.
• Proven delivery of complex technical initiatives.
• Comfortable adjusting priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Bachelor's or University degree, or equivalent experience.

This job description provides a high‑level review of the types of work performed. Other job‑related duties may be assigned as required.

What we’ll provide you

By joining Citi, 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 others
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Visit our Global Benefits page to learn more.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Development

Time Type:

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

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Other Relevant Skills

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