Senior Infrastructure Tech Lead – Low-Latency Trading

Citibank (Switzerland) AG; New York (NY); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup is seeking an Infrastructure Technology Lead, Senior Vice President, to drive low-latency electronic trading infrastructure architecture as a global SME. The role requires leadership, hands-on contribution, and execution across Linux, networking, HPC file systems, and DevOps in a complex, regulated environment.

The candidate will collaborate with CTS, CISO, and enterprise compute teams to ensure best-in-breed technology alignment and vendor support transitions where needed.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in delivering infrastructure technologies products/services.
• Experience in financial services or large complex/global environments preferred.
• Strong communication and ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Ingress plan and execute technical initiatives to optimize electronic trading systems.
• Collaborate with business, enterprise infrastructure, and security teams to align with standards.
• Lead design reviews, performance tuning, and risk assessment for CTB infrastructure initiatives.

Skills

Linux

C/C++

Python

Shell scripting

Networking

DevOps

Low latency

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Citigroup is seeking an Infrastructure Technology Lead, Senior Vice President, to drive low-latency electronic trading infrastructure architecture as a global SME. The role requires leadership, hands-on contribution, and execution across Linux, networking, HPC file systems, and DevOps in a complex, regulated environment.

The candidate will collaborate with CTS, CISO, and enterprise compute teams to ensure best-in-breed technology alignment and vendor support transitions where needed.