Senior Java Developer - Equities Trading Technology - Vice President

Citibank (Switzerland) AG; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Citibank (Switzerland) AG in Mississauga invites a Senior Java Developer to join the Equities Trading Technology team. You will contribute to the global platform used by Citi traders, focusing on core Java development, high-performance backend services, and integration testing within a hybrid work model.

You will collaborate with business analysts, QA, and platform teams, address security and reliability, and drive modernization initiatives including AI tooling adoption.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of core Java development experience.
• Front-office trading applications experience required.
• Experience with Equities trading platform.
• Familiarity with cloud, containerization (Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes) and microservices.
• Proficient in Linux and standard developer tools (Jira, Confluence, Gradle, Maven).
• Ability to rapidly adopt AI tooling as modernization.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Equities Sales and Trading desks to understand requirements and priorities.
• Resolve high-impact problems through evaluation of complex processes.
• Provide expertise in Java applications, ensuring adherence to architecture.
• Collaborate with team to extend functionality and performance.
• Adopt AI toolkits as part of modernization strategy.
• Compute and address hygiene, security, and vulnerability items.
• Design and implement automated integration testing.
• Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers; allocate work.
• Provide second-line support, including out-of-hours, for developed components.

Skills

Core Java

Front-office trading

Multi-threading

Trading systems

Cloud & containers

Linux

AI tooling awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Lightspeed

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket/GitHub

Gradle

Maven

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Job description

## Senior Java Developer - Equities Trading Technology - Vice PresidentApply: Hybrid: Mississauga Ontario Canada: Full time: Posted Today: 26992694The 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*** 8+ years of relevant experience in core java application development or systems analysis role.* 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.* Prior experience developing front-office Trading applications/systems is a must.* Experience or familiarity working on an Equities trading platform.* 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. Comfortable working in Linux environment.* Exposure to and interest in AI tools and technologies. **Education*** Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.* Master’s degree preferred.This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.