Citigroup

Together with Citi, we have heightened the reputation of the bank as a ‘diversity in technology’ advocate. Almost half of our Citi _nologists come from underrepresented backgrounds.

We retrained a cohort of staff, full-time over a 12-week period. We worked together to identify a cohort of individuals in non-technical roles who would be suitable for a career transition into Software Engineering.

Enabling these individuals to pivot their careers within the bank has been a life-changing experience for them and demonstrated retention value to Citi. There was heightened diversity in the cohort, too – 75% of the cohort were women.

Since then, Citi has hired our_nologists at their site in London. We aim to successfully transition them into permanent roles at the bank, with our full support along the way.

Our first work with Citi focused on internal mobility across ICG in the UK & EMEA. We retrained a cohort of internal staff, full-time over a 12-week period. We worked together to identify a cohort of individuals in non-technical roles who would be suitable for a career transition into Software Engineering.

Enabling these individuals to pivot their careers within the bank has been a life-changing experience for them and demonstrated retention value to Citi.

Since then, Citi has hired over 30 _nologists at their site in London and with our full support along the way, we’re in the process of successfully transitioning them into permanent roles at completion of their placement period.

Markets Technology and Operations divisions are the beating heart of banks, and we have _nologists in teams like RX, Rates and Commodities.

Based on studies back in 2020, only 19% of the whole UK tech sector came from a low socio-economic background – together, we have shattered those stats with our current level of 39%.

Our partnership together has led to 83% of individuals on-site as Engineers at Citi not coming from a coding background. Even more incredible is that over half (61%) haven’t come from a STEM background at all.

We are a ‘diversity-first’ supplier and will always aim to keep both the quality of our talent pool and its diversity for Citi at the best levels possible.

Our CSR partnerships enable us to further our reach to underrepresented individuals, creating routes into tech regardless of their backgrounds. Through our partnerships with Prince’s Trust, Resurgo, and National Autistic Society, we’re committed to supporting disadvantaged and underprivileged young people and educating clients on creating a more inclusive workspace that enables everyone to thrive.

nology can provide other tailor-made programmes for Citi locations in Sydney, Tampa, Belfast, Singapore, Canada, New York, or any other location. We have _nologists consistently available in the UK and AU.

We can take individuals from our open tech accelerators and upskill them in the tech stack needed, such as Automation Testing, further Java, GCP, Python, and Data.

Our curriculum can be made bespoke to focus on particular teams and needs for roles – including internal retraining. We can be agile to support company needs.

Speed to hire and flexibility on timing differs from graduate programs which are seasonal.

_nologists are cost effective hires, when compared with contractor rates. They’re up and running quickly and with our ongoing support services including upskilling and mentorship while on placement, they usually progress into mid-level engineer levels in as little as 6 months.