Senior UI Lead Engineer, VP - Citi - eFinancialCareers : Job Details

Discover your future at CitiWorking at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact. Job OverviewWe'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. The development position involves:

• 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
• Provencommercial 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. ------------------------------------------------------ Job Family Group: Technology ------------------------------------------------------ Job Family:Applications Development ------------------------------------------------------ Time Type: Full time ------------------------------------------------------ Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------ Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------ 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. If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi . View Citi's EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.