Citi Group Fixed Income Algo Trading Low Latency Engineer Java 

United Kingdom, England, London 

525490182

Duties may include (But not limited to)

• Responsible for creating high performance, low latency applications leveraging existing Citi framework and drive engineering excellence.
• Ensuring strong reliability, scalability and performance of the core Algo components
• Partner with business to continue to evolve algo architecture roadmap beyond near term objectives
• Deliver next-generation performance and functionality and play a partnership role defining the direction of Rates algorithmic trading at Citi
• Design and develop high performance, low-latency trading applications that deliver to client expectations as well as improve stability and scalability of the trading platform.
• Partner with multiple technology, business/quant 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/quant 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.
• Working with other core E-Trading teams to manage and support the application

Key Skills and Experience required

• Solid understanding of software development fundamentals with proven demonstrable success in designing and delivering multi-tiered applications
• Extensive hands-on experience writing clean Testable code coupled with expertise in developing multi-threaded Core Java applications.
• Strong Software development fundamentals, data structures, design patterns, Object-Oriented programming, architecture, algorithms, and problem-solving skills
• Strong focus on system performance tuning and experience with low latency Java programming
• Solid understanding of service architecture and high performance, low latency, and multi-threading techniques
• Experience architecting and designing high performance server side components.
• Proven experience developing service oriented applications
• Prior experience in building algo trading systems is highly desirable
• Knowledge of any Interest Rates or Futures financial products (e.g. Treasuries/Swaps) is highly desirable
• Technical skills include Java, Spring, TDD, KDB, FIX, and UNIX/LINUX
• 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.

Any Beneficial / Nice to have skills and experience:

• 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.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

What we’ll provide you

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Responsibilities may include (But not limited to)

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This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

What we’ll provide you

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Key Responsibilities:

· Design and develop high performance, low-latency trading applications that deliver to client expectations as well as improve stability and scalability of the trading platform.

· Partner with multiple technology, business/quant 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/quant 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:

· 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.

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

· Proficiency in core Java (8+ 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.

· 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 mentor team members.

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

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