Lead Developer - Research and Development

About Citco

Citco is a global leader in fund services, corporate governance and related asset services with staff across 50 office locations worldwide. With more than $1.8 trillion in assets under administration, we deliver end-to-end solutions and exceptional service to meet our clients' needs.

For more information about Citco, please visit www.citco.com

About the Team & Business Line:

Research & Development (R&D) is a multidisciplinary team that focuses on conducting Proof of Concepts (PoCs), thorough market analysis, and in-depth research to identify and develop cutting-edge solutions that meet evolving client and business needs. The team works with various stakeholders to promote innovation, enabling the organization to remain competitive, drive efficiency and build new products and services.

Your Role:

As a Lead Developer in the Research & Development (R&D) team, your role is to drive innovation by creating, building, and launching solutions that enhance business processes and support better decision-making. You will oversee technical and research projects, collaborating with process owners and business stakeholders to deliver solutions that leverage cloud technologies, machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, generative models, and multi-agent systems.

• Research, design, and develop POCs to solve complex business problems.
• Design end-to-end systems on AWS, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.
• Optimize infrastructure for cost-efficiency and scalability.
• Manage all phases of R&D projects-from ideation and feasibility studies to development, testing, deployment, and post-launch monitoring.
• Partner with business stakeholders, data engineers, platform and product teams to align technical solutions with strategic goals.
• Guide junior developers, conduct code reviews, and foster a culture of continuous learning and best practices.
• Establish coding standards, implement CI/CD pipelines, and enforce security/compliance protocols (especially critical in financial services).
• Participate in daily scrums, retrospective and backlog grooming sessions.
• Prepare technical documentation, deliver demos to senior leadership, and create reports showcasing the impact of R&D innovations.
• Stay updated on emerging AI trends, tools, and industry standards.
• Contribute to internal knowledge-sharing (e.g., workshops, technical blogs).
• Key Competencies:
  • Adaptability
  • Problem Solving
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Drive for Results
  • Attention to Detail

About You:

• Degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 4+ years of professional programming experience, with expertise in Python (including libraries like Pandas, NumPy, etc.)
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, including designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure (EC2, S3, Lambda, Cloudformation, CI/CD, etc.)
• Exceptional communications skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to work independently and lead a team.
• Able to independently analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing processes and developing technical solutions for improvements.
• Proven track record in AI/ML: Development, training, and deployment of machine learning models, Industry projects on Production grade AI application.
• Experience architecting large and complex systems from the conceptual architecture level down through the application architecture level.
• Assets:
  • Experience working with ML or AI models.
  • Experience writing Infrastructure as code with tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.
  • Experience with using JIRA and Confluence.
  • Professional level technical certification is a plus.

Our Benefits

Your well-being is of paramount importance to us, and central to our success. We provide a range of benefits, training and education support, and flexible working arrangements to help you achieve success in your career while balancing personal needs. Ask us about specific benefits in your location.

We embrace diversity, prioritizing the hiring of people from diverse backgrounds. Our inclusive culture is a source of pride and strength, fostering innovation and mutual respect.

Citco welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection.