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We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated hands-on Automation Developer to join our Securities Finance Technology team. This is a hands-on development role focused on enhancing engineering productivity and championing code and product quality. You will design, build, and maintain the frameworks and tools that empower the team to ship high-quality code with confidence and speed. The ideal candidate is enthusiastic with a knack for building robust, scalable systems and a strong interest, understanding and experience in the principles of software quality. You will be responsible for integrating cutting-edge AI tools to elevate our development capabilities. This position requires a strong team player with excellent communication skills and a desire to partner with the wider stakeholder group and support fellow engineers.
Job Responsibility
Architect, design, and implement scalable, maintainable, and developer-friendly frameworks (including testing) and libraries from the ground up
Develop internal tools to improve efficiency and automate developer workflows
Take ownership of the core testing infrastructure used by the entire development team, ensuring it meets the highest standards of reliability and performance
Continuously identify and engineer solutions to automate and streamline manual processes within the development lifecycle ensuring high standards of reliability and performance
Drive the technical implementation of CI/CD pipelines
Collaborate with Operations and Development teams to optimize the build, test, and deploy process, ensuring a seamless, reliable, and efficient pipeline that provides rapid feedback
Partner effectively with development teams, business analysts, and operations users to gain a deep understanding of application architecture and business workflows
Champion best practices for code quality and testability across the software development lifecycle, advocating for a shift-left mindset
Translate complex requirements into elegant, testable, and well-documented code and framework designs
Research, prototype, and integrate AI-powered tools and techniques to enhance developer productivity and test effectiveness (e.g., AI for data generation, anomaly detection, code completion)
Stay current with industry trends in AI for software development and champion the adoption of best practices
Act as a technical subject matter expert on our framework architecture and developer tooling
Provide guidance, support, and mentorship to other engineers
Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure adherence to high coding standards
Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency
Requirements
A minimum of 8+ years of hands-on experience in a technical, development role
Demonstrated experience architecting, designing, and implementing scalable applications, frameworks, or developer tools from scratch
Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
Demonstrable experience or strong interest in integrating and utilizing AI tools within a development context
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly
Proven ability to work effectively as a strong team player in a collaborative, agile environment
Nice to have
Experience working in the financial services industry
Knowledge of BDD (Behaviour-Driven Development) principles and practices
Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms
Experience building and maintaining shared libraries or open-source projects
Expertise in at least one major programming language (e.g., Java, Python)
Extensive experience with testing frameworks and tools (e.g., JUnit, TestNG, Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, Postman)