Senior Vice President, Full-Stack Developer in London

At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact. Initially, this role will be remote, but will switch to hybrid working once the new office is open (city-centre). Therefore, applicants who are not able to commit to a hybrid working model (3 days onsite in the Manchester office) need not apply.

Citi is one of the largest players in the financial industry, employing more than 200,000 people across the globe. Global Markets Trading deals with clients and investors who wish to trade in the international markets of Foreign Exchange, Equities, Interest Rates, Bonds, Commodities and Credit derivatives. Each of these market sectors delivers multi-billion-dollar revenues and has its own technology team, working with a range of applications and different technologies. Most of our key applications are developed in-house, to give our trading operations a competitive edge through speed, flexibility, and bespoke functionality.

Fixed Income Technology is responsible for delivering state-of-the-art technology solutions to the Fixed Income business. Initiatives include deliveries across sales, risk, pricing, algorithmic trading, execution, trade processing, and much more. The Fixed Income business has set out an ambitious growth plan, and strong technical development is critical to achieving our goals and enhancing our leading position in the financial market.

The evolution of electronic trading and automation has changed the way that fixed income products trade forever; driving a need for real-time, low latency pricing, market making and risk technology. In this increasingly electronic and competitive landscape, Citi is a key player due to its leading eTrading platform and investment in technology. The FI eTrading team is at the forefront, by building high-performance low latency technology that supports the execution of billions of dollars of client trades every day. Our competitive advantage is our technology and having a platform that provides exceptional and dependable trading experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Full-stack engineer with experience in designing and developing robust, scalable, and maintainable applications applying Object Oriented Design principles.
• Knowledge and experience of Java development using Java, Java 8+ (or later), and relevant Java frameworks such as Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and Hibernate.
• Extensive experience with Linux environments, including system administration, shell scripting, and performance tuning.
• Proficient in multithreading, concurrency and performance tuning.
• Caching technologies e.g. Middleware: Java and concurrency.
• Experience with Agile software development processes with a strong emphasis on test driven development.
• Solid experience with relational databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB) in the context of financial systems.
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing secure, scalable, and high-performance financial applications.
• Understanding of financial concepts such as payments, transactions, trading, risk management, and financial reporting.
• Proficiency in working with financial protocols (e.g., FIX) and integration with external financial data sources and APIs.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

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

Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.