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You will cover the full software development lifecycle - analysis, design, implementation, and testing - while providing technical leadership to the team.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nDesign and develop high-quality trading GUIs providing compelling user experiences for internal and external traders\nDefine and enforce interoperability standards across web applications using FDC3, and REST/WebSocket APIs. Experience with OpenFin or Interop is desirable but not essential.\nDrive AI integration within the development lifecycle - including AI-assisted coding, automated test generation, and intelligent monitoring\nInfluence performance engineering across the UI stack: profiling, rendering optimisation, bundle analysis, and low-latency data delivery\nContribute and influence architecture decisions for large-scale front-end systems, including monorepo governance and design system adoption across globally distributed teams\nChampion best practices in TDD, code review, and AI-assisted development tooling (e.g., GitHub Copilot)\nLiaise with UI leads, UX, Product, and Sales groups to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions\nMentor junior engineers and contribute to team growth and delivery standards\nEssential Experience\nSolid experience building and deploying complex web application platforms in production\nExpert-level proficiency in **TypeScript, React, HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript (ES6+)**\nDemonstrated experience profiling and optimising high throughput React applications (Web Workers, virtual rendering, memory management)\nExperience with desktop containers: **Chromium, Electron, or OpenFin**; familiarity with **FDC3** for cross-application interoperability\nExperience with real-time messaging systems: **Kafka, Solace, or Tibco**\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or equivalent) and Agile methodologies\nStrong communication skills with experience in globally distributed teams\nDesirable\nExperience building real-time trading platforms\nFX or Fixed Income product knowledge\nJava REST API development experience\nFamiliarity with AI-assisted development tools\nThis job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.\nWhat we’ll provide you\nBy joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:\n27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)\nA discretional annual performance related bonus\nPrivate Medical Care & Life Insurance\nEmployee Assistance Program\nPension Plan\nPaid Parental Leave\nSpecial discounts for employees, family, and friends\nAccess to an array of learning and development resources\nVisit our Global Benefits page to learn more.\nAlongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. 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