Equities Cash Order Management Senior Java Developer - Vice President

Citi; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Senior Java Developer - Vice President to join their Equities Cash Order Management System team. The role involves enhancing trading functionality and ensuring platform integrity through full lifecycle software development.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years of Java experience, proficiency in developing trading applications, and familiarity with modern cloud technologies. This is a full-time on-site position located in New York.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in core Java application development.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies and microservices architecture.
• Experience in developing front-office trading applications.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Equities Sales and Trading desks to gather requirements.
• Resolve high-impact problems through evaluation of complex processes.
• Design and implement automated integration testing.

Skills

Core Java application development

Multi-threading

AI tools

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Equities trading applications

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

GitHub

Jira

Linux

Job description

Equities Cash Order Management Senior Java Developer - Vice President

Job Req Id: 26963505

Location(s): Pune, Maharashtra, India

Job Type: On-Site/Resident

Posted: May. 19, 2026

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Job Overview

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 adviser 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; comfortable working in Linux environment.
• Exposure to and interest in AI tools and technologies.

Education

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

Job Family Group

Technology

Job Family

Applications Development

Time Type

Full time

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