Fixed Income - eTrading Senior Java Developer - VP - C13 - London

Citi; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution is seeking a senior software developer to design and develop front office eTrading applications. The role requires 10+ years of programming experience, preferably in Java, and solid architectural understanding of enterprise applications. Candidates will collaborate with traders and work to enhance the platform's capabilities, ensuring stability and performance optimization. A bachelor's degree is required, along with excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of programming experience with an object-oriented language.
• Experience with developing large financial software trading systems.
• Knowledge of major Fixed Income Financial Products.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop front office eTrading applications for the trading business.
• Work directly with traders, sales, and quants on platform improvements.
• Engage with business users in London and across Europe.

Skills

Object-oriented programming (preferably Java)

Multi-threading

Solid architectural understanding of enterprise applications

Understanding of concurrency, algorithms, data structures, design patterns

Excellent communication skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Java Core

Spring framework

Linux

Agile development tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Sonar, Team City)

IntelliJ

Gradle

Job description

Overview

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 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 to the trading business
• Working directly with Traders, Sales, and Quants to contribute towards 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 continuing to strive for best
• Enhancing our automated testing efforts and optimizing our UAT process
• Mentoring strong and energetic team in EMEA region
• Serving as 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 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, Pune, 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 in building systems with an attention to optimizing and tuning performance, while also demonstrating critical thinking skills related to re-use, scalability, and troubleshooting
• Experience of delivering solutions with ION Trading, Transficc or other recognised 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 of 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 & Team City
• Worked with tools such as IntelliJ, Gradle, etc.
• Experience on JSON/XML and REST service

Education

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Competencies

• Excellent communication skills, oral and written; ability to face off to business users
• Good team-work skills, and the ability to work in a distributed global team environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated with the determination to learn and achieve his/her goals
• Experience in full lifecycle development

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