Job Description

IT Developer - Private Equity Technology (Dublin)

About Citco

Armed with superior services, smart people, and strong technology, we tackle our customers' complicated challenges by developing sophisticated solutions driven directly by their demands. The result? Innovation that generates tangible value and makes a real difference for our clients and their companies.

About the Team & Business Line

Proprietary software solutions and innovation are at the core of what differentiates Citco in the alternative investment space. Through our network of global development centres, Citco invests heavily in technology development, security, and infrastructure to ensure our clients continue to receive award-winning products that underpin our commitment to service excellence.

Private Equity IT develops and supports strategic applications across fund accounting, reporting, workflow automation, data integration, cloud services and financial calculations. Our teams work across multiple products and projects, providing broad business and technical exposure while delivering the reliability, scalability and security expected of enterprise financial systems.

We are looking for a software engineer who combines strong technical foundations with an enthusiasm to learn and contribute to architecture, software development, technical design and production support while delivering exceptional value to our Private Equity business partners.

Our engineers work across multiple products, technologies and initiatives supporting Citco's Private Equity business. This provides excellent opportunities to develop technical breadth while gaining exposure to real-world financial systems operating at global scale.

The position is based in our development center in Dublin and may require some international travel to other CITCO locations.

About You :

You are an enthusiastic software engineer with approximately 2+ years of software development experience who enjoys solving problems, learning new technologies and working collaboratively as part of a high-performing engineering team. You are curious about emerging technologies, including AI-assisted software development, and are committed to continuously improving your technical and professional skills while delivering quality solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Participate in the design, development, testing and support of enterprise software solutions.
Work closely with developers, business analysts, QA engineers and product stakeholders to deliver business value.
Contribute to code reviews and technical discussions while learning from more experienced engineers.
Assist with troubleshooting production issues and identifying opportunities for system improvements.
Utilize modern software engineering tools and practices to improve development efficiency and software quality.
Contribute to the documentation of solutions, technical designs and operational processes.

Required Skills

2+ years of professional hands-on experience participating in the design, development, testing and support of software applications.
Demonstrated enthusiasm for continuous learning and staying current with evolving software engineering practices, tools and technologies
Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, AWS Q, Kiro or equivalent tools to improve productivity, software quality and delivery outcomes.
Understanding of the importance of validating and testing AI-generated code before deployment.
Interest in emerging technologies including LLMs, Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions.
Appreciation of software security, privacy and responsible AI practices.
Understanding of object-oriented design principles and software engineering best practices.
Familiarity with automated testing approaches including unit and integration testing.
Experience working with source control systems such as Git / Bitbucket.
Ability to design maintainable, readable and supportable code.
Understanding of REST API design principles.
Strong hands-on experience with Python, Node and / or C#
Practical experience with React
Experience with SQL Server, Postgres or similar DB technology

Nice-to-Have Skills

Exposure to AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, etc.)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines
Experience working in financial services is advantageous.
Exposure to alternative investments, fund administration or accounting platforms is beneficial but not required.

Soft Skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Comfortable explaining technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Comfortable working collaboratively through code reviews, design discussions and knowledge sharing with other engineers.
Demonstrates initiative, curiosity and a willingness to ask questions and learn.
Able to receive and act on feedback constructively.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
Demonstrates ownership and accountability for assigned work.

What Success Looks Like

Within your first 12 months you will
- Become a productive contributor within one or more Private Equity technology teams.
- Deliver high-quality software enhancements through collaboration with senior engineers.
- Demonstrate effective use of modern engineering tools, including AI-assisted development technologies where appropriate.
- Build a strong understanding of Citco's development practices, technology platforms and business domain.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of cloud-native solutions.
- Develop meaningful relationships with colleagues across development, QA, infrastructure and business teams.
- Establish a reputation for quality, reliability, collaboration and continuous learning.

The successful candidate will be collaborative, self-motivated and comfortable working in a fast-paced global environment. They will enjoy solving complex problems, building strong relationships across teams and helping others succeed. They will combine initiative, sound judgement and a strong sense of ownership with a commitment to engineering excellence.

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