Fixed Income Algo Developer, Citi

Citi

Location:
France, Paris

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

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Job Description:

The Fixed Income Algo Technology team in EMEA supports Citi’s market making, algorithmic trading, and internal matching for the EMEA Business. We’re seeking to hire an AVP level candidate to advance the algo execution platform creating a best in class, next generation product for our clients’ franchise. This includes optimizing execution logic and development of new algorithms and controls to minimize market impact.

Job Responsibility:

Designing and developing Algo trading applications for the business
Working directly with Traders and Quants to contribute towards the future direction of the platform
Improve the technical capabilities of the platform to ensure it remains stable, flexible, and maintainable
Driving engineering standards and continuing to strive for best
Enhancing our automated testing efforts and optimizing our UAT process
Serving as advisor or coach to new or lower-level analysts
Troubleshooting challenging performance and scalability issues
Engaging with business users in London and across Europe (Paris, Milan)
Assisting in third line support during core trading hours
Acting as Subject Matter Expert to senior stakeholders and /or other team members
Liaising with the global business, support, and development teams on various exciting projects

Requirements:

5-8 years of programming experience with an Object-oriented language (preferably Java), Multi-Threading, KDB and any relational database
Solid architectural understanding of enterprise applications
Understanding of computing science fundamentals – concurrency, algorithms, data structures, design patterns, etc.

Nice to have:

Experience with Java Core, Spring framework and Linux
Experience with Rust
Experience developing large financial software trading systems with substantial hands-on development experience in building systems with an attention to optimizing and tuning performance
Prior experience in building algo trading systems
Solid understanding of service architecture and high performance, low latency, and multithreading techniques
Strong focus on system performance tuning and experience with low latency Java programming
Knowledge of major Fixed Income Products (e.g., EuroGovies/Swaps/GILTS/SAS etc.) and Broker/Customer Markets electronic trading flows
Experience with modern software development practices such as Agile development, test-driven development, and continuous integration and continuous delivery
Worked in an Agile globally distributed team using tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, Sonar & Jenkins
Worked with tools such as IntelliJ, Gradle, etc.
Experience on JSON/XML and REST service

What we offer:

Build a strong profile in a high-performance global team (London, Paris, NY)
Develop efficient and robust solutions to challenging business problems
Work on a globally distributed team to deliver the next generation Algo platform for traders at Citi
Gain knowledge and exposure to Front Office Trading Systems, Fixed Income, and Derivatives flows

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
August 22, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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