Senior Java Developer - Fixed Income Algo Technology, VP
Citigroup · London, United Kingdom ·
- Seniority
- C level
- Category
- Software engineering
Overview
Join Citi’s Fixed Income Algo team in EMEA to build and evolve the high-performance, low-latency algo trading platform used by internal market-making and trading desks. You will collaborate with traders, quants and product managers to translate business needs into scalable components that handle real-time data and execution. This role blends cutting-edge engineering with market impact, offering mentorship and a path to advanced technical proficiency across a global, fast-paced environment. You’ll contribute to a strategic growth agenda while shaping the technology that underpins global finance.
Pay / Benefits- 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Private medical care & life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Pension Plan
- Paid parental leave
- Design and develop reusable algo trading platform components with emphasis on performance and latency
- Collaborate with Traders, Quants and Product Managers to implement business requirements
- Ensure reliability, scalability and performance of core algorithmic components
- Maintain and enhance live trading systems in coordination with eTrading and Production Support
- Adhere to engineering standards and deliver best-in-class solutions
- Significant hands-on coding experience in core Java with low-latency, high-throughput distributed apps
- Strong fundamentals in data structures, design patterns, OOP, and algorithms complexity
- Experience with messaging technologies (Solace, Kafka)
- Practical experience with Chronicle and/or Aeron
- Distributed caching techniques
- Proven track record in market data and trading applications
- Experience building back-testing frameworks and managing historical data
- Basic Linux performance tuning and troubleshooting in the Java/Linux stack
- Familiarity with Gradle, Git, TeamCity, Jenkins, Artifactory
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering, or related technical field
- Strong verbal and written communication
- Self-motivated with goal-oriented mindset
- Eagerness to learn and grow
- Java (low-latency, high-throughput)
- Distributed systems
- Messaging: Solace, Kafka