Software Engineer, Vice President

Citi; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 112,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi's Quant Risk Libraries (QRL) team is seeking a software developer to advance risk models used for loss forecasting and stress testing in large Citi portfolios.

You will design frameworks, build APIs, and improve compute pipelines while expanding your Python and C/C++ skills within a collaborative, finance-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor, Master or PhD in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or related field.
• 3–5 years of professional Software Development experience.
• 2+ years developing Python, C or C++ packages and API development.
• Strong grasp of computing fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, OS, programming languages.
• Fluency in Python and working knowledge of a compiled language like C/C++/Java.
• Exposure to NumPy/Pandas and data processing.
• Ability to abstract and conceptualize program behavior from hardware to applications.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implement a framework for model driven computations on a graph.
• Designing and building infrastructure APIs for grid computing, data storage and access.
• Unit testing, reliability and improving the quality of our compute pipelines.
• Learn about Python, its ecosystem, community and best practices.
• Ideas on improving our model and data platform and help implement them.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Java

Algorithms

Data structures

OSA fundamentals

APIs

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

Pandas/Numpy

APIs

Flask/Django

Job description

QRL (Quant Risk Libraries) implements risk models to ensure that the bank’s lending portfolios have adequate capital during crisis. We use mathematical modeling and the latest technologies to build loss forecasting and stress testing pipelines. Our systems are responsible for calculating risk on some of the largest portfolios in Citi.

We are a diverse group of professionals with backgrounds in Physics, Engineering and Computer Science. You will work alongside experienced colleagues to further develop your analytical and quantitative skills. You will build skills in building products from the ground up for solving real life problems and develop a career as a risk model expert.

You will be responsible for:

• Designing and implement a framework for model driven computations on a graph
• Designing and building infrastructure APIs for grid computing, data storage and access
• Unit testing, reliability and improving the quality of our compute pipelines
• Learn about Python, its ecosystem, community and best practices
• Ideas on improving our model and data platform and help implement them

You will need:

• Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or related field
• At least 3-5 years of professional Software Development experience
• 2+ years developing Python, C or C++ packages and API development
• Strong grasp of computing fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, OS, programming languages.
• Fluency in Python and working knowledge of a compiled language like C/C++/Java
• Exposure to Numerical libraries (Pandas/Numpy) and data processing
• Ability for abstraction and conceptualization, reasoning about program behavior at different levels of abstraction from hardware to applications.

Nice to have:

• Experience with web services and Flask/Django ecosystem
• Experience with large scale scientific computing and algorithm development
• Long term interest in finance, financial experience is not a requirement.
• Experience contributing to Open-Source projects

Job Family Group:

Risk Management

Job Family:

Model Development and Analytics

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$111,600.00 - $161,600.00

Most Relevant Skills

Analytical Thinking, Credible Challenge, Data Analysis, Governance, Policy, Procedure, and Regulation, Risk Management Lifecycle.

Other Relevant Skills

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

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