Senior Engineering Manager, Securities Processing (Director)

Citi; London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global bank in London is searching for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a critical team responsible for transforming and ensuring excellence in securities processing technology. This role involves architecture, strategic solutions delivery, and managing complex technology projects. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in capital markets technology and strong engineering leadership skills. A competitive salary and benefits, including a hybrid work model, are offered.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Discretional annual performance-related bonus

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Expert proficiency in Java, Spring Framework, and JavaScript.
• Strong emphasis on Microservice architecture.
• Experience with Agile/SCRUM and CI/CD automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers.
• Drive modernization of securities processing stack.
• Manage complex technology projects from conception to delivery.

Skills

Engineering Leadership

Strategic Transformation

Architecture & Design

Project & Product Delivery

Stakeholder & Risk Management

System Optimization

Education

BS/MS degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Java

Spring Framework

Javascript

Oracle RDBMS

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)

Job description

Overview

Citi is a world-leading global bank. We have approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. We enable clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

What we do:

Citi Markets Technology powers the global financial markets by providing innovative, robust, and high-performance technology solutions. We are undergoing a significant transformation, modernizing our core platforms to support high-volume, low-latency transactions and drive business growth.

What you will do:

As a Senior Engineering Manager within Markets Operations Technology (MOT), you will lead a critical team responsible for the overall transformation and engineering excellence of Citi's Securities Settlements processing technology stack. This is a high-impact role in a fast-paced environment, offering the opportunity to shape and transform scalable infrastructure at one of the world's leading capital markets franchises.

You will be responsible for leading the architecture, design, development, and delivery of strategic solutions, ensuring Level-3 support for the securities processing settlements tech stack that supports Citigroup's NAM, EMEA, and APAC markets operations. This role requires a leader with strong technical depth, domain expertise in securities processing, and a proven track record of successful project execution and team management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engineering Leadership: Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of strong engineering principles, product ownership, and continuous improvement. Provide technical guidance, perform code reviews, and drive best practices.
• Strategic Transformation: Drive the modernization of a large legacy securities processing stack into a modern, high-volume, low-latency, and scalable technology platform. Formulate and execute technology strategy for brown-field and green-field efforts.
• Architecture & Design: Own the architecture and design of enterprise applications, focusing on microservices, distributed systems, and scalable solutions that adapt to changing market conditions. Ensure adherence to technical design, application development standards, and quality processes.
• Project & Product Delivery: Manage complex technology projects from conception to delivery, ensuring alignment with business requirements, deadlines, and quality standards. Oversee CI/CD automation and improve overall development team efficiency.
• Stakeholder & Risk Management: Collaborate extensively with business users, operations teams, project managers, and other technology groups to gather requirements, manage expectations, and deliver effective solutions. Identify and mitigate potential risks related to systems, processes, and regulatory compliance.
• System Optimization: Identify system bottlenecks and deficiencies, devising and implementing robust solutions to enhance resiliency, performance, and scalability. Provide technical consultation for performance testing and tuning.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Education: BS/MS degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• Experience:
• Experience in Capital Markets technology, with a strong focus on Securities Processing (Equities and/or Fixed Income settlements).
• Experience as a Senior Developer, with hands-on experience building end-to-end solutions.
• Direct management experience leading development staff in a mid to large-scale bank, providing engineering leadership and guidance.
• Proven record of managing and delivering large-scale, complex platforms in a high-growth environment.
• Technical Expertise:
• Languages & Frameworks: Expert proficiency in Java (Core, Multi-threaded, J2EE), Spring Framework (Boot, Cloud, MVC, Data, Security, JMS), JavaScript (Angular, React.js, jQuery).
• Architecture: Strong emphasis on Microservice architecture and design patterns, with a proven track record of legacy modernization. Experience with distributed environments and anti-patterns.
• Databases: Expert knowledge of Oracle RDBMS design (PL/SQL, stored procedures, triggers, performance tuning) and experience with NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra). Experience migrating RDBMS to cloud/NoSQL is a significant plus.
• Middleware: Hands-on experience with Tibco EMS, Kafka, MQ, JMS.
• Cloud & DevOps: Developing/deploying applications to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, PCF). Strong experience with Agile/SCRUM, CI/CD automation (Jenkins, Bamboo, UrbanCode), and code versioning tools (Github, Bitbucket, Perforce).
• Other: High-volume/low-latency application development, transaction management (JTA), network infrastructure understanding (HTTP/S, TCP/IP, TLS, DNS), shell scripting (Unix/Linux/Windows).
• Domain Knowledge: Deep understanding of trade processing, allocations, DTC/Fedwire/SWIFT settlements, payments, securities settlement lifecycle, segregation, margin, collateral optimization, and product knowledge across Equities, OTC Listed Options, Fixed Income (UST, Mortgages, Corporates), Repos, and Stock Borrow Loans.
• Regulatory Awareness: Knowledge of relevant industry regulations and compliance requirements.
• Soft Skills: Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills. Proven ability to lead, motivate, and manage diverse teams in a high-pressure, global environment. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

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 friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Visit our Global Benefits page to learn more.

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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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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