Senior Java Developer (VP) – London – Equities Sales and Trading

Citi is a world-leading global bank. We have approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. We enable clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

What We do / The Team

COMET is a global Equities Order Management System used by Citi traders and sales traders to trade equities, derivatives, convertible bonds etc. in the global market or access to algos. It also provides functionality for users to perform post-trading functionality such as allocations and ticketing etc.

Role Overview/What will you do:

• Delivery of our Cash, derivatives OMS product globally
• Close engagement with Equities Sales and Trading desks to understand key functional and non-functional requirements, prioritization and day to day questions.
• Collaborate with other members of the team to extend functionality and enhance performance of existing processes.
• Identify opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards and methodologies
• Be instrumental in the design and implementation of automated integration testing.
• Provide second line support, including out of hours, for the processes and components you develop.

Key Skills and Experience required

• Primary development expertise in core Java development, including knowledge of collections, IO, multi-threading and generic
• You will be a highly motivated self-starter who is comfortable taking on new challenges and picking up and learning new technologies.
• You will have experience working with build tools such as Gradle and Maven.
• You will be comfortable working with Linux and be familiar with standard developer tooling, such as Git, BitBucket/GitHub, Jira, Confluence, etc.
• Prior experience developing front office Trading applications / Systems
• Bonus points for Experience or Familiarity working on Equities trading platform

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, 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

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.