Software Engineer - Equities Tech - VP

Citigroup Inc.; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm in London is looking for a dev lead to work on green field services within structured products. The role requires strong coding practices, collaboration with business users, and an understanding of both frontend and backend technologies. Ideal candidates will have experience in agile environments and be equipped with relevant technology skills such as React, Kotlin, and Kafka. This position offers a hybrid working model and a range of benefits.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Discretionary 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

• Experience with frontend and backend technologies.
• Ability to produce clean, efficient code.
• Understand business challenges and design effective systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop software iteratively from an idea through to production.
• Collaborate closely with the team and business users.
• Build strong relationships with users to understand their challenges.

Skills

React

Typescript

Kotlin

Kafka

GraphQL

DevOps techniques

TDD

BDD

Education

University degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Engineer the future of global finance. At Citi, our Tech team doesn’t just support finance – we are helping to redefine it. Every day, $5 trillion crosses through our network. We do business in 180+ countries operating at a scale few can match. From deploying advanced AI to helping shape global markets, we build systems that matter. Look to join a team where your work helps influence economies, your ideas can drive innovation and outcomes, and your growth is backed by mentorship, continuous learning and flexibility with potential hybrid work opportunities. Help solve real-world challenges that touch millions and get the opportunity to build the future of finance with Citi Tech.

Role Overview

We are looking for a dev lead to work on a number of green field services within the structured products world. They will be instrumental in setting and ensuring best code practices and designing well-crafted software. The team work in an agile manner, self‑organise their work with BAs, QA, speaking directly with business users across the globe and have good autonomy over technology decisions. They own the continuous delivery pipeline through to production and strive to release frequently into production.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop software iteratively, from an idea through to production.
• Collaborate and lead with the rest of the team, pairing where appropriate.
• Build strong relationships with business users through understanding the challenges that they face, then design and build systems that will allow them to overcome them.
• Produce clean efficient code based on the specifications.
• Strive to improve and share best engineering practice across the wider technology team.

Technology Skills Desired

• For the right applicant this position can be a Full Stack or Frontend role.
• Frontend: React and Typescript – experience with hooks and ES6 would be preferred. Some applications also use GraphQL.
• Backend: The new platform is being built out using Kotlin in a micro‑service based architecture and is deployed within Kubernetes/Openshift containers. Kafka is used as the core messaging layer, and GraphQL server is also involved.
• Best practices around DevOps techniques are expected to be utilised with real‑time monitoring and metrics part of the key deliverables and best practice.
• The team also pushes for fully automated testing, continuous integration and trunk‑based development and would want the developer to have experience working in such an environment.
• Experience with TDD, BDD and agile practices would be ideal – note: we are agile with our agile!

Education

• University degree or equivalent experience in a similar role

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

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 discretionary 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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