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Citi is seeking a highly motivated and curious engineer to join Fixed Income Trading Services as a trading tool developer embedded within the Systematic & Credit Portfolio Trading business. This role, Fixed Income Trading Services – Credit Portfolio & Systematic Trading Tooling Lead Front‑End Developer, is based directly on the trading floor, offering a unique opportunity for in‑person collaboration with traders, quants, and product development teams. In this role, you will rapidly iterate on revenue‑generating and risk‑reducing trading and analytics tooling, gain deep understanding of the business context, and balance strategic platform builds with immediate tactical needs. Operating in a fast‑paced, front‑office trading environment, this position provides an outstanding opportunity to directly experience the impact of your work and help build and scale a new strategic trading desk. The Fixed Income Trading Services Lead Front‑End Developer is a senior-level role responsible for designing, developing, and delivering high‑performance front-end and user interface solutions supporting Credit Portfolio Trading and Systematic Trading within Fixed Income. The role serves as a hands-on technical lead, closely aligned with business stakeholders to deliver intuitive, scalable, and high‑quality trading tools while adhering to enterprise architecture, security, and risk management standards.
Job Responsibility:
Act as a front-end technology lead embedded with Credit Portfolio Trading and Systematic Trading desks, delivering tooling that supports real-time trading, analytics, and workflow optimization
Partner closely with traders, quants, and product stakeholders to translate evolving business needs into scalable, intuitive, and performant UI solutions
Lead system analysis and front-end development for complex, high-impact initiatives through deep understanding of trading workflows, system integrations, and market data flows
Design, build, and evolve real-time, data-intensive front-end trading and analytics applications with a strong focus on usability, responsiveness, and performance
Operate effectively in a highly iterative and rapid development environment, balancing strategic architecture initiatives with tactical desk-driven enhancements
Architect and implement scalable UI and micro-front end solutions, enabling reusable components and consistent cross-application experiences
Build front-end applications integrated with RESTful APIs and event-driven or messaging infrastructures to support high-volume, real-time updates
Collaborate with UX and design partners to deliver a homogenous, enterprise-aligned desktop experience, contributing to shared UI frameworks and design systems
Establish, document, and enforce standards for front-end coding, testing, debugging, deployment, and ongoing support
Serve as advisor and coach to mid-level developers and analysts
allocate and review work as required
Drive adoption of enterprise UI frameworks, design systems, and front-end best practices across Fixed Income Technology
Assess technology and delivery risks, ensuring adherence to Citi policies, regulatory expectations, and secure development practices
Escalate, manage, and remediate control issues with transparency while safeguarding Citi, its clients, and its assets
Requirements:
6–10 years of experience in application development or systems analysis
5+ years of Front-End/UI development experience
Strong hands-on experience with modern front-end technologies and frameworks such as HTML5, React, and/or Angular
3–5 years of experience building large-scale, distributed applications using Python or Java
Experience building trading, pricing, or real-time analytics applications in low-latency, high-throughput environments
Prior experience supporting Credit markets or other secondary trading businesses
Proven experience with micro-front end architectures, reusable UI frameworks, and contextualization technologies (e.g., FDC3)
Strong understanding of scalable UI architecture, UX best practices, and secure front-end development
Experience integrating front-end applications with RESTful APIs and event-driven or messaging/data platforms (e.g., Kafka, Solace, Redis, Elasticsearch, Pinot)
Proficiency with source control tools such as Git
Solid understanding of SDLC concepts and experience operating in Agile and Waterfall delivery models
Demonstrated leadership, ownership mindset, and ability to operate autonomously in a desk‑embedded, fast‑paced trading environment
Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills across both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Proven ability to rapidly learn the business context, reprioritize, and deliver both strategic builds and tactical solutions under tight timelines
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
Nice to have:
Experience supporting Credit, Fixed Income, or Derivatives trading desks, particularly Portfolio or Systematic Trading
Direct experience working side-by-side with traders and quants in highly iterative, front-office development models
Rapid prototyping and wireframing experience (e.g., Figma)
Python full-stack experience, including rapid UI frameworks (e.g., Streamlit)
Experience driving standardization and adoption of shared UI frameworks and design systems across multiple teams
Familiarity with leveraging AI coding assistants or agent-based tooling to accelerate front-end development
Master’s degree preferred
What we offer:
medical, dental & vision coverage
401(k)
life, accident, and disability insurance
wellness programs
paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays
discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards