Senior Java Developer - Equities Trading Technology - Vice President

Citi; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Senior Java Developer for the Equities Trading Technology team in a Vice President role. The position focuses on enhancing trading functionality across the full software lifecycle, with collaboration across business analysts, product teams, QA, and regulatory groups.

The role emphasizes security, AI integration, and automated testing. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in core Java, front-office trading experience, and familiarity with cloud/container tech such as Docker,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in core Java application development or systems analysis.
• Experience developing front-office trading applications/systems is a must.
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure, cloud technologies, containerization Tech (Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
• Experience with standard developer tooling (Lightspeed, BitBucket/GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Gradle, Maven) and Linux environment.
• Exposure to AI tools and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Equities Sales and Trading desks to understand requirements and priorities.
• Resolve high-impact problems through evaluation of complex processes.
• Provide expertise in application design aligned with architecture blueprint.
• Collaborate to extend functionality and improve performance of processes.
• Adopt AI toolkits in line with modernization strategy.
• Ensure hygiene, security, and vulnerability remediation of the platform.
• Contribute to automated integration testing design and implementation.
• Mentor mid-level developers and analysts; allocate work as needed.
• Provide second-line support, including out-of-hours support.

Skills

Java

Generics

Multi-threading

CI/CD tooling

Equities trading experience

Front-office trading applications

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Jira

Confluence

Gradle

Maven

Job description

Senior Java Developer - Equities Trading Technology - Vice President

Job Req Id:

26992694

Location(s):

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Job Type:

Hybrid

Posted:

Sep. 23, 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 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

• 8+ 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.
• Master’s degree preferred.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Development

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$120,800.00 - $170,800.00

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

Automated Processing and AI

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