Senior Prime Brokerage Tech Lead — Hybrid, Growth & Impact

Citigroup; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Discretional bonus

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Pension Plan

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Citi’s Prime Brokerage Technology team seeks an Development Lead (SVP) to shape and deliver core platform components on a global scale. You will own technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product partners in a fast-paced hybrid environment.

The role requires hands-on Java/Kotlin development, event-driven architectures, and a strong delivery discipline. You will lead planning, ensure production stability, and advance AI-assisted tooling while maintaining clear documen­tation

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering experience with delivery of complex initiatives.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Strong knowledge of Java and Kotlin ecosystems and TDD practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable partner­ing with stakeholders.

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 contribute to production changes and incident remediation.
• Drive quality, security, and observability across the SDLC and DevOps.

Skills

Java

Test-Driven Development

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Kafka

SQL Server

MongoDB

S3

Kubernetes

OpenShift

ELK

Grafana

HashiCorp Vault

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Citi’s Prime Brokerage Technology team seeks an Development Lead (SVP) to shape and deliver core platform components on a global scale. You will own technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product partners in a fast-paced hybrid environment.

The role requires hands-on Java/Kotlin development, event-driven architectures, and a strong delivery discipline. You will lead planning, ensure production stability, and advance AI-assisted tooling while maintaining clear documen­tation