Overview

Senior Software Engineer - Java/Kotlin - Equity Derivatives - VP

We are seeking a senior developer to join the London based team part of the Equity Derivatives Pre-Trade technology group. This role will position you as a technical and delivery lead to help design and deliver the build out of a pre-trade request-for-quote and pricing platform used by the Equity Derivatives and Delta 1 desks globally. This is an excellent opportunity to define yourself as a key contributor and technical lead within the wider Equity technology division. On a daily basis you will be working with technology as well as front office sales, trading, and quants colleagues across all Derivative & Delta 1 desks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver consistently excellent code, adhering to our team standards and industry best practices.
• Identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements.
• Partner with multiple related teams to ensure business critical goals are met efficiently and within agreed timescales.
• Resolve a variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes.
• Achieve and maintain a high level of understanding and current system processes and industry standards.
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of relevant areas of business and understand their goals and long-term strategy.
• Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, operating within an agile / frequent delivery mindset.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm\'s reputation and safeguarding Citi, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Required Qualifications

• Experience as a technical lead senior developer.
• Extensive experience of system analysis and development of production-quality software applications.
• Consistently clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Experience working on microservices systems and container/cloud deployment and hosting designs.
• Understanding of financial instruments, ideally Equity Derivatives and Delta 1 asset classes.
• Proficient in multi-threading and parallel task programming.
• Proven experience in ensuring robust testing quality practice and maintaining clean CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Experience working in Kotlin, Kafka, ELK.
• Experience leveraging LLMs assistant tools rationally for coding.
• Understanding of trade booking and life cycle processes.
• Knowledge of MiFID II, Dodd-Frank regulations and controls.
• Knowledge/experience of FIX flows - TradeWeb, RFQ Hub, BlackRock and Bloomberg, RFQ Workflows.
• Additional technology experience: React JS, Apache NiFi, Mongo, DBaaS, SaaS, Tibco/Solace or similar messaging middleware.

Education

• Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent experience operating in a similar role

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

What we’ll provide you

By joining Citi London, you will be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week). You will also receive a competitive base salary (annually reviewed) and a range of benefits including:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretionary 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 learning and development resources

Visit Citi\'s Global Benefits page to learn more.

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.

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