Citi Equities Technology organization is looking for an experienced and senior Java Low Latency Senior Developer to join the NAM Equities Electronic Trading team to help take our platforms to the next level. The successful candidate for this role will be responsible for design, development, and delivery of Citi’s next gen low latency exchange connectivity and DMA platforms. This senior engineer will work in a team focused on the NAM region, but operating within a wider global team. They will collaborate closely with the product development team, other development teams, production support, and quality assurance to ensure deliveries of the highest quality for the business. The ability to align closely with the global strategy is very important for this role.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with various development teams in an effort to accomplish established goals.
- Utilize in-depth knowledge and skills for design, development and support of the low latency trade execution platform.
- Partner with the business on product development and improving application resiliency and latency.
- Ensure continuous maintenance & improvements of the testing frameworks, development tools and environments use to support the platform delivery.
- Ability to envision, design and implement test cases for trading functions.
- Drive Agile and Continuous Integration and AI process adoption
- Ensure essential procedures and best practice are followed and contribute to defining standards.
Qualifications:
- 14+ years of experience in IT with minimum 10 years’ relevant experience in the Financial Service Industry with strong technical knowledge and expertise in core Java (preferably JDK17)
- Experience with FIX protocol or binary protocols for market access is desired
- Experience in using low latency software design and mechanical sympathy techniques to yield low latency, high throughput trading platforms.
- Experienced with microservices based architecture.
- Previous experience in developing automated trading platforms.
- Strong understanding of automated testing techniques.
- Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and Continuous Integration processes and AI tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot) is desirable.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, set goals and meet deadlines.
- Strong communication skills with a demonstrable ability to present & grasp complex concepts in a multicultural environment.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
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Job Family Group: Technology------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:Applications Development------------------------------------------------------
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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:$120,800.00 - $170,800.00------------------------------------------------------
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Skills Required
- 14+ years IT experience with minimum 10 years in Financial Services and strong technical knowledge in core Java
- Proficiency with JDK17
- Experience with FIX protocol or binary protocols for market access
- Experience using low latency software design and mechanical sympathy techniques
- Experience with microservices-based architecture
- Previous experience developing automated trading platforms
- Strong understanding of automated testing techniques
- Understanding of Agile methodologies, Continuous Integration processes and AI tooling (e.g., GitHub Copilot)
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, set goals and meet deadlines
- Strong communication skills and ability to present complex concepts in a multicultural environment
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
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