Equity Derivatives Tech Lead: High-Performance Java Architect

Citi Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi Group in Singapore is seeking a senior developer to join the Equity Derivatives Trade Management technology team, focusing on trade capture and lifecycle platforms used by Global Equity Derivatives.

You will collaborate with front office, operations, product development and other engineers to build high-performing, scalable Java applications, uphold SOLID design, implement CI/CD on OpenShift/Kubernetes, and mentor teammates in a fast-paced, risk-conscious trading environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on software development and architecture experience in enterprise, high-throughput environments.
• Expert-level proficiency in Modern Java (Java 17+), Spring Boot, RESTful services, and distributed systems.
• Experience with distributed caching/in-memory data grids (e.g., Ignite, Hazelcast, Redis).
• Strong knowledge of RDBMS (Oracle, SQL Server) and NoSQL persistence, with performance tuning.
• Solid cloud/containers experience (OpenShift, Kubernetes) and DevOps tooling (Git, CI/CD).
• Domain knowledge of Equity Derivatives product lifecycle and risk workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead Architecture & Design for high-performance trade capture and lifecycle platforms.
• Architect high-performance Java applications ensuring scalability for high-volume, low-latency trades.
• Champion clean code, SOLID principles, and robust test coverage with SonarQube and unit/integration tests.
• Collaborate with front office, operations, product and development teams to refine requirements.
• Advance CI/CD pipelines, containerization on OpenShift/Kubernetes, and automated release verification.
• Coordinate deployment and provide Tier-3 production support and root-cause analysis.
• Modernize workflows with cloud adoption and AI-assisted developer tools.
• Mentor junior engineers to foster a collaborative, high-trust culture.
• Navigate dynamic priorities with autonomy in a fast-paced trading environment.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Microservices

Distributed systems

In-memory data grids

RDBMS/NoSQL

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Git/Bitbucket

CI/CD

SOLID principles

Code reviews

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Git/Bitbucket

SonarQube

JUnit/TestNG

Job description

Citi Group in Singapore is seeking a senior developer to join the Equity Derivatives Trade Management technology team, focusing on trade capture and lifecycle platforms used by Global Equity Derivatives.

You will collaborate with front office, operations, product development and other engineers to build high-performing, scalable Java applications, uphold SOLID design, implement CI/CD on OpenShift/Kubernetes, and mentor teammates in a fast-paced, risk-conscious trading environment.