About the Research & Development (R&D) Team
Within the Transformation Office, Research & Development (R&D) is a multidisciplinary team that delivers immediate value to Citco and its clients by creating innovative solutions and proofs of concept for evolving business needs. Through market analysis and in-depth research, the team identifies opportunities aligned with Citco's and its clients' strategic objectives. R&D collaborates with stakeholders to advance innovation, improve efficiency, strengthen competitiveness, and develop new products and services.
About the Role
The Lead Developer within the Transformation Office's R&D team will provide technical leadership for secure, scalable technology solutions supporting a strategic Fund Services transformation program using Sigma, the cloud-native analytics and reporting product from Sigma Computing. The role will lead research and delivery across cloud architecture, data integration, analytics, and related technologies.
Job Duties in Brief
Research, design, and develop PoCs addressing complex business problems
Design integrations, data models, semantic layers, and supporting services that enable Sigma solutions
Optimize Sigma-based reporting capabilities for performance, usability, governance, and scalability
Design end-to-end systems on AWS for availability, security, performance, and maintainability
Lead delivery from feasibility through development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and support
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Partner with business stakeholders, data engineers, platform teams, and product teams
Guide developers, conduct code reviews, and establish engineering standards
Implement CI/CD pipelines and enforce security and compliance requirements
Prepare technical documentation, demonstrations, and leadership reporting
Key Competencies
Adaptability
Technical Leadership
Problem Solving
Communication
Teamwork
Drive for Results
Attention to Detail
About You
Degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
4+ years of professional programming experience with strong Python skills
2+ years of hands-on AWS experience, including EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudFormation, and CI/CD
Ability to work independently and lead a technical team
Experience delivering production-grade data, analytics, or AI applications
Experience architecting complex systems
Technical Qualifications: Assets
Hands-on experience with Sigma
Experience designing data models and semantic layers for analytics products
Experience delivering enterprise reporting and analytics solutions
Infrastructure-as-code experience using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools
Experience using Jira and Confluence
What We Offer
A challenging and rewarding role in an award-winning global business
Opportunities for personal and professional career development
A great working environment, competitive salary and benefits, and opportunities for educational support
The opportunity to be part of an industry-leading global team renowned for excellence
Confidentiality assured.
Citco welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
