Equities Technology Lead Developer - Vice President

Citi; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 167,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a senior Java developer to enhance our global Equities Cash Order Management System, used by traders and sales desks, with a focus on delivering robust, scalable software across the full development lifecycle.

You will collaborate across BA, product, QA, and compliance, driving modernization with AI tooling, and ensuring security and reliability of the platform.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of core Java development or systems analysis.
• Experience on an equities trading platform preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Java collections, IO, and threading.
• Able to learn new technologies quickly and adjust priorities.
• Familiar with cloud infra, containers, and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Equities Sales and Trading to capture requirements and priorities.
• Resolve high-impact problems by analyzing business and system processes.
• Provide expertise in application programming and architectural compliance.
• Collaborate to extend functionality and improve performance.
• Adopt AI toolkits to modernize development processes.
• Ensure hygiene, security, and vulnerability remediation.
• Design and implement automated integration tests.
• Mentor mid-level developers and analysts; allocate work.
• Provide second-line support including out-of-hours.

Skills

Core Java

Trading platform experience

Multithreading

Generics

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Lightspeed

Bitbucket/GitHub

Jira

Confluence

Gradle

Maven

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.

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

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

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

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