Senior Java / Kotlin Engineer (TDD) - Prime Brokerage Tech (VP)

Citi; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution in London seeks a hands-on developer to lead technical efforts on their Prime Brokerage platform. The role requires expertise in Java and Test-Driven Development, along with strong leadership and communication skills. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, and a Master’s is preferred. This full-time position offers a chance to drive continuous improvement in systems and processes.

Qualifications

• Extensive relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role.
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills.
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, planning and estimation discussions.
• Oversee production support processes and enhance performance.
• Facilitate requirement gathering and translate complex business needs.

Skills

Java

Test-Driven Development

Agile methodologies

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Kubernetes

Kafka

SQL Server

Job description

Overview

Prime Brokerage Technology provides solutions that underpin the operations of our clients and traders that provide the foundation of our Prime Finance business. This is an area of great opportunity and is a major growth target for Citi – with technology providing the key to unlock this potential. This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to join Citi at this exciting time.

Responsibilities

• Ownership and delivery on a variety of components (Java/Kotlin) within the Core Prime Brokerage platform. Hands-on development.
• Provide technical leadership for an agile development team, championing best practices in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD). Foster a culture of quality through developer-led automated testing initiatives. Drive continuous improvement in SDLC, agile and DevOps processes using key performance indicators, including DORA metrics, to enhance team efficiency and software delivery.
• Lead design, planning and estimation discussions within the team and with partners from across the department along with business stakeholders.
• Conduct high-level system analysis and architecture design, ensuring alignment with business requirements, technical standards and the overall architecture blueprint.
• Facilitate requirement gathering and translate complex business needs into technical specifications.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of project and technical documentation.
• Identify and mitigate risks throughout the SDLC, proposing solutions to complex problems.
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
• Oversee production support processes, collaborating with operations and business stakeholders. Analyze issue patterns to drive improvements. Guide documentation efforts, maintain on-call rotations and lead post-mortems. Lead efforts to resolve root-causes and enhance performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership and serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers, analysts and grads.

Technical Experience

• Java & Test-Driven Development are essential.

Experience in additional technologies (advantageous)

• Kotlin, Java, Kafka Streams
• Cloud Technologies (Kubernetes, Open Shift)
• Messaging Technologies (Kafka, Solace, TIBCO)
• Database / Data Store / Data Query Technologies (SQL Server, Trino, Mongo, S3)
• Observability Technologies (OpenTelemetry, Elastic Stack / ELK, Grafana)

What we need from you

• Extensive relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role
• Extensive experience in system analysis and in programming of software applications
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of Applications Development
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

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

Role Details

Job Family Group: Technology

Job Family: Applications Development

Time Type: Full time

Other Details

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