Senior UI Lead Engineer, VP

Citigroup Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in London is looking for a Senior UI Lead Engineer to design and implement innovative UIs for a new cross-asset risk system. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with React and strong communication skills. This full-time role offers opportunities for technical leadership within an Agile environment, focusing on high-quality software development and best practices.

Qualifications

• Extensive commercial experience of React.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience with modern HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality, modern UIs.
• Participate in an Agile development process.
• Conduct requirements analysis closely with teams.

Skills

React

JavaScript (ES6+)

HTML

CSS

Typescript

Node.js

Webpack

Vite

Playwright

React Testing Library

Vitest

Job description

We're hiring a Senior UI Lead Engineer to help build Citi's next generation, cross-asset risk system. We are utilising cutting edge technology to meet complex trading and regulatory requirements.

The development position involves:

• Development of high-quality, modern UIs for developers, support, quants and finance staff
• Participation in a fast-paced Agile development process
• Development of high-quality software, emphasizing simplicity, maintainability and reuse
• Participation in code and design reviews
• Working proactively on diverse and innovative solutions
• Requirements analysis and capture, working closely with the business and business aligned teams to define solutions
• Good communication with support, other development teams, and infrastructure teams
• Thorough automated testing using unit and integration tests
• Driving the architectural standards, development best practices, and promoting adherence to these standards
• Driving the architectural and technical evolution of frameworks and APIs

Key Relationships:

• Portfolio owners and project leads
• Risk/Pricing development teams and colleagues in London, Poland, Canada, New York, Shanghai
• Control and support staff

Qualifications and Skills:

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned developer with extensive commercial experience of React; familiarity with Typescript; and solid knowledge of modern HTML, JavaScript and CSS. The candidate must be a self-starter who can take wireframes and implement intuitive user interfaces. The candidate must be able to lead the team technically to drive the architecture standards and best practices

Required Skills:

• Strong communication skills
• Provencommercial experience with React
• Strong knowledge of modern HTML, JavaScript (ES6+)& CSS
• Strong understanding of Node.js & npm
• Experience with Typescript
• Hands-on expertise in development tools such as Webpack and Vite for efficient build and bundling workflows.
• Skilled in implementing robust testing strategies using frameworks like Playwright, React Testing Library, and Vitest to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.

Desirable skills:

• Experience in Investment Banking or finance
• Experience with GraphQL
• Strong understanding of modern JavaScript tooling
• Experience publishing npm libraries
• Experience with micro-frontends
• Experience building developer tooling
• Good technical writing skills for documentation
• Good understanding of data structures and solid computer science fundamentals
• Knowledge of messaging systems and event-driven architectures

Exceptional candidates who do not meet these criteria may be considered for the role provided they have the necessary skills and experience.

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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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