Application UI Development Lead - Vice President
NEW YORK, NYPosted Jul 14, 2026
This lead application development role is a senior level app development position responsible for leading UI development of a pricing system for Mortgage Trading Desk. The role will manage, architect and deliver high-performance frontend, working at the intersection of cutting-edge frontend engineering and complex financial workflows. This role offers high visibility, direct engagement with trading desk stakeholders, and the opportunity to shape the long-term strategic roadmap for Mortgage Trading Technology
Responsibilities:
* Lead as well as hands-on UI development to provide and implement technology solutions for Mortgage Trading desks in Spread Products business for Pricing, Structuring, Risk and Reporting
* Provide architectural and technical solutions based on own deep understanding of business processes and functional requirements
* Develop a comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business integrate to accomplish business goals
* Work closely with L1 and L2 Production Support to provide L3 Support for production issue investigation
* Reaching out to broader UI development community in the company to seek synergies, collaborations, knowledge sharing.
* Shift the development practice to AI agent driven to improve the efficiency and improve time to market
* Mentor and guide junior or mid-level team members, providing technical leadership and effective work allocation on projects related to sales and trading application development.
* Ensure all technical and business decisions are made with a keen awareness of risk, upholding Citigroup's reputation and safeguarding its assets. This includes strict adherence to compliance, regulatory requirements, ethical standards, and transparent reporting of control issues.
* Required Skills/Qualifications:
* 6+ years of recent hands-on experience in the software development based on Web UI tech stack. Experience in web frontend in Desktop environment such as Electron is a plus.
* Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications with strong knowledge and experience in building UI component using HTML5, TypeScript/Java Script, Angular, Node.js and AgGrid.
* Strong knowledge and experience in Object-Oriented Programming, WebSocket, Restful API. Experience with high-performance UI handling large dataset and high update volume is preferred.
* Strong ownership, initiative, leadership mindset.
* Strong ability to understand the context of complex situation and strong analytical skill.
* Good knowledge or experience of AI and using AI agent in coding.
* Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), DevOp and CI/CD pipeline, Cloud computing environment, with experience in JIRA, GitHub,
* Skills in other technologies such as Python, Java, SQL, streaming services, is a plus
* Ability to multi-task, collaborate with multiple stakeholders, and be a team player with a sense of urgency
* Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
* Financial Industry experience especially in Mortgage Trading is preferred but not mandatory.
Education:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
* Master’s degree preferred
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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:
New York New York United States
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## Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$142,320.00 - $213,480.00
In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life,...