Software Engineer - Equities Tech - VP

Citi; London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services firm is seeking a Development Lead in London to drive the development of green field services. This role offers a hybrid working model and emphasizes best practices in coding and agile methodologies. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in Frontend technologies such as React and backend technologies like Kotlin, along with a university degree or equivalent experience. Competitive salary and benefits provided.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

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

Qualifications

• Experience with Frontend technologies like React and Typescript.
• Experience with Backend technologies including Kotlin and microservices.
• Familiarity with DevOps and automated testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop software iteratively, from an idea through to production.
• Collaborate and lead within the team to solve challenges.
• Design and build systems to meet business needs.

Skills

React

Typescript

Kotlin

Kubernetes

OpenShift

GraphQL

Kafka

TDD

BDD

Education

University degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Overview

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

• 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 built with Kotlin in a microservice-based architecture, deployed within Kubernetes/OpenShift containers. Kafka is used as the core messaging layer. GraphQL server.
• Best practices around DevOps techniques are expected to be utilised with real-time monitoring and metrics as key deliverables/best practice.
• Team pushes for fully automated testing, continuous integration and trunk-based development; experience in such an environment is desirable.
• Experience with TDD, BDD and agile practices would be ideal.

Education

• University degree or equivalent experience in 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 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

Accessibility at Citi (no direct external link) and Citi’s EEO policy statements are available for review. Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity, please review the accessibility resources.

Job Details

Job Family Group: Technology

Job Family: Applications Development

Time Type: Full time

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity, review accessibility resources.