Job Purpose: 

The Rates E-Trading technology team in North America is responsible for the platform that has enabled Citi’s US Rates business to be the number one on the street.  We are seeking a Java Fixed Income Algo Developer to continue to build and enhance the platform that autonomously prices RFQs and trades with clients across external and internal venues, e.g. Bloomberg and Tradeweb.   

A successful candidate will solve interesting technical challenges whilst developing solutions that have a measurable and visible revenue impact.  This is a rewarding and exciting opportunity to work directly with one of the most forward thinking businesses and successful Rates E-Trading platforms.  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Design and develop high performance, low-latency trading applications 

• Partner with multiple technology, business/risk and external market teams to capture requirements and deliver timely solutions for new trading functionality and market upgrades. 

• Coordinate testing of new functionality including business/etrading risk signoff. 

• Liaise with global support teams to manage application upgrades and provide third-line support for existing trading platform. 

• Develop common, reusable components and services that execute against Citi’s technical strategy and drive future improvements. 

• Partner with business/quant teams to evolve architecture roadmap and drive future direction of the trading platform. 

• Participate in agile/scrum development lifecycle and drive engineering excellence. 

Qualifications: 

Knowledge/Experience: 

•  Bachelor’s degree with a relevant major (Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, Engineering, or similar) 

• Experience in 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. 

Technical: 

•  Solid understanding of software development fundamentals including data structures, design patterns and object-orientated programming. 

• Proficiency in core Java (5+ years of experience) with demonstrable success in developing multi-threaded applications. 

• Proven ability to develop clean, testable code.  

• Understanding of relational database concepts and knowledge in SQL. 

• Experience with Jira, Git/Bitbucket, Gradle and CI/CD tools, e.g. TeamCity and UrbanCode Deploy. 

• Experience with Linux/Unix. 

• Experience in Kafka, Solace, JMS or other messaging middleware systems

• Knowledge on cloud technologies desirable, e.g. Artifactory, Docker and OpenShift. 

• Knowledge of fixed income products, customer and broker market platforms and trading protocols desirable. 

Soft Skills: 

•  Excellent communication skills (there is a requirement to be business/quant facing). 

• Strong passion for technology, especially Java, with a keen interest in driving adoption of new technologies and tools. 

• Self-motivated individual and with ability to manage own workslate. 

• Excellent collaborative skills; ability to work with others and contribute to global projects. 

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills. 

• Ability to work in a fast-pace environment; flexible and able to deliver results in the required timeframe