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Job Overview

Overview

Citi is a worldleading global bank with more than 200 million customer accounts across over 160 countries and jurisdictions. We partner with institutions, corporations, governments, and investors to deliver innovative financial solutions, deep liquidity access, and marketleading execution capabilities.

We are seeking a senior, globally minded FIX Engineering Leader to head our Global Client Onboarding function within the Equities Electronic Technology organization. This role is designed for a 15+ year industry expert who brings strategic vision, handson FIX domain expertise, and proven experience leading large, distributed, highperforming teams in complex, regulated, frontoffice environments.

This role is not purely operational. It is a platform leadership position, responsible for shaping the future of Citis client connectivity landscape, modernizing FIX capabilities, driving engineering excellence, and proactively partnering with business and technology leaders to enable growth across global markets.

What We do / The Team

The Global FIX Engineering Team owns client onboarding, certification, connectivity, and FIX gateway integration across Citi Markets, supporting Equities, Futures & Options, and Rates businesses globally.

The team provides 24x5 followthesun coverage through technology hubs in Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore, Pune, New York, and London, enabling seamless global client connectivity and worldclass service.

This role offers unparalleled exposure across asset classes, regions, and client segments, and sits at the intersection of frontoffice trading, client technology, infrastructure, and strategic platform transformation.

Role Overview/What will you do:

Global Leadership & Strategy

• Provide strategic and handson leadership to a globally distributed team of ~16 senior FIX Engineers.

• Own the global FIX connectivity strategy, ensuring scalability, resilience, performance, and alignment with Citis broader electronic trading and execution roadmap.

• Serve as the FIX Connectivity Subject Matter Authority for senior stakeholders across Business, Markets Technology, Architecture, and Operations.

• Drive a proactive, forwardlooking agendaanticipating business needs, market evolution, and regulatory or technology shifts.

Client Connectivity & Market Enablement

• Oversee endtoend client onboarding and certification across FIX gateways, venues, EMS/OMS providers, and thirdparty networks.

• Act as a trusted technology partner to tier1 global clients, software vendors, and internal trading desks.

• Ensure consistent, highquality client experience across regions and asset classes.

Platform Modernization & Transformation

• Lead the migration of clients from legacy platforms to Citis strategic execution and connectivity platform.

• Champion engineering efficiency, automation, standardization, and reuse across the FIX domain.

• Partner with Architecture, Development, and Infrastructure teams to evolve connectivity patterns, testing frameworks, and operational resilience.

Execution, Delivery & Operational Excellence

• Own prioritization, planning, certification, and production release governance for global FIX initiatives.

• Provide 2ndline expertise for complex FIX and client connectivity issues, setting engineering standards for troubleshooting and incident management.

• Drive strong controls, documentation, monitoring, and operational maturity across all FIX services.

Stakeholder & Relationship Management

• Build deep, influential relationships across Front Office, Sales & Trading, Technology, QA, Production Support, and External Vendors.

• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and confidently to senior business and technology leadership.

• Represent FIX Engineering at senior forums, steering committees, and crossorganizational initiatives.

Required Experience & Expertise:

Mandatory

• Minimum 10+ years of handson FIX Engineering experience, including global team leadership in a frontoffice or clientfacing environment.

• Recognized Subject Matter Expert in FIX Protocol (multiasset preferred).

• Strong understanding of Equities and Futures & Options electronic trading, market access, and client connectivity.

• Extensive experience leading FIX client onboarding, certification, and production support at scale.

• Solid grounding in networking fundamentals, latency considerations, and production connectivity models.

• Proven track record delivering complex, multiregion technology initiatives.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with confidence operating at senior leadership level.

• Experience driving platform modernization, migration, or largescale connectivity transformation.

• Handson exposure to EMS/OMS platforms and thirdparty networks such as Fidessa, Bloomberg, NYFIX, TradingScreen, ITG, etc.

Leadership & Personal Attributes

• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into execution.

• Proactive and decisive, comfortable operating in ambiguous, fastmoving environments.

• Strong people leader with a passion for mentoring senior engineers and building global teams.

• Excellent stakeholder management, adept at influencing across functions, cultures, and seniority levels.

• Highly analytical with strong problemsolving and prioritization skills.

• Deliveryfocused, accountable, and resilient under pressure.

Development & Growth Opportunity

This role offers a rare opportunity to:

• Shape the global FIX connectivity strategy of one of the worlds leading financial institutions.

• Work directly with frontoffice trading and sales leadership on missioncritical client initiatives.

• Play a key role in Citis electronic trading modernization journey.

• Build and lead a highimpact global engineering organization with visibility at the highest levels of Markets 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:

Jersey City New Jersey United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$176,720.00 - $265,080.00

In addition to salary, Citis 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, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

May 19, 2026

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