Fixed Income - eTrading Senior Java Developer - VP

Citigroup Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services company in Greater London seeks a Senior Developer to design and develop front office eTrading applications. This role requires 10+ years of programming experience with Java and solid architectural skills. Successful candidates will collaborate with traders and enhance technical capabilities while mentoring a strong team. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required. Join an ambitious team focused on delivering solutions in a high-performance financial environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of programming experience with an object-oriented language, preferably Java.
• Solid architectural understanding of enterprise applications.
• Understanding of computing science fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop front office eTrading applications.
• Collaborate with Traders, Sales, and Quants.
• Drive engineering standards and best practices.

Skills

Object-oriented programming

Multi-threading

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Java

Spring framework

Linux

Jira

Bitbucket

Sonar

TeamCity

IntelliJ

Gradle

KDB

Job description

Fixed Income Technology is responsible for delivering state-of-the-art technology solutions to the Global FI business. Initiatives include deliveries across sales, risk, pricing, algorithmic trading, execution, trade processing, and much more. Citi is one of the top global dealers on the street in Fixed Income and contributing to that success is a great opportunity to develop cutting‑edge technical skills with strong career opportunities.

The FI business has set out an ambitious growth plan, and strong technical development is critical to achieving our goals and enhancing our leading position in the financial market.

Job Responsibilities / Role:

• Designing and developing front office eTrading applications for the trading business.
• Working directly with Traders, Sales, and Quants to contribute toward the future direction of the platform.
• Utilizing creativity and innovation to improve the technical capabilities of the platform and ensuring it remains stable, flexible, and maintainable.
• Driving engineering standards and continually striving for best practices.
• Enhancing our automated testing efforts and optimizing our UAT process.
• Mentoring a strong and energetic team in the EMEA region.
• Serving as an advisor or coach to new or lower‑level analysts.
• Troubleshooting challenging performance and scalability issues.
• Engaging with business users in London and across Europe (Paris, Milan).
• Assisting in third line support during core trading hours.
• Acting as a Subject Matter Expert to senior stakeholders and/or other team members.
• Liaising with the global business, product team, support, and development teams on various exciting projects.

Job Opportunities:

• Build a strong profile in a high‑performance global team (London, Paris, Manchester, NY, Mississauga, Shanghai, Sydney, and Tokyo).
• Develop efficient and robust solutions to challenging business problems.
• Work on a globally distributed team to deliver the next generation e‑Trading experience for traders at Citi.
• Gain knowledge and exposure to Front Office Trading Systems, Fixed Income, and Derivatives flows.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 10+ years of programming experience with an object‑oriented language (preferably Java), multi‑threading, and any relational database.
• Solid architectural understanding of enterprise applications.
• Understanding of computing science fundamentals – concurrency, algorithms, data structures, design patterns, etc.

Preferred:

• Experience with Java Core, Spring framework and Linux.
• Experience developing large financial software trading systems with substantial hands‑on development experience, optimizing and tuning performance, and demonstrating critical thinking related to re‑use, scalability, and troubleshooting.
• Experience delivering solutions with ION Trading, Transficc, or other recognized connectivity vendors.
• Knowledge of major Fixed Income financial products (e.g., corporate bonds, ETFs, interest rate swaps, etc.) and broker/customer markets electronic trading flows.
• Experience with KDB.
• Experience with modern software development practices such as Agile development, test‑driven development, and continuous integration and continuous delivery.
• Worked in an Agile globally distributed team using tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, Sonar, and TeamCity.
• Worked with tools such as IntelliJ, Gradle, etc.
• Experience on JSON/XML and REST services.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree, university degree, or equivalent experience.

Competencies:

• Excellent communication skills, oral and written; ability to engage with business users.
• Good teamwork skills and the ability to work in a distributed global team environment.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Self‑motivated with determination to learn and achieve goals.
• Experience in full lifecycle development.

Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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