Senior Software Engineer (SolstiCE) – Equity Derivatives Tech - VP

Citi; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance the efficiency and reliability of its equity technology solutions. The role involves collaboration with business stakeholders, leading project development, and mentoring junior team members. Ideal candidates will possess strong programming skills and a passion for delivering high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

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 learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Hands-on professional software development experience at a senior level.
• Proven experience of defining technical architectures and leading complex projects.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with stakeholders to define new projects and requirements.
• Evolving technical architecture and data flows.
• Coaching and mentoring less experienced team members.

Skills

Java

Scala

Python

REST APIs

Multi-threaded programming

NoSQL databases

CI/CD pipelines

Containerised applications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

Gradle

Jenkins

OpenShift

Job description

About Citi

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.

About the team

The Equity Technology organization is undertaking a multi-year investment to completely re-engineer the front office technology platform, to support business expansion plans to close the gap to competition.

Citi Investment Strategies (CIS) Engineering group comprises four teams. SolstiCE team is responsible for development, maintenance and support of an index calculation platform for the CIS business.

Role Overview / What you will you do

The role of a Senior Software Engineer for SolstiCE requires a combination of strong technical and leadership skills. You will work together with business stakeholders from Trading and Benchmark Administration Team (BAT), and with other members of the Equity Derivatives Tech development team to provide solutions that improve efficiency, decrease operational risk, and enable the business to expand and automate their current processes.

You will be involved in

• Liaising with the business stakeholders and business analysts to define new projects, ensure completeness of requirements and agree priorities.
• Evolving SolstiCE technical architecture, data flows, and integrations with upstream and downstream systems.
• Designing new core functionality.
• Implementing and delivering new features to expand product and use case coverage, enabling increased system adoption for critical business processes.
• Ensuring ongoing system robustness and stability.
• Coordinating team’s response to production issues.
• Coaching and mentoring less experienced team members to improve the standard of work.

What you will bring

• This role is for someone who enjoys solving engineering challenges, has experience in building robust and high-quality solutions, has excellent communication skills and can manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• You will be a highly motivated self-starter who is comfortable taking on new challenges and picking up and learning new technologies.
• Hands-on professional software development experience at a senior level.
• Proven experience of defining technical architectures and leading complex projects through to delivery.
• Proficiency in object-oriented and functional programming.
• Rigorous application of clean code and TDD principles.
• Passion and interest in shaping the way the system should be evolving to stay relevant, dependable and maintainable.
• Ability to work both independently and as a part of a team in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.

What technical skills you will require

• Proficiency in Java, Scala and Python.
• Expertise in component integration via REST APIs and message queues (Solace, Kafka).
• Thorough understanding of multi-threaded programming.
• Working knowledge of NoSQL databases, such as Couchbase.
• Ability to create and maintain project builds (Gradle) and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Tekton).
• Experience of building and deploying containerised applications (for instance, using OpenShift).

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering field involving software programming or systems engineering, or experience performing a similar role.

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

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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