The Fixed Income Algo Trading technology team at Citi is seeking developers to build and enhance the platform that autonomously prices RFQs and trades with clients across external and internal venues
Requirements
- Extensive hands-on development experience in Java
- Solid understanding of software development fundamentals including data structures, design patterns and object-orientated programming
- Proficiency in core Java (5+ years of experience) with demonstrable success in developing multi-threaded applications
- Proven ability to develop clean, testable code
- Understanding of relational database concepts and knowledge in SQL
- Experience with Jira, Git/Bitbucket, Gradle and CI/CD tools, e.g. TeamCity and UrbanCode Deploy
- Experience with Linux/Unix
Responsibilities
- Design and develop high performance, low-latency trading applications
- Partner with multiple technology, business/risk and external market teams to capture requirements and deliver timely solutions for new trading functionality and market upgrades
- Coordinate testing of new functionality including business/etrading risk signoff
- Liaise with global support teams to manage application upgrades and provide third-line support for existing trading platform
- Develop common, reusable components and services that execute against Citi’s technical strategy and drive future improvements
- Partner with business/quant teams to evolve architecture roadmap and drive future direction of the trading platform
- Participate in agile/scrum development lifecycle and drive engineering excellence
Other
- Bachelor’s degree with a relevant major (Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, Engineering, or similar)
- Excellent communication skills (there is a requirement to be business/quant facing)
- Strong passion for technology, especially Java, with a keen interest in driving adoption of new technologies and tools
- Self-motivated individual and with ability to manage own workslate
- Ability to work in a fast-pace environment; flexible and able to deliver results in the required timeframe
