About this role
Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.
As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.
Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.
Position Overview
Citi is hiring a Senior Applications Developer, FX Client Testing to join the FX Technology Client Testing Support team, a global function supporting client onboarding, testing, and platform validation across Citi's electronic FX trading platforms. In this role, you will combine application development, test automation, and observability engineering to support strategic client onboarding initiatives and platform enhancements, partnering closely with development, QA, sales, trading, infrastructure, and external client teams. This is an opportunity to apply your financial technology and front office application experience to systems that directly support Citi's global FX business.
Responsibilities
- Support FX client testing and onboarding initiatives across Citi's electronic FX trading platforms.
- Build and maintain test automation frameworks that improve testing efficiency and platform reliability.
- Apply observability and monitoring practices to detect, diagnose, and resolve platform issues quickly.
- Coordinate user acceptance testing with trading, sales, and client teams to confirm platform readiness before go-live.
- Partner with development, QA, infrastructure, and external client teams to resolve technical issues and improve platform stability.
- Investigate complex technical problems to identify root causes and drive timely resolutions.
- Contribute to platform enhancements by validating new features and configurations ahead of release.
- Share clear testing and technical updates to keep business and technology stakeholders informed.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Hands-on experience with financial or front office trading applications is required.
- A background in software development, building or supporting technology solutions within a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with automation and application support practices within a technology or testing function.
- Troubleshooting skills to diagnose and resolve technical issues within complex technology platforms.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including development, QA, trading, and infrastructure stakeholders.
- Proficiency in designing structured test plans and validating platform functionality before release.
- Comfortable managing multiple testing and validation cycles in a fast-paced, time-sensitive trading environment.
- Bachelor's degree/University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
Beneficial Skills & Qualifications
- Knowledge of FX products, electronic trading platforms, or client onboarding processes.
- Experience with Java development applied to test automation and application support.
- Familiarity with Splunk or other monitoring and observability tools.
- Understanding of APIs, FIX Protocol, SFTP, and related integration technologies.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management capabilities across technical and business teams.
What We Offer
Citi supports your professional growth while giving you the chance to work on technology that powers a global FX business.
- Work in a hybrid model with three days in the office and two days working remotely each week.
- Collaborate with technology, trading, and infrastructure teams across Citi's global FX business.
- Build technical expertise in automation, observability, and platform engineering through hands-on project work.
- Access ongoing learning and development opportunities to grow your financial markets technology expertise.
- Benefit from programs that support your financial wellbeing and long-term career planning.
- Join a team that values work-life balance alongside high-impact, fast-paced delivery.
Apply today to help shape the future of Citi's FX trading technology.
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## Job Family Group:
Technology
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## Job Family:
Applications Development
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## Time Type:
Full time
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## Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$94,300.00 - $141,500.00
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## Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.
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## Other Relevant Skills
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Financial Markets, Foreign Exchange (FX) Trading, Java (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language).
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This job opening is for an existing job vacancy.
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