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About the Role

This senior engineering leadership role has end-to-end responsibility for application development and core engineering across FX Partnerships Technology. The FX Technology platform is critical to Citi's Markets FX business, operating 24/7 globally and providing essential FX services to Payments and Custody businesses. The role requires a passionate, hands-on technologist to lead application development teams, set technical direction, raise engineering standards, and build resilient teams.

Responsibilities

Provide senior-level engineering leadership across the FX Partnerships Technology platform, spanning application development and core engineering capabilities.
Own the technical health, resilience, and evolution of a mission-critical, globally distributed, 24/7 platform.
Set and continuously raise engineering standards across architecture, development, testing, deployment, and operational support.
Drive the design and development of scalable, resilient system architectures in close partnership with business stakeholders.
Lead multiple application development teams responsible for delivering core FX Partnerships platforms.
Own and evolve core engineering components and shared capabilities that underpin the platform.
Balance delivery speed with platform stability, resilience, and regulatory compliance.
Ensure systems are designed for operability, performance, and availability at global scale.
Lead, mentor, and develop senior engineering leaders and managers across regions globally.
Build teams that value curiosity, accountability, craftsmanship, and continuous learning.
Attract and develop engineers with strong fundamentals, great attitudes, and a passion for solving complex problems.
Create an environment where engineers are empowered to challenge, improve, and innovate.
Partner closely with Markets business leaders to align technology priorities with FX & Services business strategy.
Contribute to the long-term technology vision for FX, including modernisation, simplification, and scalability initiatives.
Own delivery execution across a complex portfolio—planning, prioritisation, budgeting, and progress transparency.
Prepare and present regular updates to senior technology and business leadership.
Ensure change is delivered with strong engineering discipline, governance, and controls appropriate to a global regulated business.
Maintain robust production management practices, including incident management, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
Own disaster recovery and resilience strategies, overseeing testing and readiness for all critical applications.
Proactively identify, manage, and escalate technology and operational risk.
Act as a visible and credible senior engineering leader within FX Technology.
Lead local and global forums, sharing platform vision, progress, and priorities.
Role-model ethical behaviour, accountability, and sound judgement in all decision-making.

Requirements

A senior engineer and technology leader, comfortable owning complex, business-critical platforms.
Deep experience leading application development and/or core engineering teams at scale.
Strong engineering fundamentals and architectural judgement, regardless of specific technology background.
A passion for using technology to solve real business problems in fast-moving markets.
A leadership philosophy that values people, potential, and culture as much as delivery.
Experience working in or with global, distributed engineering teams, including India.
Ability to balance innovation with resilience, risk management, and regulatory discipline.
Extensive experience in senior engineering or technology leadership roles within financial services, markets, or similarly complex regulated environments preferred (Ideally FX)
Strong understanding of enterprise platforms operating at global scale

Skills

Application Development
Core Engineering
Architecture
Development
Testing
Deployment
Operational Support
System Design
Scalability
Resilience
Risk Management
Regulatory Compliance
Disaster Recovery
Production Management
Incident Management
Root-Cause Analysis
Continuous Improvement

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid
Full time

Experience Level

Senior

Salary/Compensations

Competitive base salary (annually reviewed)

Benefits

27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
A discretional annual performance related bonus
Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Pension Plan
Paid Parental Leave
Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
Access to an array of learning and development resources

About the Company

Citi London is part of a business casual workplace.
Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day.
We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.

Equal Opportunity

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