VP, Senior UI Engineer — FX Trading Platforms

11037 Citibank, N.A. United Kingdom; England; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Performance bonus

Private medical care

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Pension plan

Parental leave

Employee discounts

Learning resources

Job summary

Citi London is seeking a Senior Applications Developer to join a team delivering pricing solutions for the FX business. You will oversee full software lifecycle and provide technical leadership for trading GUIs used by internal and external traders.

You will work across UI stacks, implement interoperability via FDC3 and REST/WebSocket APIs, lead AI-assisted development and performance optimization, mentor engineers, and collaborate with UI leads, UX, Product and Sales in a global, hybrid

Qualifications

• Solid experience building and deploying complex web application platforms in production.
• Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript, React, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript (ES6+).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-quality trading GUIs providing compelling user experiences for internal and external traders.
• Define and enforce interoperability standards across web applications using FDC3, and REST/WebSocket APIs.
• Drive AI integration within the development lifecycle — including AI-assisted coding, automated test generation, and intelligent monitoring.
• Influence performance engineering across the UI stack: profiling, rendering optimisation, bundle analysis, and low-latency data delivery.
• Contribute and influence architecture decisions for large-scale front-end systems, including monorepo governance and design system adoption across globally distributed teams.
• Champion best practices in TDD, code review, and AI-assisted development tooling (GitHub Copilot).
• Liaise with UI leads, UX, Product, and Sales groups to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team growth and delivery standards.

Skills

TypeScript

React

HTML5

CSS

JavaScript

OpenFin

Chromium

Electron

FDC3

Kafka

CI/CD

Jenkins

Agile

Distributed teams

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Citi London is seeking a Senior Applications Developer to join a team delivering pricing solutions for the FX business. You will oversee full software lifecycle and provide technical leadership for trading GUIs used by internal and external traders.

You will work across UI stacks, implement interoperability via FDC3 and REST/WebSocket APIs, lead AI-assisted development and performance optimization, mentor engineers, and collaborate with UI leads, UX, Product and Sales in a global, hybrid