Credit and Systematic Trading Front End Developer, Vice President
Location: New York, NY | Type: Full-time
About the role
Citi is looking for a highly motivated engineer to join the Fixed Income Trading Services team as a Lead Front-End Developer. This senior-level role focuses on designing and delivering high-performance front-end solutions for Credit Portfolio Trading and Systematic Trading. The position is based on the trading floor, allowing for close collaboration with traders and quants. The developer will balance strategic platform builds with immediate tactical needs in a fast-paced trading environment.
Responsibilities
- Act as a front-end technology lead embedded with Credit Portfolio Trading and Systematic Trading desks.
- Partner closely with traders, quants, and product stakeholders to translate evolving business needs into scalable UI solutions.
- Lead system analysis and front-end development for complex, high-impact initiatives.
- Design, build, and evolve real-time, data-intensive front-end trading and analytics applications.
- Establish, document, and enforce standards for front-end coding, testing, debugging, deployment, and ongoing support.
Requirements
- 6–10 years of experience in application development or systems analysis, including 5+ years of Front-End/UI development experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with modern front-end technologies and frameworks such as HTML5, React, and/or Angular.
- 3–5 years of experience building large-scale, distributed applications using Python or Java.
- Experience building trading, pricing, or real-time analytics applications in low-latency, high-throughput environments.
- Proven experience with micro-front end architectures and reusable UI frameworks.
Pay
$142,320 - $213,480 per year
Benefits
Citi offers a comprehensive benefits package including competitive pay, stock programs, healthcare coverage, retirement plans, paid time off, parental leave, and programs supporting employee wellbeing and professional development.