Senior Software Engineer Java Fixed Income AVP

Citigroup; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave plus bank hols

Private medical care

Life insurance

Pension plan

Employee Assistance Program

Learning and development resources

Discretionary annual performance bonus

Job summary

We are Citi, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The Global Fixed Income Trade Processing team is seeking a skilled Java developer to design and build high-performance, low-latency distributed systems capable of handling large fixed income trades.

The role offers hybrid working up to 2 days per week, with a competitive base salary and comprehensive benefits. You will contribute to Spring-based architectures, RESTful services, and microservices, with experience across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Proven experience designing and developing high performance, low-latency, multi-threaded applications.
• Extensive hands-on development experience in Java.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop large, complex, distributed systems for the Global Fixed Income Trade Processing team.
• Build software to capture and process high volumes of fixed income trades.
• Prioritize tasks and work within deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Communicate effectively to produce client solutions.
• Work with the Belfast team on applications development.

Skills

Java

Multi-threading

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Maven/Gradle

CI/CD

Jira/Git/Bitbucket

Linux

OpenShift/Docker Cloud

SQL

Microservices

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Math/Engineering

Tools

Bitbucket

CI/CD

Cloud

Docker

Git

Gradle

JIRA

JPA

Java

Linux

Maven

MVC

OpenShift

SQL

Security

Spring

Spring Boot

TeamCity

Unix

Web

Microservices

Job description

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree with a relevant major such as Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, Engineering, or similar
• Proven experience designing and developing high performance, low-latency, multi-threaded applications
• Extensive hands-on development experience in Java
• Solid understanding of software development fundamentals, including data structures, design patterns, and object-oriented programming
• Proficiency in core Java, with demonstrable success developing multi-threaded applications and expert-level knowledge of data structures, algorithms, collections, and error handling
• Expertise in Spring Framework and Spring Boot, including Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, and Spring Security
• Understanding of microservices architecture
• Experience designing, developing, and consuming RESTful APIs and web services using Java and Spring Boot
• Experience with build tools such as Maven or Gradle
• Proven ability to develop clean, testable code
• Understanding of relational database concepts and SQL
• Experience with Jira, Git/Bitbucket, Gradle, and CI/CD tools such as TeamCity and UrbanCode Deploy
• Experience with Linux/Unix
• Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Artifactory, Docker, and OpenShift
• Knowledge of fixed income products, customer and broker market platforms, and trading protocols is desirable
• Ability to learn new business concepts and technologies
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop large, complex, distributed systems for our Global Fixed Income Trade Processing team
• Build software systems to handle the capture and processing of high volumes of fixed income trades
• Prioritize tasks and work within deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Apply a pragmatic and thoughtful approach while paying close attention to detail
• Communicate effectively to produce client solutions
• Work within our Belfast team on applications development
• Perform other job-related duties as required

Technologies:

• BitBucket
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Docker
• Git
• Gradle
• JIRA
• JPA
• Java
• Linux
• Maven
• MVC
• OpenShift
• SQL
• Security
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• Teamcity
• Unix
• Web
• microservices

More:

We are Citi, and our Global Fixed Income Trade Processing team is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. We offer a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model of up to 2 days working from home per week, a competitive base salary reviewed annually, and benefits including 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a discretionary annual performance-related bonus, private medical care and life insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, a pension plan, paid parental leave, employee discounts for family and friends, and access to learning and development resources. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day.