FX Options Trading Senior UI Developer (Vice President)

The Opportunity We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Front-End Developer to join a critical greenfield program focused on transforming our electronic FX Options Trading business. This is a multi-year, high-profile project to modernize and scale our platform, offering a unique opportunity for you to make a significant and lasting impact. You will be at the forefront of building the next generation of trading technology. What You'll Do * Design and Build: Take a leading role in the design and development of a state-of-the-art electronic FX Options Trading Platform. Your focus areas will include: * RFQ (Request for Quote) workflows for clients and sales-to-trader interactions. * Real-time, streaming pricing engines and displays. * Volatility Surface and other complex market data management tools. * A comprehensive workbench for Structured Product Pricing. * Collaborate: Work in a tight-knit, global team alongside developers, quants, and traders to translate complex business requirements into robust, elegant technical solutions. * Innovate: Leverage your deep expertise in TypeScript and React to build high-performance, scalable, and intuitive web UIs that provide an exceptional user experience. * Improve: Champion and contribute to the continuous improvement of our development, deployment (CI/CD), and testing processes to ensure quality and efficiency. * Mentor: Share your knowledge, guide, and mentor other developers, fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture where everyone can grow. Essential Skills & Experience * Front-End Expertise: Advanced, hands-on experience in UI/UX development using React and TypeScript. (Professional experience with Angular or Vue.js would also be considered). * Inter-Application Communication: Solid understanding of building applications that handle real-time data, using technologies like REST APIs, WebSockets, or middleware (e.g., Solace, Kafka, TIBCO). * Engineering Excellence: Proficiency in modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, application resiliency, performance profiling, and telemetry. Desirable Skills (Nice to Have) * AI-Assisted Development: Interest or experience in leveraging agentic AI development tools to accelerate and improve workflows (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Devin). * Familiarity with desktop container frameworks such as OpenFin or interoperability libraries. * Back-end development experience in Java, C#/.NET, or Python. * Knowledge of containerization and orchestration with Kubernetes. * While prior experience in finance is a plus, a strong passion for technology and complex problem-solving is what truly matters. Our Culture * Agile & Collaborative: We thrive in a dynamic environment that values curiosity, ownership, and a drive for continuous improvement. * Transparent Communication: We believe in challenging ideas respectfully and maintaining open, honest communication across all levels of the team. * Iterative Delivery: We focus on delivering high-quality, impactful solutions iteratively, learning and adapting as we go. #LI-Hybrid \------------------------------------------------------ ## Job Family Group: Technology \------------------------------------------------------ ## Job Family: Applications Development \------------------------------------------------------ ## Time Type: Full time \------------------------------------------------------ ## Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above. \------------------------------------------------------ ## Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter. \------------------------------------------------------ Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi. View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.