Low Latency Java Algo Developer, Citi

Citi

Location:
United States, New York

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

142320.00 - 213480.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Fixed Income Algo Technology team in North America supports Citi's Internal Market Making, Algorithmic Trading, and internal matching for the Spread Product algo trading business. We're seeking to hire an experienced software engineer to advance the suite of algo trading platform creating a best in class, next generation product for our clients' franchise.

Job Responsibility:

Develop reusable algo trading engines with focus on low latency execution strategies
Ensure strong reliability, scalability and performance of the core algo components
Work with other etrading teams to support live trading
Learn and maintain large code base, improve design and quality of the algo trading strategies code
Partner with business to drive technology stack beyond near term objectives
Adhere to engineering standards and strive for best in class solutions

Requirements:

6-10 years of extensive Low Latency Java development experience in front office/trading required
Strong software development fundamentals, data structures, design patterns, object-oriented programming, algorithms complexity analysis
At least 2 years of extensive hands on coding experience in Core Java within low latency, high throughput distributed applications
Experience with messaging technologies like Solace, Kafka etc.
Experience with Chronicle and/or Aeron
Experience implementing and supporting market data processing applications and algorithmic trading strategies
Experience building back-testing frameworks and historical data storages
Basic Linux system performance tuning and monitoring, ability to troubleshoot performance issues within Java/Linux stack
Working knowledge of no GC Java techniques and lock free thread safe algorithms
Strong academic record, ideally with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, engineering or related technical or quantitative discipline

Nice to have:

Rust experience
Experience with Python, Spring, TDD, KDB or any other tick data storages
Build tools, gradle, git, teamcity, jenkins, artifactory

What we offer:

medical, dental & vision coverage
401(k)
life, accident, and disability insurance
wellness programs
paid time off packages including vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays
discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
October 30, 2025

Expiration:
December 31, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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