Senior Software Engineer (Equities Trade Management) - VP (Hybrid)

Equities Trade Management Senior Software Engineer - VP (Hybrid) Overview

Citi is a world-leading global bank with approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Our mission is to enable clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

We are currently undertaking a multi-year initiative to upgrade our Equities front-to-back infrastructure. The IT team is a key partner to the business and a major contributor to its success and future growth. To support this transformation, additional funding is being invested, and several new and exciting greenfield projects have been initiated.

The Team

You will join the newly formed Equity Derivatives strategic trade management technology team in London, tasked with building and supporting the greenfield trade management platform for the global Equity Derivatives business. As a Software Engineer, you will collaborate with front office, operations, Product Owner team, and development team members to provide solutions that improve efficiency, decrease operational risk, and enable business expansion. You will have experience in building high-performing, scalable, and enterprise-grade applications while adopting best-in-class engineering practices. These high-profile applications offer you the opportunity to shape the direction of future technology and take ownership of functional components. You'll work in a collaborative, respectful, trusting, and diverse environment that encourages creative thinking and critical problem-solving to serve our clients globally.

Role Overview

Citi is looking for a Senior Software Engineer (VP Level) to work on several greenfield services within Equity Derivatives. We work in an Agile and DevOps manner, self-organize our work with BAs, speak directly with business users across the globe, and have good autonomy over technology decisions. We own the continuous delivery pipeline through to production and strive to release frequently into production.

Responsibilities

• Define the architecture, design, development, code review, pairing, testing, and maintenance of applications.
• Design and implement scalable applications and services with a solid focus on quality, continuous integration, and deployment.
• Write testable code following clean coding and SOLID design principles, instilling best engineering practices across the wider firm.
• Perform code reviews and contribute to the overall quality, maintainability, and testability of software developed.
• Adapt to changes in priorities and requirements.
• Work closely with clients and stakeholders to define feature requirements and deliver a product that materially impacts the business and improves the end-user experience.
• Collaborate with teams to form a good working culture and continuously adapt to different working environments.

Key Skills and Experience

• Extensive software development experience.
• Strong knowledge of JVM languages (Java / Kotlin / Scala) and RESTful web services, including data interchange formats such as XML, JSON, Avro.
• Familiarity with different persistent storage technologies involving both SQL and NoSQL.
• Experience working with Git source code management.
• Good understanding of clean coding and SOLID principles.
• Proficiency in code quality measurements using tools like Sonar.
• A team player comfortable working in a team that deals with ambiguity and problem-solving.
• Ability and willingness to mentor junior team members.

Beneficial Skills and Experience

• University degree or equivalent experience preferred; Master's degree preferred.
• Knowledge of Equity Derivatives products & product lifecycle.
• Experience with UI frameworks such as React or Angular.
• Experience with OpenShift / Kubernetes or other cloud platforms.
• Experience working within an Agile (XP) environment.
• Experience with streaming technologies (Akka/Pekko/Flink).

If you think you meet 50%+ of the criteria and are interested in the role, please apply.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Benefits

By joining Citi London, you will be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working from home per week). You will receive a competitive base salary (annually reviewed) and enjoy additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Pension Plan
• Paid parent leave and childcare subsidies
• Discounted banking products
• Meaningful impact
• Inclusive work environment
• Equal opportunities
• Social benefits
• Private healthcare and pension plans
• Discretionary annual performance-related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

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.