Prime Brokerage Tech Development Lead - (SVP)

Citigroup Inc.

United States

Hybrid

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Discretional annual bonus

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Employee discounts

Learning & development resources

Job summary

Citigroup's Equities Technology team seeks a hands-on engineering leader to shape the Prime Brokerage platform in Java/Kotlin. You will own delivery, drive architecture, and mentor agile teams while raising engineering standards across production systems.

You will contribute to planning, performance, and security, staying hands-on and delivering real value through AI-assisted tooling and robust DevOps. Hybrid work and career growth are offered.

Qualifications

Experience designing and delivering robust, scalable event‑driven systems.
Proven software engineering delivery of complex initiatives.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Excellent communication and ability to adjust priorities.
Hands‑on coding with Java and TDD.

Responsibilities

Own, design, and build core components of Prime Brokerage platform.
Lead planning and estimation with technical teams and stakeholders.
Stay hands-on and contribute production changes.
Improve SDLC, DevOps, and observability.
Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring.
Maintain clear, current project documentation.

Skills

Java

Test-Driven Development

Event-driven architecture

Kotlin

Kafka

SQL Server

MongoDB

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Open Telemetry

ELK

Grafana

HashiCorp Vault

CyberArk

GitHub Copilot

Devin

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Solace

TIBCO

Kafka

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

HashiCorp Vault

CyberArk

GitHub Copilot

Job description

This is a hands-on (programming) role that sets technical direction, owns delivery outcomes, and takes accountability for application ownership while raising engineering standards across the team. It pairs a broad platform view with close, day-to-day engagement in real technical challenges.

Own, design, and build core components of the Prime Brokerage platform in Kotlin/Java.
Shape complex business requirements into clear technical direction and maintainable solutions.
Lead planning and estimation with technical teams and business stakeholders.
Stay hands-on and lead by example, personally contributing to changes delivered to production.
Level up applications to high engineering standards, focusing on shift-left testing, resiliency, security, scalability, and observability.
Provide technical leadership to agile teams, mentoring developers and raising the engineering quality bar.
Champion quality and continuous improvement in SDLC and DevOps, using metrics like DORA.
Identify and remove friction in the development processes to improve developer productivity.
Drive pragmatic adoption of AI engineering tooling, embedded in workflows where real value is delivered into production.
Own production stability end to end, staying with incidents through to genuine remediation.
Invest in people and culture, mentoring engineers and contributing to hiring.
Keep project and technical documentation clear, current, and useful.

Technical Experience required

Java & Test-Driven Development are essential.
Experience designing and developing robust and resilient event-driven architectures.
Experience in any number of additional technologies (listed below) is advantageous:
- Kotlin
- Messaging Technologies (Kafka, Solace, TIBCO)
- Database / Data Store / Data Query Technologies (SQL Server, Mongo, S3)
- Cloud Technologies (Kubernetes, Open Shift)
- Observability Technologies (Open Telemetry, ELK, Grafana)
- Secrets Management platforms (HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk)
- AI-assisted development tooling (GitHub Copilot, Devin)
Proven experience in software engineering.
Deep expertise in systems analysis and programming.
Proven delivery of complex technical initiatives.
Comfortable adjusting priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
Clear and concise written and verbal communication.
Bachelor's or University degree, or equivalent experience.

Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of approximately 219,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact., 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.

Equities Tech Equities Technology at Citi is undertaking a bold, multi-year transformation to build a best-in-class global platform across execution, prime, clearing and cross-product margining. We are re-engineering our technology estate to achieve world-leading performance and resiliency, enabling new capabilities in advanced execution, global market connectivity, and modernised post-trade, clearing and margin processes. Our ambition is to deliver a seamlessly integrated, highly automated platform that drives outstanding client outcomes and accelerates growth across our global franchise. As part of the team, you'll collaborate closely with high-calibre engineers and deeply engaged business and product partners - working together to define and deliver the next generation of Equities technology at Citi. PB Tech Prime Brokerage Technology provides solutions that underpin the operations of our clients and form the foundation of our Prime Finance business. This is an area of great opportunity and a major growth target for Citi, with technology providing the key to unlock this potential.

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.

By joining Citi, 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: