Senior Java Backend Lead - FX Tech (AI-Driven, Hybrid)

Xcede Recruitment Solutions; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Discretionary annual bonus

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Core Engineering Java Development Lead – FX Tech (SVP) to architect, build, and evolve robust Java services for global finance. You will shape technical direction, work with senior engineers and quants, and deliver high-quality systems in a modern event-driven environment.

The role emphasizes delivery, maintainability, and collaboration with traders and engineers, with a hybrid work model and a competitive base salary.

Qualifications

• Strong Java backend experience with Spring and JVM understanding.
• Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, Solace, websockets or similar).
• Cloud-ready development and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Java services.
• Apply domain-driven and event-driven design principles.
• Champion code quality, reviews, and best practices.
• Evolve existing platforms balancing delivery with architecture health.
• Collaborate with traders, quants, and engineers to turn requirements into robust solutions.
• Improve build tooling, CI/CD, testing approaches, and developer productivity.
• Support production systems, enhance observability and resilience.

Skills

Strong Java

Event Driven Design

Cloud-Ready Development

Code Quality

Collaboration with Traders/Quants

AI Driven Development

Job description

Citi is seeking a Core Engineering Java Development Lead – FX Tech (SVP) to architect, build, and evolve robust Java services for global finance. You will shape technical direction, work with senior engineers and quants, and deliver high-quality systems in a modern event-driven environment.

The role emphasizes delivery, maintainability, and collaboration with traders and engineers, with a hybrid work model and a competitive base salary.