Equities Technology Lead Developer - Vice President

Citigroup Inc.; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 169,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a senior Java developer to join the Equities Cash Order Management System team. You will own and enhance trading functionality across the full software lifecycle, from development to production support.

You will partner with analysts, product, QA, and compliance teams to ensure platform stability, security, and regulatory alignment, while advancing automated testing and modernization efforts.

Qualifications

• 6 - 10 years of relevant experience in core Java application development or systems analysis.
• Experience on an equities trading platform.
• Proficiency in core Java concepts: collections, IO, multithreading, and generics.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies, containers, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with developer tooling (Jira, Confluence, Gradle, Maven, Lightspeed, Bitbucket/GitHub).
• Exposure to AI tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Equities Sales and Trading desks to understand requirements and priorities.
• Resolve high-impact problems through evaluation of business processes and standards.
• Provide expertise in applications programming and ensure design aligns with architecture.
• Collaborate to extend functionality and improve performance of processes.
• Rapid adoption of AI toolkits in line with modernization efforts.
• Provide second-line support, including out-of-hours, for developed components.

Skills

Java development

Equities trading

Multithreading

Cloud technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Jira

Confluence

Gradle

Maven

Lightspeed

Bitbucket/GitHub

Job description

The Equities Cash Order Management System team is responsible for a global platform used by Citi traders and sales traders. This system is critical for trading in equities, derivatives, convertible bonds, and provides access to algorithmic trading. It also encompasses post-trade functionality, including allocations and ticketing.

In this senior-level position, you will be a key contributor responsible for enhancing trading functionality to drive business growth. Your duties will encompass the full software development lifecycle, from initial development and testing to deployment and ongoing production support.

This role requires close partnership with a wide range of teams, including business analysts, the product platform team, QA, production support, as well as regulatory, compliance, and audit groups. A key part of your responsibilities will also be to proactively address technical hygiene, security, and vulnerability remediation to ensure the platform\'s integrity and stability.

Responsibilities

• Engage closely with Equities Sales and Trading desks to understand key functional and non-functional requirements, handle prioritization, and address day-to-day questions.
• Resolve a variety of high-impact problems and projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards.
• Provide expertise in your area and advanced knowledge of applications programming, ensuring application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint.
• Collaborate with other members of the team to extend functionality and enhance the performance of existing processes.
• Rapid adoption of AI toolkits in line with the firm’s strategy of modernization of the development process.
• Compute and estate management including hygiene, security, and vulnerability items.
• Be instrumental in the design and implementation of automated integration testing.
• Serve as an advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary.
• Provide second-line support, including out-of-hours, for the processes and components you develop.

Key Skills and Experience Required

• 6 - 10 years of relevant experience in core Java application development or systems analysis role.
• Experience or familiarity working on an Equities trading platform.
• Primary development expertise in core Java development, including knowledge of collections, IO, multi-threading, and generics.
• Highly motivated self-starter who is comfortable taking on new challenges and picking up and learning new technologies.
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure, cloud technologies, containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
• Experience with standard developer tooling, such as Lightspeed, BitBucket/GitHub, Jira, Confluence, build tools such as Gradle and Maven etc.
• Exposure to and interest in AI tools and technologies is a plus.
• Prior experience developing front-office Trading applications/systems is a plus.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree preferred.

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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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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$120,800.00 - $170,800.00

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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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Automated Processing and AI

We use automated processing, including artificial intelligence, for our legitimate business interests (or our reasonable and appropriate business purposes) to identify and align the candidate\'s skills and abilities with a specific job opening. Additionally, if you so choose, or consent, we can match your skills and abilities to other suitable roles at Citi.

Importantly, all our hiring processes and decisions, including determining your suitability for a role, are conducted, checked, and decided by individuals. Our automated processing and AI do not involve relying on automatic or autonomous decision-making. Please refer to any Jurisdictional Considerations, with specific provisions for your country (where relevant) for further details.

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This job opening is for an existing job vacancy.

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