Senior Java E-Trading Engineer — Fixed Income

06500 Citigroup Global Markets Limited; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Discretionary bonus

Private medical & life insurance

Employee assistance program

Pension plan

Paid parental leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

Citi is seeking a talented Java developer for front office eTrading applications. You will work with Traders, Sales and Quants to shape the platform, improve performance and drive engineering standards. The role offers hybrid working with up to 2 days at home per week and a competitive base salary with a range of benefits.

The team collaborates across London, Paris, and other global locations, using Agile practices, CI/CD, and modern tooling to deliver robust trading systems.

Qualifications

• Extensive programming experience with an Object-oriented language (preferably Java)
• Solid architectural understanding of enterprise applications
• Understanding of computing science fundamentals – concurrency, algorithms, data structures, design patterns

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Java

Multi-Threading

Relational databases

Spring framework

Linux

KDB

JSON/XML

REST

Agile

Jira

Bitbucket

Sonar

TeamCity

IntelliJ

Gradle

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Jira

Bitbucket

Sonar

TeamCity

IntelliJ

Gradle

Job description

Citi is seeking a talented Java developer for front office eTrading applications. You will work with Traders, Sales and Quants to shape the platform, improve performance and drive engineering standards. The role offers hybrid working with up to 2 days at home per week and a competitive base salary with a range of benefits.

The team collaborates across London, Paris, and other global locations, using Agile practices, CI/CD, and modern tooling to deliver robust trading systems.