Senior Programmer, Fixed Income, Assistant Vice President

Citi; New York (NY); On-site; USD 121,200 - 181,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Wellness programs

Paid time off

Job summary

Citi in New York seeks a Senior Programmer Analyst to design and build large, distributed fixed-income systems. You will lead development across the full lifecycle—feasibility, design, build, test, and deployment—while applying Java, Spring, and microservices best practices.

The role requires expertise in high-performance, low-latency applications, RESTful services, and CI/CD, with strong collaboration across teams. Citi offers comprehensive benefits and relocation support as needed.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with a relevant major (Computer Science, IT, Math, Engineering).
• Experience in high-performance, low-latency, multi-threaded applications.
• Extensive hands-on development in Java.

Responsibilities

• Conduct feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, IT planning, risk technology, and applications development.
• Monitor and control all phases of development, provide user and operational support.
• Analyze complex problems, evaluate business processes and industry standards.
• Develop security measures in post-implementation analysis.
• Consult with users/clients and other tech groups on issues and solutions.
• Define operating standards and processes; ensure procedures followed.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Microservices

REST APIs

Jira

Git/Bitbucket

CI/CD

Linux/Unix

Docker

OpenShift

SQL

Design patterns

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Jira

Git/Bitbucket

Gradle

CI/CD (TeamCity, UrbanCode Deploy)

Docker

OpenShift

Job description

Senior Programmer, Fixed Income, Assistant Vice President

Location: New York, New York, United States

Job Overview

The Global Fixed Income Trade Processing (FiTP) Team is seeking a Senior Programmer Analyst with a proven track record of designing and developing large, complex and distributed systems. This role is within the FiTP team in New York. The successful individual will ideally have a good knowledge of Fixed Income products and experience in building software systems to handle the capture and processing of high volume of such trades.

Responsibilities

• Conduct tasks related to feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, IT planning, risk technology, applications development, model development, and establish and implement new or revised applications systems and programs to meet specific business needs or user areas.
• Monitor and control all phases of development process and analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation as well as provide user and operational support on applications to business users.
• Utilize in-depth specialty knowledge of applications development to analyze complex problems/issues, provide evaluation of business process, system process, and industry standards, and make evaluative judgement.
• Recommend and develop security measures in post‑implementation analysis of business usage to ensure successful system design and functionality.
• Consult with users/clients and other technology groups on issues, recommend advanced programming solutions, and install and assist customer exposure systems.
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes.
• Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts.
• Operate with limited direct supervision and exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Act as SME to senior stakeholders and/or other team members.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Technical Skills

• Solid understanding of software development fundamentals including data structures, design patterns and object‑oriented programming.
• Proficiency in core Java (5+ years of experience) with success in developing multi‑threaded applications and expert knowledge in data structures, algorithms, collections, and error handling.
• Spring Framework (and Spring Boot): expertise in Spring Boot for rapid application development, Spring MVC for web applications, Spring Data JPA for persistence, and Spring Security for authentication/authorization.
• Microservices Architecture: understanding of designing, developing, and deploying independent, loosely coupled services.
• RESTful APIs: designing, developing, and consuming RESTful web services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build tools: Maven or Gradle for project management and build automation.
• Clean, testable code and unit testing practices.
• Relational database concepts and SQL knowledge.
• Experience with Jira, Git/Bitbucket, Gradle, and CI/CD tools such as TeamCity and UrbanCode Deploy.
• Experience with Linux/Unix.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies such as Artifactory, Docker, and OpenShift.
• Knowledge of fixed‑income products, customer and broker market platforms, and trading protocols desirable.

Qualifications

• 5‑8 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with a relevant major (Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, Engineering, or similar).
• Experience in the design and development of high performance, low‑latency, multi‑threaded applications.
• Extensive hands‑on development experience in Java.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new business concepts and technologies.
• Experience in systems analysis and programming of software applications.
• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects.
• Working knowledge of consulting/project management techniques/methods.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements.

Education

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

Benefits

Salary range: $121,200.00 – $181,800.00. In addition to salary, Citi offers discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi provides medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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