Junior Software Developer jobs in United Kingdom

Citi is a world‑leading global bank. We have approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. We enable clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting‑edge ideas, best‑in‑class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

You will join the Equity Derivatives technology team in London, specializing in developing and supporting the pricing platform that provides underlying asset prices for Global Equity Derivatives business. This team is a key partner to the markets business and has been a major contributor to its success.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will collaborate with front office, operations, Product Owner team, and development team members to provide solutions that improve efficiency, decrease operational risk, and enable business expansion. You will have experience in building high‑performing, scalable, and enterprise‑grade applications while adopting best‑in‑class engineering practices. You’ll work in a collaborative, respectful, trusting, and diverse environment that encourages creative thinking and critical problem‑solving to serve our clients globally.

Citi is looking for a Senior Software Engineer (VP Level) to work on market data pricing platform. We work in an Agile and DevOps manner, self‑organize our work with BAs, speak directly with business users across the globe, and have good autonomy over technology decisions. We own the continuous delivery pipeline through to production and strive to release frequently into production.

• Define the architecture, design, development, code review, pairing, testing, and maintenance of applications.
• Design and implement scalable applications and services with a solid focus on quality, continuous integration, and deployment.
• Write testable code following clean coding and SOLID design principles, instilling best engineering practices across the wider firm.
• Perform code reviews and contribute to the overall quality, maintainability, and testability of software developed.
• Adapt to changes in priorities and requirements.
• Work closely with clients and stakeholders to define feature requirements and deliver a product that materially impacts the business and improves the end‑user experience.
• Collaborate with teams to form a good working culture and continuously adapt to different working environments.

• Very strong software development experience.
• Strong knowledge of Java and RESTful web services
• Experience in developing performant code and solid understanding of Java threading.
• Experience working with Git source code management.
• Good understanding of clean coding and SOLID principles.
• Proficiency in code quality measurements using tools like Sonar.
• A team player comfortable working in a team that deals with ambiguity and problem‑solving.
• Ability and willingness to mentor junior team members.

• University degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Experience in using APIs to get price from Refinitiv, Bloomberg or other market data source.
• Familiarity with different persistent storage technologies involving both SQL and NoSQL.
• Experience working within an Agile (XP) environment.

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Visit our Global Benefits page to learn more.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.

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