VP-Level Equities Algorithmic Trading Engineer

Citi; New York (NY); On-site; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary incentive program

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Citi in Jersey City leads a bold, multi‑year transformation of equities technology, delivering a best‑in‑class global platform for execution, prime, clearing and margining. Join a VP‑level team building high‑performance trading systems with Java and microservices.

As a senior developer, you’ll optimize low‑latency engines, collaborate with product and research teams, and drive testing, deployment, and resilience improvements in a fast‑paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in software development with a strong focus on high-performance, low-latency systems.
• Expert-level technical knowledge in Core Java, including a deep understanding of JVM internals, concurrency, garbage collection, and memory management in a low-latency context.
• Proven experience designing and developing automated trading systems in Equities or other similar financial domains, such as smart order routing, benchmark algorithms, or other automated execution strategies.
• Solid understanding of financial market protocols (e.g., FIX) and practical experience handling order and market datasets.
• Experience with microservices architecture and developing distributed systems.
• Demonstrable experience with modern testing frameworks, Agile methodologies, and CI/CD processes.
• Excellent communication skills with a demonstrable ability to present and grasp complex technical and business concepts.
• Familiarity with messaging and data grid technologies (e.g., Solace, AMPS, Chronicle, KDB+), infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Ansible), or experience with other high‑performance languages like Rust is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience; Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Take a leading role in the design, development, and optimization of high-performance, low‑latency microservices and applications, with a primary focus on the firm's algorithmic trading strategies and infrastructure.
• Implement and enhance complex trading logic, execution strategies, and performance optimizations to ensure best execution and system stability.
• Participate in and lead technical design discussions and conduct rigorous code reviews to ensure the highest standards of quality, performance, and architectural integrity.
• Partner with product development, quantitative researchers, and other technology teams to deliver new trading capabilities and enhance existing systems.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in testing frameworks, development tools, and deployment processes for our low‑latency and high‑throughput environment.
• Resolve complex technical challenges through in-depth analysis of business requirements, system processes, and industry best practices.
• Apply expert knowledge of system architecture, data flow, and development standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
• Build and maintain robust solutions for trading platform monitoring, trade reconciliation, and application recovery.
• 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.

Skills

Core Java

Low-latency

Microservices

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Concurrency

JVM internals

Memory management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Solace

AMPS

Chronicle

KDB+

Ansible

Job description

Citi in Jersey City leads a bold, multi‑year transformation of equities technology, delivering a best‑in‑class global platform for execution, prime, clearing and margining. Join a VP‑level team building high‑performance trading systems with Java and microservices.

As a senior developer, you’ll optimize low‑latency engines, collaborate with product and research teams, and drive testing, deployment, and resilience improvements in a fast‑paced environment.