Equities Cash Order Management Senior Java Developer - Vice President

Citigroup Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. is seeking a senior-level contributor for the Equities Cash Order Management System team in Pune District, India. This key role involves enhancing trading functionality and encompasses the full software development lifecycle. Responsibilities include direct engagement with Sales and Trading desks, as well as addressing technical hygiene and security measures.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in core Java application development, with a strong background in front-office trading applications and modern cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in core Java application development.
• Primary development expertise in core Java, including collections and IO.
• Prior experience developing front-office Trading applications is a must.

Responsibilities

• Engage closely with Equities Sales and Trading desks for requirements.
• Provide second-line support, including out-of-hours, for developed processes.
• Rapid adoption of AI toolkits in development processes.

Skills

Core Java application development

Multi-threading

Containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

AI tools and technologies

Front-office Trading applications

Linux environment

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Jira

Gradle

Maven

BitBucket/GitHub

Lightspeed

Job description

The Equities Cash Order Management System team is responsible for a global platform used by Citi traders and sales traders. This system is critical for trading in equities, derivatives, convertible bonds, and provides access to algorithmic trading. It also encompasses post-trade functionality, including allocations and ticketing.

In this senior‑level position, you will be a key contributor responsible for enhancing trading functionality to drive business growth. Your duties will encompass the full software development lifecycle, from initial development and testing to deployment and ongoing production support.

This role requires close partnership with a wide range of teams, including business analysts, the product platform team, QA, production support, as well as regulatory, compliance, and audit groups. A key part of your responsibilities will also be to proactively address technical hygiene, security, and vulnerability remediation to ensure the platform's integrity and stability.

Responsibilities

• Engage closely with Equities Sales and Trading desks to understand key functional and non‑functional requirements, handle prioritization, and address day‑to‑day questions.
• Resolve a variety of high‑impact problems and projects through in‑depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards.
• Provide expertise in your area and advanced knowledge of applications programming, ensuring application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint.
• Collaborate with other members of the team to extend functionality and enhance the performance of existing processes.
• Rapid adoption of AI toolkits in line with the firm’s strategy of modernization of the development process.
• Compute and estate management including hygiene, security, and vulnerability items.
• Be instrumental in the design and implementation of automated integration testing.
• Serve as an advisor or coach to mid‑level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary.
• Provide second‑line support, including out‑of‑hours, for the processes and components you develop.

Key Skills and Experience Required

• 10+ years of relevant experience in core Java application development or systems analysis role.
• Primary development expertise in core Java development, including knowledge of collections, IO, multi‑threading, and generics.
• Highly motivated self‑starter who is comfortable taking on new challenges and picking up and learning new technologies.
• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
• Prior experience developing front‑office Trading applications/systems is a must.
• Experience or familiarity working on an Equities trading platform.
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure, cloud technologies, containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
• Experience with standard developer tooling, such as Lightspeed, BitBucket/GitHub, Jira, Confluence, build tools such as Gradle and Maven etc. Comfortable working in Linux environment.
• Exposure to and interest in AI tools and technologies.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.

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