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Java / Kotlin Engineer - Equity Derivatives Tech - VP

Citigroup Inc., City of Westminster

Java / Kotlin Engineer - Equity Derivatives Tech - VP

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Citigroup Inc., City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 7 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

  • Provide technical leadership to an Agile/AI powered development team, mentoring developers and establishing best practices for coding, testing, CI/CD, AI usage.
  • Partner with tech teams, traders and quants to deliver production-grade applications and services.
  • Drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement in SDLC and DevOps, using metrics to boost efficiency.
  • Translate complex business requirements into detailed technical specifications.
  • Proactively identify, mitigate, and solve complex risks throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Improve system performance, scalability, reliability, observability.

    Strong software engineering experience in Java/Kotlin, building enterprise-grade, cloud-hosted systems.
  • Proven experience working directly with end users or ideally trading desks to deliver mission-critical capabilities from concept through production.
  • Extensive experience in backend development, preferably in a financial services environment, with a strong background in software application design, development, and implementation.
  • Practical experience with Agentic AI development tools and patterns.
  • Proven experience building and deploying applications on Cloud platforms.
  • Demonstrable understanding of concurrent and distributed design patterns and system architecture.
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to identify and resolve complex technical issues.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related quantitative discipline.
  • Advantageous Skills: Proficiency in Python, Messaging Technologies (e.g., Kafka, Solace, TIBCO), and Observability Technologies (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Elastic Stack / ELK, Grafana), experience with Multi-threading and Parallel task programming, experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) architecture. Good understanding of derivatives pricing and risk management, preferably within equities markets., Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
  • Master's degree preferred
  • Ideally in a quantitative domain, such as Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics o Physics.

    Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of approximately 219,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact., This is a key position within a transformational agenda to modernize our technology stack and participate in containers migration, utilizing functional JVM-based micro-services. This is an excellent opportunity for you to define yourself as one of the core contributors to the Equities investment strategy and set yourself up for a fruitful and successful career at Citi. You will also have the opportunity to work with advanced AI tools and platforms to enhance efficiency and accelerate development tasks.

Direct job link

https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/java-kotlin-engineer-equity-derivatives-tech-vp-127702600
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