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Job Overview
Role:

We’re seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer with a strong React/TypeScript background, passionate about solving hard UI challenges . You’ll own the UI of our next-generation Developer P latform @ Citi . You’ll be working on creating a near real-time UI application , solving cutting-edge UI problems , and even making data- visualisations. You’ll co llaborate closely with other Software Engineers and the Product team to create bleeding-edge interfaces.

You’ll be joining a small, high-impact team challenging, changing, modernising & enhancing the experience of our 50,000 engineers globally throughout Citi’s SDLC , all whilst using the latest coding tools (e.g. Claude Sonnet, Agent, Github Co-pilot, Cognition Devin) .

Where you’ll work

You’ll sit within D evelopment E nablement , part of Citi’s CTO organisation - A grou p focused on innovation, developer platforms and internal tools. We operate like a startup inside a global bank : shipping fast and experimenting .

Your first 90 days
*First steps You will have built UI components of high quality (e.g. testing, storybook, etc) that have shipped to production.
*Network Have an established network of UI engineers across the organisation to contribute and learn about best practice.
*Design thinking Begun designing a UI architecture ( maybe micro- front end) that takes into consideration linking together many components into a single a view, such as being able to connect a JIRA ticket to a deployment in production.
*Scaling up Get buy in from the team on architectural principles, ways of working and system requirements. For example: you might choose to separate core logic from the framework in the UI; using Zustand as the data layer; we also may decide that we want the UI to respond to any action in under 100ms.
By the end of your first year *Ownership You’ll own the UI implementations of complicated UI components and pushed the boundaries of good practice with excellent component libraries, good testing practices, and beautiful architectures.
*Boundary pushing You will have implemented advanced UI capabilities used by over 1,000s , such as micro front ends, plugin-architectures, or advanced data-visualisations in D3 .
*Thought leader You will be noted as a valuable contributor to UI cross-team through your knowledge of UI and have taught other UI engineers about UI at scale.
What will you bring? *Strong expertise (5-10+ years) building modern frontend applications with React and TypeScript.
*Proficiency in JavaScript, React (or another UI framework), and TypeScript
*Experience with state management libraries (redux, context API, zustand ), for building well-structured applications.
*Experience with websockets or event-streaming
*Experience with micro front-end desirable
*Experience with storybook or componentised development.
*Push the boundaries in animation and data visualisation with tools like d3.js, reactflow or three.js
*Ability to innovate: Excited to push the boundaries in UI engineering to build next gen developer platforms.
Tools and technologies you might use *React, TypeScript, Vite, storybook, internal design systems
*State management: Zustand , context API, redux
*Micro front-ends like single-sp a.
*Mac or PC - it’s up to you.
*Access to time-saving AI tools such as GitHub Copilot and Cognition.ai ’s Devin.
Why you’ll love working here *You’ll shape the daily experience of tens of thousands of engineers at one of the largest engineering organisations in the world.
*You’ll work in a small autonom ous team, with impact across our global organisation.
*You’ll get to combine your world-class engineering skills to push boundaries others can’t and change the way internal platforms are made.
What we’ll provide you
By joining Citi Belfast, 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
Visit ourGlobal Benefitspage to learn more.
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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