Senior Front-End Developer, Citi

Citi

Location:
United Kingdom, London

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

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Job Description:

We are seeking a senior developer to join the London-based team part of the Equity Derivatives Pre-Trade technology group. This role will position you as a technical and delivery lead to design and deliver the build-out of a pre-trade request-for-quote and pricing platform used by the Equity Derivatives and Delta 1 desks globally. This is an excellent opportunity to become a key contributor and technical lead within the Equity technology division.

Job Responsibility:

Deliver consistently excellent code, adhering to our team standards and industry best practices
Identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements
Partner with multiple related teams to ensure business critical goals are met efficiently and within agreed timescales
Resolve a variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes
Achieve and maintain a high level of understanding and current system processes and industry standards
Develop comprehensive knowledge of relevant areas of business and understand their goals and long-term strategy
Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, operating within an agile / frequent delivery mindset
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:

Experience as a technical lead senior developer with front-end technology (JS, ideally React)
Extensive experience of system analysis and development of production-quality software applications
Consistently clear and concise written and verbal communication
Experience working with APIs and microservices systems
Understanding of financial instruments, ideally Equity Derivatives and Delta 1 asset classes
Proven experience in ensuring observability, robust testing quality practice and maintaining clean CI/CD pipelines

Nice to have:

Experience working in React JS, with applications providing order/trade/real time market data or similar data structures and feeds
Exposure to microservices systems and container/cloud deployment and hosting designs
Experience leveraging LLMs assistant tools rationally for coding
Additional technology experience: Kafka, ELK, Mongo, DBaaS, SaaS, Tableau

What we offer:

27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
A discretional annual performance related bonus
Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Pension Plan
Paid Parental Leave
Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
Access to an array of learning and development resources

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
August 01, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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