Software Engineer - Equities Tech - VP

Citigroup Inc.; London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution is looking for a Developer Lead in London. The role involves building new services within a structured products environment, emphasizing best code practices and software design. Candidates should have a strong background in React, Typescript, and Kotlin, along with experience in agile practices. The position offers a hybrid work model and comprehensive benefits, including annual leave and performance bonuses.

Benefits

27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

Discretionary performance-related bonus

Private medical care

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Pension plan

Paid parental leave

Special discounts for employees

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role is required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced agile environment.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop software iteratively from an idea to production.
• Lead and collaborate with team members to produce clean code.
• Build strong relationships with business users to solve challenges.

Skills

React

Typescript

Kotlin

GraphQL

DevOps techniques

TDD

BDD

Education

University degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Kafka

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 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. GraphQL server.
• Best practices around DevOps techniques are expected to be utilised with real-time monitoring and metrics part of the key deliverables/best practice.
• The team also push for fully automated testing, continuous integration and trunk based development and would want the developer to have experience of working in such an environment.
• Experience with TDD, BDD and agile practices would be ideal.

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

Our global benefits page contains more details. 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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