Senior UX/UI Engineer (VP) Commodities Risk

Senior UX/UI Engineer (VP) Commodities Risk

Who we are.

The Commodities business at CITI has grown significantly in the last 10 years to become one of the leading industry players. It is a federated business model that covers market making across all types of assets including Oil, Gas, Power, Agriculture, Emissions, Metals, Freight, Exotics and Indices.

Our state-of-the-art investment strategies help optimize our clients’ working capital and enable them to raise strategic financing. Our leading insights, strong market-making capabilities and global reach make us the counterparty of choice for clients looking to innovate in both physical and financial commodities.

The Commodities business is always interesting and varied, involving physical assets and enabling economic activities throughout the world. The global political environment in the last 3 years has been challenging for our clients across many of our asset classes, increasing the demand for robust but flexible IT systems which we rely on to transact and manage risk.

Citi are now one of the largest Commodities players in the banking sector, having grown rapidly over the past five years and we have ambitious plans to further develop our Commodities platform. Our technology challenges are therefore fast-moving and varied.

Our Commodities technology team comprises some 350 people across London, Houston, Pune & Singapore. Our IT teams are organised to support the key business operations of Pricing, Risk Management, Trade Lifecycle, Electronic Trading, Market Data and Data Analytics.

What you will do / Key Responsibilities

• Frontend Development: Develop responsive, high performance web application using React.js and related libraries to deliver exceptional user experience for risk management application
• UI/UX Design Implementation: Work closely with UI/UX designers to translate design mock ups and wireframes into interactive and visually appealing user interfaces
• Citi Container Service Integration: Integrate with Citi provided container services and design storage of entitlements/Configs and transactional data.
• Component Development: Create reusable React Components and libraries to facilitate rapid development and ensure consistency across different sections of the application.
• State Management: Implement state management such as Redux or Recoil to manage application state efficiently and ensure data consistencies across components.
• Integration with Backend Services: Collaborate with backend developers to integrate frontend components with RESTful APIs, ensuring seamless data flow and synchronization between frontend and backend systems.
• Performance Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks in the application including rendering optimizations, code splitting and lazy loading techniques to enhance overall performance and user experience.
• Code Quality and Testing: Write clean, well-documented code following best practices and coding standards. Conduct unit tests and integration tests to ensure stability of system.
• Continuous Learning: Stay updated with latest trends and developments in frontend technology, especially in React ecosystem both within Citi and on street.

What you will bring to the role

• Proven experience as a front end React developer, with proficiency in React.js and State management (Redux/Recoil/Mobx/Context API etc).
• Solid understanding of React Hooks and functional components
• Knowledge of performance optimization techniques such as memoization and useCallback
• Familiarity with Popular react component libraries such as MaterialUI, Ant Design or Semantic UI
• Solid hands-on experience with Typescript for static typing and improved code maintainability in React projects
• Solid hands on experience working with AG Grid, clear understanding of CSRM/SSRM/Viewport RM/Full RM.
• Solid understanding of web technologies including HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript ES6+
• Experience with front end tools such as Webpack, Babel, Yarn, Npm etc.
• Experience in integrating RESTful APIs and handling async operations.
• Experience with UI/UX design principles and building wireframes.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex React-related issues.

Bonus Points for

• Experience with C#, ideally with desktop as well as web-services and .Net core and distributed micro-services-based architectures.
• A good understanding of async programming. Functional programming experience useful.
• Knowledge of MongoDB or other NoSQL databases and general SQL experience useful.
• Experience in a Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery and Automated Deployment environment with tools such as Jenkins, TeamCity, uDeploy.
• Prior experience working with WPF is useful.
• Knowledge of banking or financial service is a plus.

Education:

• Degree/University educated (master’s preferred) or equivalent experience in a similar role.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

What we’ll provide you

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 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

Alongside these benefits 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.

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