Front End Development Lead

Citi is looking for a talented Front End Development Lead who is passionate to continue to evolve our next-generation trading application. The role requires a detailed understanding of software design/best practices along with a strong technical ability.  This is an exciting opportunity to work on high profile trading application. The team works closely with end users gaining direct exposure to the world of front office trading and finance. 

G10 Rates Technology is responsible for delivering state of the art technology solutions to the Global G10 Rates business. Initiatives include deliveries across sales, risk, pricing, algorithmic trading, execution, trade processing, and much more. 
Citi is one of the top global dealers within Fixed Income and contributing to that success is a great opportunity to develop cutting edge technical skills with strong career opportunities. 

The Fixed Income business has set out an ambitious growth plan, and strong technical development is critical to achieving our goals and enhancing our leading position in the financial market.

Job Responsibilities:

• Designing and developing the flagship “Citi Velocity Desktop” platform. 
• Designing and developing the flagship “Rates Trader Desktop” platform. 
• Working directly with end users on requirements analysis and capture.
• Troubleshooting challenging performance and scalability issues.
• Liaising with the global business, support, and development teams.
• Assisting in third line support during core trading hours and production issues as needed.
• Enhancing our automated testing efforts and optimizing our UAT process.
• Utilize the latest and greatest Web technologies.
• Develop efficient and robust solutions to challenging business problems.
• Work on a globally distributed team to deliver the next generation UI experience for traders at Citi.
• Gain knowledge and exposure to Front Office Trading Systems, Fixed Income, and Derivatives flows.
• Excellent communication skills, oral and written; ability to face off to business users.
• Good team-work skills, and the ability to work in a distributed global team environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated with the determination to achieve goals.
• Flexible and able to deliver quality results in the required timeframe.
• Experience in full lifecycle development.
• Ability to multi-task effectively.

Qualifications:

• 12-15 years of experience in developing large-scale enterprise desktop Web applications.
• Experience using Angular 8.0+, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, SAAS/LESS
• Experience using Angular grid libraries (ag-Grid)
• Experience with RxJS and ngRX
• Experience with writing unit tests for Angular/Typescript using JEST
• Experience with building cross-platform applications using Web technologies such as Electron, Chromium, and OpenFin etc.
• Experience with consuming real-time streaming data through web sockets
• Experience with consuming JSON/XML based data from REST services
• Experience with tools such as Visual Studio Code, npm, node.js
• Experience with C#/.NET/WPF and object-oriented programming
• Experience with writing unit tests for C#/.NET (NUnit/MSTest/SpecFlow etc.)
• Experience with Rx extensions (.NET)
• Experience with web-based data visualization utilizing Angular/JavaScript HighCharts charting library.
• Experience with build pipelines (TeamCity, Jenkins, etc.) and ECS hosting (OpenShift).
• Experience developing large financial software trading systems.
• Knowledge of any Interest Rates or Futures financial products (e.g. Treasuries/Swaps).
• Experience in managing, leading, and implementing successful projects.
• Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Web Applications Development
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Experience with modern software development practices such as Agile development, test-driven development, and continuous delivery as it pertains to enterprise web applications.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.

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