Senior Full Stack Engineer - Fixed Income Tech (Manchester based) VP
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. About Us
- 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 deliver multi-billion-dollar revenues and have their 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.
- Previously, our UK mainland IT roles were centred in the London area. However, we believe in the growing significance of N.W. England and particularly Manchester as a technology hub.
- Fixed Income Technology is responsible for delivering state of the art technology solutions to the Fixed Income business. Initiatives includes 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 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.
- If you have this kind of vision, capable of seeing ahead, of developing a clear path forward in a quest to try the as yet untried, here is the opportunity.
- 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.
- Experience designing and implementing message-driven systems for reliable, asynchronous processing in low-latency, high-throughput, distributed environments.
- Extensive experience with Linux environments, including system administration, shell scripting, and performance tuning.
- Proficient in multithreading, concurrency and performance tuning
- Experience of the following technical areas
- Caching technologies e.g. Gemfire, Redis or others
- Middleware: Tibco, Solace or other
- Java and concurrency
- Openshift/Kubernetes experience is a plus but not required
- Experience with Agile software development processes with a strong emphasis on test driven development
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and experience in tools such as JIRA, BlackDuck, SONAR etc
- Demonstrated capacity to build sophisticated tooling for development and production team use
- Solid experience with relational databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB) in the context of financial systems.
- Experience with microservices architecture and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- 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.
- Knowledge of trading systems and algorithmic trading platforms.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- 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
- Company
- Citi
- Location
- London, UK
Hybrid/Remote Options - Posted
- Company
- Citi
- Location
- London, UK
Hybrid/Remote Options - Posted