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Citi Equities Technology organization is looking for a GUI Technology Lead Engineer to implement a consistent GUI strategy across Equities Sales, Trading, and Analytics platforms globally. This is a Director hands-on engineering role with the responsibility to lead a global development team and deliver to various business lines in each region.

The platforms covered by the scope of this role support both sales and trading workflows across key products traded in equities: stocks, ETFs, programs (baskets), listed derivatives (options and futures), swaps, convertible bonds, and FX.

The common user interface environment must satisfy the volumes of low touch low latency platforms as well as the complexity of advanced manual workflows employed by program trading, delta one, and derivatives desks. The flexibility of the system must meet the demands to operate on a single global codebase yet support the modularization to effectively deliver to dozens of trading desks and hundreds of users globally.

The technology stack will incorporate modern web technologies complemented by advanced middleware products, and microservice-based frameworks. The challenges of this role will include:

• the management of a successful product during the time of rapid expansion

• balancing business delivery and inward technology investment

• continuous technological innovation to reduce the cost of ownership and maintain/improve quality and cost per feature

This is a leadership role with the requirement to guide and influence multiple teams of developers working on hundreds of GUI screens and features. At the same time, it is an engineering role. We are looking for a leader who is passionate about technology.

Key responsibilities of the person in this role will include:

• Ensure proper Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) process to support global development by multiple teams.

• Continuous innovation in the following areas:

• Capacity expansion

• Quality assurance through innovative automated testing

• Short term and long-term monitoring and analysis of key performance indicators

• Well defined user interface patterns and guidelines. User interface uniformity.

• Instrumentation and support tools

• Resiliency

• Configuration management

• Entitlement management

• Design effective and flexible way to maintain sales and trader coverage.

• Ensure support of global (cross-border) workflows.

• Support for flexible entitlement system that provides adequate balance between control and simplicity.

• Where applicable expand traditional UI paradigms, with DSL (domain specific language) capabilities.

• Implement support for FIX standards, such as ATDL.

• Define, maintain, and work with delivery managers and tech leads to enforce the factory best practices globally.

The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Proven past success in delivery and management of a large-scale GUI software program

• Proven delivery track record for enterprise level user interfaces in financial industry

• Proven delivery record for software monitoring tools and instrumentation.

• Expert level engineer in software development with at least 10 years of GUI development experience.

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in computer science, engineering, or other relevant field and solid understanding of computer science fundamentals (date structures, algorithms, design patterns, etc.)

• Understanding of FIX and key equities and equity derivatives products (cash, swaps, futures, options, FX)

• Good sense of GUI usability and experience in product management

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Development

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Jersey City New Jersey United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$170,000.00 - $300,000.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Aug 16, 2024

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