Senior Front End Developer - London, United Kingdom - Citi

Citi

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Initially, this role will be remote, but will switch to Hybrid working once the new office is Open (city-centre). Therefore applicants who are not able to commit to a hybrid working model need not apply.
CITI is one of the largest players in the financial industry, employing more than 200,000 people across the globe.

In the UK, CITI is a major employer with over 6000 people in London and 3000 in Belfast.

CITI comprises many different businesses across Retail, Corporate, Wealth Management and Investment Banking. One of the most important, high profile and profitable sectors is Global Markets Trading.

Global Markets Trading deals with clients and investors who wish to trade in the international markets of Foreign Exchange, Equities, Interest Rates, Bonds, Commodities and Credit derivatives.

There are roles available in each of these different areas.

Within the Global Markets IT department, many of our senior developers and managers are based in London but work with global teams in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Previously, our UK mainland IT roles were centred in the London area. However, we believe in the growing significance of N.W. England and particularly Manchester as a technology hub.

ICG Rates eTrading Tech Overview

The evolution of electronic trading and automation has changed the way that rates products trade forever, driving a need for real-time, low latency pricing, market making and risk technology.

In this increasingly electronic and competitive landscape, Citi is key player due to its leading eTrading platform and investment in technology.

The Rates eTrading team is at the forefront, by building high-performance low latency technology that supports the execution of billions of dollars of client trades every day.

Our competitive advantage is our technology and having a platform that provides exceptional and dependable trading experience.

If you have this kind of vision, capable of seeing ahead, of developing a clear path forward in a quest to try the yet untried, here is the opportunity.

The Rates Sales team is responsible for Citi's Rates Sales tools, enabling our Rates Sales team to keep its market-leading position.

Having a platform that provides exceptional and dependable sales experience is crucial for the bank.

Job Background/context:

Rates Technology is responsible for delivering state of the art technology solutions to the Global Rates business. Initiatives includes deliveries across sales, risk, pricing, algorithmic trading, execution, trade processing, and much more.

Citi is one of the top global dealers on the street in Fixed Income and contributing to that success is a great opportunity to develop cutting edge technical skills with strong career opportunities.

The Fixed Income business has set out an ambitious growth plan, and strong technical development is critical to achieving our goals and enhancing our leading position in the financial market.

Job Responsibilities / Role:

Working directly with Sales to shape the future direction of the platform.
Utilizing creativity and innovation to improve the technical capabilities of the platform and ensuring it remains stable, flexible, and maintainable.
Driving engineering standards and continuing to strive for best
Enhancing our automated testing efforts and optimizing our UAT process
Troubleshooting challenging performance and scalability issues
Providing onsite support to Rates traders in Paris location
Assisting in third line support during core trading hours
Liaising with the global business, support, and development teams on various exciting projects

Job Opportunities:

Build a strong profile in a highperformance global team (London, Paris, NY, Mississauga, Shanghai, Sydney, and Tokyo)
Develop efficient and robust solutions to challenging business problems.
Work on a globally distributed team to deliver the next generation experience for Sales at Citi.
Gain knowledge and exposure to Front Office Trading Systems, Fixed Income, and Derivatives flows.

Qualifications:

Required

Extensive Frontend programming experience with Javascript frameworks
Understanding of computing science fundamentals concurrency, algorithms, data structures, design patterns, etc.

Preferred

Experience with Java Core, Spring framework and Linux
Experience developing large financial software trading systems with substantial handson development experience in building systems with an attention to optimizing and tuning performance, while also demonstrating critical thinking skills related to reuse, scalability, and troubleshooting.
Knowledge of major Financial Products (e.g., EuroGovies/Swaps/GILTS/SAS etc.) and Broker/Customer Markets electronic trading flows.
Experience on MongoDB
Experience with modern software development practices such as Agile development, testdriven development, and continuous integration and continuous delivery.
Worked in an Agile globally distrib