The evolution of electronic trading and automation has changed the way that Fixed Income products trade forever, driving a need for real-time, low latency pricing, market making and risk technology. In this increasingly electronic and competitive landscape, Citi is a major key player.



The Fixed Income Algo Technology team is responsible for Citiu2019s market making, hedging, algorithmic trading and internal matching engine, enabling our business to keep its market-leading position. Having a platform that provides exceptional and dependable trading experience is crucial for the bank.



We are looking for a talented and passionate developer to continue to evolve our next-generation Algo trading applications. The role requires a detailed understanding of software design/best practices along with a strong technical ability. This is a challenging and exciting opportunity to work on high profile trading applications. The team works closely with end users gaining direct exposure to the fast-paced world of front office trading and finance.



**Job Responsibilities / Role:**


Designing and developing Algo trading applications for the business
Working directly with Traders and Quants to contribute towards the future direction of the platform.
Improve the technical capabilities of the platform to ensure it remains stable, flexible, and maintainable.
Driving engineering standards and continuing to strive for best
Enhancing our automated testing efforts and optimizing our UAT process
Serving as advisor or coach to new or lower-level analysts
Troubleshooting challenging performance and scalability issues
Engaging with business users in London and across Europe (Paris, Milan)
Assisting in third line support during core trading hours
Acting as Subject Matter Expert to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
Liaising with the global business, support, and development teams on various exciting projects



**Job Opportunities:**


Build a strong profile in a high-performance global team (London, Paris, NY)
Develop efficient and robust solutions to challenging business problems.
Work on a globally distributed team to deliver the next generation Algo platform for traders at Citi.
Gain knowledge and exposure to Front Office Trading Systems, Fixed Income, and Derivatives flows.



**Qualifications:**



**Required**


10+ years of programming experience with an Object-oriented language (preferably Java), Multi-Threading and any relational database
Solid architectural understanding of enterprise applications
Understanding of computing science fundamentals u2013 concurrency, algorithms, data structures, design patterns, etc.



**Preferred**


Experience with Java Core, Spring framework and Linux
Experience developing large financial software trading systems with substantial hands-on development experience in building systems with an attention to optimizing and tuning performance, while also demonstrating critical thinking skills related to re-use, scalability, and troubleshooting.
Prior experience in building algo trading systems is highly desirable
Solid understanding of service architecture and high performance, low latency, and multithreading techniques
Strong focus on system performance tuning and experience with low latency Java programming
Experience with ION Trading solutions
Knowledge of major Fixed Income Products (e.g., EuroGovies/Swaps/GILTS/SAS etc.) and Broker/Customer Markets electronic trading flows.
Experience of KDB
Experience with modern software development practices such as Agile development, test-driven development, and continuous integration and continuous delivery.
Worked in an Agile globally distributed team using tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, Sonar & Jenkins
Worked with tools such as IntelliJ, Gradle, etc.,
Experience on JSON/XML and REST service



**Education:**


Bacheloru2019s degree/University degree or equivalent experience



**Competencies:**


Excellent communication skills, oral and written; ability to face off to business users.
Good team-work skills, and the ability to work in a distributed global team environment
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Self-motivated with the determination to learn and achieve his/her goals
Experience in full lifecycle development
Ability to inspire and raise the level of his/her colleagues from a technical perspective.



This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.



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**Job Family Group:**



Technology

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**Job Family:**



Applications Development

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**Time Type:**



Full time

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**Most Relevant Skills**



Please see the requirements listed above.

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**Other Relevant Skills**



For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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