1 day ago
Mississauga, CanadaStaff+
Base Salary
$121k - $171k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize high-performance, low-latency Java microservices and applications for the Smart Order Router.
- Implement routing logic, venue analysis models, and performance optimizations supporting best execution and system stability.
- Lead technical design discussions and conduct rigorous code reviews.
- Partner with product development, quantitative research, and technology teams to deliver trading capabilities.
- Improve testing frameworks, development tools, and deployment processes for low-latency, high-throughput systems.
- Resolve complex technical challenges involving business requirements, system processes, architecture, data flow, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
- Build and maintain monitoring, trade reconciliation, and application recovery solutions for the trading platform.
- Drive compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and risk-control requirements.
Requirements
- Hands-on software development experience focused on high-performance, low-latency systems.
- Expert knowledge of Core Java, including JVM internals, concurrency, garbage collection, and memory management in low-latency environments.
- Experience designing and developing automated trading systems, preferably Smart Order Routers in equities or comparable financial domains.
- Understanding of financial market protocols such as FIX and experience handling order and market datasets.
- Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
- Experience with modern testing frameworks, Agile methodologies, and CI/CD processes.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain and understand complex technical and business concepts.
- Familiarity with Solace, AMPS, Chronicle, or Ansible is a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree or university degree required.
Benefits
- Full-time position.
About Citi
Citi is a public financial-services company offering consumer and institutional banking, credit cards, wealth management, treasury and trade solutions, and capital-markets services. It serves individuals, corporations, financial institutions, and governments in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions, earning interest and fee income from lending, payments, trading, and advisory. Founded in 1812 and headquartered in New York, it trades on the NYSE under the ticker C.