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Foreign Exchange has been one of the defining businesses of Citi for much of its 200-year existence.\nCiti has the largest FX presence of any bank globally, and we proudly put this down to delivering unrivalled service and insight to our clients. Increasing investment in technology has seen us roll out award-winning applications. Technology is a central pillar for our plans to sustain and grow our FX business.\nAbove all, we seek individuals who demonstrate exceptional attitude and aptitude, and have a demonstrated passion for delivering FX technology in support of our #1 FX business.\nJob Background / Context\nThe FX Technology group is responsible for building and maintaining the technology platforms that power Citi's global Foreign Exchange business - one of the most complex, high-volume, and latency-sensitive trading environments in the financial industry. The group supports a broad spectrum of capabilities including pricing engines, trade processing, risk management, post-trade processing, and client connectivity.\nAs part of our continued investment in engineering excellence, we are seeking a Java Development Lead at the C13 (Vice President). This is a dual-mandate role that combines hands-on technical leadership with a broader responsibility for shaping and elevating Java engineering practices across FX Technology.\nThe successful candidate will lead a team of senior engineers delivering mission-critical FX systems.\nThis role sits at the intersection of delivery leadership and technical governance, making it ideal for a seasoned Java engineer who is passionate about both building great software and growing great engineers.\nKey Responsibilities\nDevelopment & Delivery Leadership\nLead the design, development, and delivery of high-performance, scalable Java-based systems supporting FX trading, sales, risk, and post-trade workflows.\nOwn end-to-end technical guidance for one or more feature teams, ensuring alignment with business priorities, architectural standards, and regulatory requirements.\nDrive agile delivery practices including sprint planning, backlog refinement, code reviews, and retrospectives.\nCollaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, and Business to translate complex FX business requirements into robust technical solutions.\nEnsure production stability, performance, and resilience of FX systems through proactive engineering practices including observability, alerting, and capacity planning.\nManage technical risk, dependencies, and delivery timelines, escalating blockers appropriately.\nContribute to and review system design documents and technical roadmaps.\nChampion code quality, test-driven development (TDD), and clean architecture principles across all Java delivery teams.\nEvaluate and recommend new tools, libraries, and frameworks; lead proof-of-concept (PoC) initiatives where appropriate.\nAct as a technical escalation point for complex Java engineering challenges across teams.\nPeople & Stakeholder Management\nMentor and coach senior and mid-level Java engineers, supporting their technical growth and career progression.\nConduct technical interviews and contribute to hiring decisions for Java engineering roles.\nBuild strong relationships with technology leads, architects, and business stakeholders across FX Technology.\nRepresent the Java engineering community in cross-functional forums, architecture reviews, and technology governance bodies.\nDevelopment Value\nThis role offers a unique opportunity to operate at the forefront of financial technology in one of the world's most dynamic trading environments. The successful candidate will:\nGain deep domain expertise in FX markets, trading systems, and financial technology at a global scale.\nShape engineering culture across a large, distributed Java engineering community, leaving a lasting impact on how software is built within FX Technology.\nWork with cutting-edge technology - from ultra-low latency systems and real-time data pipelines to cloud-native microservices and event-driven architectures.\nAccelerate career growth through exposure to senior leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic technology decisions.\nBe part of a #1 ranked FX franchise, contributing to technology that directly enables Citi's market-leading position in global FX.\nKnowledge / Experience\n10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on Java development in complex, enterprise-scale environments.\n3+ years in a technical lead or senior engineering lead capacity, with demonstrated experience owning delivery outcomes.\nProven experience working in financial services technology, ideally within capital markets, FX, rates, or fixed income domains.\nStrong understanding of FX products (Spot, Forwards, Swaps, Options) and the associated trade lifecycle (pre-trade, execution, post-trade) is highly desirable.\nFamiliarity with regulatory and compliance considerations relevant to financial technology (e.g., MiFID II, Dodd-Frank, FRTB).\nExperience working in agile/scrum delivery environments with cross-functional squads.\nExposure to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and cloud-native development patterns.\nEssential Skills / Competencies\nTechnical Skills\n Expert-level Java proficiency - deep knowledge of core Java (Java 11/17/21+), JVM internals, memory management, concurrency, and performance tuning.\nStrong experience with Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Reactor / WebFlux).\nProficiency in microservices architecture, RESTful API design, and event-driven systems.\nHands-on experience with messaging platforms such as Apache Kafka, Solace, or similar.\nSolid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB).\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling (Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD), and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).\nStrong grasp of software design patterns, SOLID principles, and clean code practices.\nProficiency in unit, integration, and performance testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Gatling, etc.).\nFamiliarity with low-latency / high-throughput system design is a strong advantage.\nLeadership & Soft Skills\nExceptional communication skills - able to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nStrong influencing skills - able to drive adoption of standards and practices without direct authority across squads.\nStrategic thinking - ability to balance short-term delivery pressures with long-term engineering quality and sustainability.\nCollaborative mindset - thrives in a cross-functional, globally distributed team environment.\nMentorship and coaching - genuine passion for developing engineers and building high-performing teams.\nProblem-solving orientation - approaches challenges with curiosity, rigour, and a bias for action.\nResilience and adaptability - comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-stakes trading technology environment. Education:\nBachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience\nMaster’s degree preferred\nThis job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. 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