Application Development Technical Lead Analyst Developer Vice President Conversion

Citi; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 168,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi's Fixed Income eTrading team seeks experienced Java backend developers to design, build and maintain high-performance Post Trade Feed/STP systems. You will work on real-time, low-latency microservices in a dedicated Java backend team, delivering robust services for trade capture, validation, enrichment and inter-system communication.

The role requires 5+ years in Java, Spring, and real-time streaming/messaging, with a focus on scalable backend architectures and Unix/Linux deployment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on Java backend development with Spring or similar DI framework.
• 5+ years real-time, low-latency, high-volume microservices.
• 5+ years with Java 8+, MongoDB, Oracle DB, OpenShift, Linux, Solace.
• 3+ years experience with real-time messaging middleware (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Solace, Tibco).
• Experience with multi-threaded applications.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, design patterns, OOP, algorithms.
• Unix/Linux deployment and debugging.

Responsibilities

• Monitor trade feeds for completeness and accuracy in STP workflow.
• Identify and resolve exceptions or breaks in the STP process.
• Collaborate with front, middle, and back office to improve efficiency and reduce risk.
• Develop and maintain Java backend systems powering Post Trade Feed/STP.
• Optimize code, handle exceptions, ensure system resilience.

Skills

Java backend

Spring Framework

Real-time microservices

Java 8+

MongoDB

Oracle DB

OpenShift

Linux

Messaging middleware

Multithreading

Education

Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenShift

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Solace

Tibco

Job description

Fixed Income eTrading Tech Overview

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 key player due to its leading eTrading platform and investment in technology. The Fixed Income eTrading team is at the forefront, by building high-performance low latency technology that supports the execution of billions of dollars of client trades every day. Our competitive advantage is our technology and having a platform that provides exceptional and dependable trading experience. If you have this kind of vision, capable of seeing ahead, of developing a clear path forward in a quest to try the as yet untried, here is the opportunity.

Job Purpose:

Within Citi's Fixed Income eTrading organization, the Post Trade Feed/Straight Through Processing (STP) team is responsible for ensuring the efficient and accurate flow of financial transaction data from execution to settlement. This involves managing and optimizing automated processes that capture, validate, enrich, and transmit trade details across various internal systems and external market participants. Key responsibilities include monitoring trade feeds for completeness and accuracy, identifying and resolving exceptions or breaks in the STP workflow, and collaborating with front office, middle office, and back office teams to enhance process efficiency and reduce operational risk. The team plays a crucial role in maintaining data integrity, improving processing speed, and supporting regulatory compliance by ensuring timely and precise post-trade operations for Fixed Income eTrading activities.

This is a dedicated Java backend development team. Members are responsible for designing, building, and maintaining robust and scalable backend systems and services that power the Post Trade Feed/STP processes. This includes developing high-performance Java applications for trade capture, data validation, enrichment, and communication with various internal and external systems. The role involves continuous code optimization, implementing sophisticated logic for exception handling, ensuring system resilience, and leveraging modern Java frameworks and technologies to deliver cutting‑edge solutions for the Fixed Income eTrading business.

Required:

• 5+ years of strong hands‑on development experience using Java including expertise with Spring or another dependency injection framework
• 5+ years' experience in developing and maintaining highly scalable, real‑time, low latency, high‑volume, scalable microservices
• 5+ years' experience with Java 8+, Mongo and Oracle DB, OpenShift, Linux and Solace
• 3+ years experience with real‑time messaging middleware (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Solace, Tibco, ...)
• Experience working with multi‑threaded applications
• Strong software development fundamentals, data structures, design patterns, Object‑Based programming, architecture, algorithms, and problem‑solving skills
• Application deployment and debugging of applications on UNIX/LINUX

Nice to Have:

• Understanding of capital markets and financial derivatives (rates or other)
• Experience with system performance tuning and low latency Java programming
• Hands‑on experience in database technologies, including RDBMS (Oracle, ...) and No SQL (MongoDB)
• Experience with In‑Memory Datastore/Cache libraries (Redis, Apache Ignite, Gemfire, ...)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Test‑driven development, including Unit and End‑to‑End Testing.

Education:

Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent work experience

Job Family Group: Technology

Job Family: Applications Development

Time Type: Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$120,800.00 - $170,800.00

Most Relevant Skills

Other Relevant Skills

Cloud Software, Development Software, Java (Programming Language), Java Spring, Linux, MongoDB, Oracle, Red Hat OpenShift.

Automated Processing and AI

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