Overview

We\'re hiring a Senior UI Lead Engineer to help build Citi\'s next generation, cross-asset risk system. We are utilising cutting edge technology to meet complex trading and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Development of high-quality, modern UIs for developers, support, quants and finance staff
• Participation in a fast-paced Agile development process
• Development of high-quality software, emphasizing simplicity, maintainability and reuse
• Participation in code and design reviews
• Working proactively on diverse and innovative solutions
• Requirements analysis and capture, working closely with the business and business aligned teams to define solutions
• Good communication with support, other development teams, and infrastructure teams
• Thorough automated testing using unit and integration tests
• Driving the architectural standards, development best practices, and promoting adherence to these standards
• Driving the architectural and technical evolution of frameworks and APIs

Key Relationships

• Portfolio owners and project leads
• Risk/Pricing development teams and colleagues in London, Poland, Canada, New York, Shanghai
• Control and support staff

Qualifications and Skills

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned developer with extensive commercial experience of React; familiarity with Typescript; and solid knowledge of modern HTML, JavaScript and CSS. The candidate must be a self-starter who can take wireframes and implement intuitive user interfaces. The candidate must be able to lead the team technically to drive the architecture standards and best practices

Required Skills

• Strong communication skills
• Proven commercial experience with React
• Strong knowledge of modern HTML, JavaScript (ES6+) & CSS
• Strong understanding of Node.js & npm
• Experience with Typescript
• Hands-on expertise in development tools such as Webpack and Vite for efficient build and bundling workflows.
• Skilled in implementing robust testing strategies using frameworks like Playwright, React Testing Library, and Vitest to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.

Desirable skills

• Experience in Investment Banking or finance
• Experience with GraphQL
• Strong understanding of modern JavaScript tooling
• Experience publishing npm libraries
• Experience with micro-frontends
• Experience building developer tooling
• Good technical writing skills for documentation
• Good understanding of data structures and solid computer science fundamentals
• Knowledge of messaging systems and event-driven architectures

Exceptional candidates who do not meet these criteria may be considered for the role provided they have the necessary skills and experience.

Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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