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About Citi
Citi is one of the world’s most trusted financial institutions, proudly serving millions of customers across the United States.
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256 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$140,080–$210,120
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The Credit and Systematic Trading Front End Developer, Vice President role is situated within the Fixed Income Trading Services team. As a technical lead embedded on the trading floor, you will collaborate with traders and quants to design, develop, and deliver high-performance front-end solutions for real-time trading, analytics, and workflow optimization. You will build data-intensive applications using HTML5, React, or Angular, while integrating these interfaces with RESTful APIs and event-driven infrastructures like Kafka, Solace, Redis, Elasticsearch, or Pinot. The role requires expertise in micro-front end architectures and experience with Python or Java for backend services. This position addresses the complex challenge of providing scalable, low-latency trading tools within the Credit Portfolio and Systematic Trading business, balancing strategic platform architecture with immediate tactical requirements to support high-volume market data flows and risk management standards.
Develop high-performance front-end trading and analytics tools for real-time data processing.
Translate trader and quant requirements into scalable, intuitive user interface solutions.
Architect and implement micro-front end solutions using reusable components and shared design systems.
Integrate front-end applications with RESTful APIs and event-driven messaging infrastructures like Kafka or Solace.
Lead system analysis for complex initiatives involving market data flows and trading workflows.
Establish and enforce standards for front-end coding, testing, and deployment.
Mentor and coach mid-level developers while managing work allocation and review.
Ensure all software development complies with enterprise security, risk management, and regulatory standards.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required; a Master's degree is preferred.
6 to 10 years of experience in application development or systems analysis are required.
At least 5 years of experience in Front-End/UI development is required.
3 to 5 years of experience building large-scale, distributed applications using Python or Java is required.
Experience building trading, pricing, or real-time analytics applications in low-latency environments is required.
Proficiency with modern front-end technologies including HTML5, React, and/or Angular is required.
Experience with micro-front end architectures, reusable UI frameworks, and contextuality technologies like FDC3 is required.
Experience integrating front-end applications with RESTful APIs and event-driven or messaging platforms like Kafka, Solace, Redis, or Elasticsearch is required.