Senior Java SOR Engineer – Low-Latency Trading

Citibank (Switzerland) AG; Jersey City, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Jersey City, NJ, seeks a VP-level Smart Order Router (SOR) Developer to design, develop and optimize our core low-latency execution platform. You will own high-performance Java microservices, implement complex routing, and drive best-execution strategies.

You will partner with product, quantitative research, and other tech teams, lead code reviews, improve testing and deployment practices, and help ensure stability, resiliency, and robust monitoring across the trading stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Experience with automated trading systems.
• Strong knowledge of Java and low-latency design.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and optimization of SOR and low-latency microservices.
• Implement routing logic, venue analysis, and performance tuning.
• Collaborate with product, quantitative researchers, and other tech teams.
• Drive testing, CI/CD, and deployment improvements.
• Ensure monitoring, reconciliation, and recovery capabilities.

Skills

High-performance Java

Low-latency systems

SOR development

Microservices

FIX protocol

CI/CD

JVM internals

Concurrency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Solace

AMPS

Chronicle

Ansible

Job description

Citi in Jersey City, NJ, seeks a VP-level Smart Order Router (SOR) Developer to design, develop and optimize our core low-latency execution platform. You will own high-performance Java microservices, implement complex routing, and drive best-execution strategies.

You will partner with product, quantitative research, and other tech teams, lead code reviews, improve testing and deployment practices, and help ensure stability, resiliency, and robust monitoring across the trading stack.