Senior Engineer Java/DevOps (VP)

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking passionate individuals to join their dynamic technology team. This role involves coordinating the delivery of cloud infrastructure, enhancing CI/CD processes, and improving application resilience. Candidates should have extensive experience in Java and Python, along with a strong understanding of Unix/Linux systems. The company offers a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and numerous benefits, including generous annual leave and private medical care. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and are eager to make an impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Discretional annual performance bonus

Private Medical Care

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees

Access to learning resources

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on software development experience using Java and Python.
• Strong knowledge in Unix/Linux systems and networking troubleshooting.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and distributed systems architecture.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery and automate setup of cloud infrastructure for applications.
• Help improve CI/CD tools usage and automate application releases.
• Enhance application security and maintainability with industry standards.

Skills

Java

Python

Flask

Unix/Linux

CI/CD

Networking

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Distributed Systems

Microservices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a numerate discipline

Tools

Jenkins

Gradle

Maven

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Job description

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Client:

11037 Citibank, N.A. United Kingdom

Location:

London, United Kingdom

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Yes

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Posted:

10.05.2025

Expiry Date:

24.06.2025

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About Citi

As the world’s most global bank, Citi gives you the tools to be a trailblazer. We’re not just building technology; we’re building the future of banking. With thousands of employees located around the globe, we are an international team encompassing a broad range of teams, roles, and cultures, and we invite you to come and join us!

Citi’s technology team supports business operations in 100+ countries, across multiple lines of business spanning both Institutional and retail businesses.

The group works to optimize the IT environment by standardizing production platforms, reducing complexity, and introducing innovative solutions that provide new business capabilities, reduce total cost of ownership, and create a competitive advantage for Citi.

We want to regularly engage with talented individuals who are passionate about producing clean, testable code as part of a high performing team. We have found this to be way more important than experience in the financial sector.

We welcome applications from any industry and should you wish to apply your application will be reviewed for a multitude of Developer positions at varying levels.

About FX Tech

Citi FX has a physical presence in 83 countries with 1,400 dedicated staff giving us the largest FX presence of any bank globally. Foreign Exchange has been one of the defining businesses of Citi for much of its 200 year existence.

Citi has the largest FX presence of any bank globally and we proudly put this down to delivering unrivalled service and insight to our clients. Increasing investment in technology has seen us roll out award winning applications. Technology is a central pillar for our plans to sustain and grow our FX business.

Above all, we seek individuals who seek exceptional attitude and aptitude in the people they work with and have a demonstrated passion for delivering FX technology in support of our #1 FX business.

Role Overview/What you will do:

• Coordinate delivery and automate set up of bare-metal / virtualized / cloud infrastructure for business applications
• Help development teams improve usage of CI/CD tools and processes
• Improve high availability, resilience, observability, maintainability and security of applications with industry standard and/or bank's internal solutions
• Automating application releases, deployment, configuration and other aspects of software development lifecycle
• Enabling connectivity between various components in distributed networks
• Help migrating and upgrading systems to newer infrastructure

What we are looking for:

• A real interest in/passion for technology
• Extensive experience in hands-on software development using Java/Python and related frameworks (core Java, Python, Flask, etc)
• Proficiency in scripting (Python/Bash & Powershell preferred)
• Highly credible hands-on engineer, confident to dive into a code-base and deliver substantive features and change
• Not afraid to get their hands dirty to tackle hard issues
• Strong systems (software, hardware, networks) knowledge required to trouble shoot and resolve issues
• Unix/Linux skills at a system admin level
• Strong knowledge in computer networks and hands-on experience with their troubleshooting
• Experience with Java build tools (Gradle/Maven preferred) and databases (Oracle/PostgreSQL preferred)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines (Jenkins/TeamCity/Artifactory)
• Understanding of distributed systems architecture, microservices, virtualization techniques
• Experience in working in an environment with cross-functional teams
• Awareness of industry trends and leveraging new technologies as appropriate
• An understanding of FX or another Markets business highly preferred

Nice to have:

• Basics of ITIL practices (change/incident management)
• Messaging middleware (Tibco, Solace)

Education:

Bachelor’s degree/University degree in a numerate discipline or equivalent experience in a similar role.

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 London, 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 friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.

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