Citi is the Market Maker and a global leader in all major Fixed Income markets in across the globe. Unified TPS is Citi’s primary Fixed Income trading platform processing Derivatives, Cash and Exotics products with 3800+ Trading, Sales, Middle Office users globally. Unified TPS, built on state of the art technology stack processes around 200,000 transactions daily and provides real time position , risk management capabilities. It has connectivity to 100+ electronic trading venues and 20+ regulatory bodies globally. We are looking for a talented and passionate individual to join our Java Server development team and continue to evolve our next-generation trading application. They would lead the efforts to transition our application to smaller services, full automated CI/CD pipelines enabling faster time to market. The successful candidate will gain valuable exposure to the Fixed Income Trading business and an opportunity to work on a large scale, modern technology platform with a global presence **Job Background/context:** Unified Trade Process System is a dynamic and high-performing division of Citi’s Markets business. We work on business critical high availability application solutions across 80+ countries. Our applications are considered amongst the best-in-class within the industry, with our eCommerce and analytical products continuing to win industry awards year after year. The team works closely with end users gaining direct exposure to the fast paced world of capital markets trading. As part of an expansion, the team is looking to hire top-performing technologists with proven track record at Team Lead level, reporting to the Development Project Manager. **Responsibilities:** + _Develop common, reusable components and services utilizing Citi’s best practices_ + _Create high performance, low latency applications leveraging existing Citi framework_ + _Ensure strong reliability, scalability and performance of our components_ + _Liaise with technical and business teams to collaborate on identifying opportunities and solutions_ + _Drive architecture and execute on our technical strategy_ + _Partner with business to continue to evolve our architecture roadmap beyond near term objectives_ + _Coordinate development with both internal technology teams and business_ + _Adhere to engineering standards and strive for best in class_ + _Assist in third line support during core trading hours_ + _Motivate, mentor and lead technical teams, evaluate their delivery, guide the members to deliver quality output with responsible delegation and build a high performance team_ + _Together with the partner teams, user community, business analysts and Tech management contribute to innovative & best-in-class solutions for our business_ **Development Value:** This position gives an excellent opportunity for the selected candidate to play a significant role in an exciting and critical business within Citi. As a member of our highly acclaimed Technology team, this role provides the opportunity to participate in and shape the expansion and pre-eminence of our Business working together with our team of highly skilled technologists. We believe it is even more special to do this as part of Citi, a premier financial institution that is one of the biggest and best in the market, and as a part of our team that has a high visibility for our work both inside our larger organisation as well as in the global Capital Markets world. The position will enable you to leverage Citi’s incomparable geographical reach, product richness, and engineering expertise and to translate these into a successful and top-of-the-class product offering for our customers. **_Knowledge/Experience:_** + _10+ years hands on experience_ + _Strong Knowledge in one of the project management methodologies_ + _Experience in designing and implementing Multi-tier applications_ + _Excellent analytic & problem solving skills_ + _Excellent knowledge in troubleshooting, performance tuning and best practices_ + _Experience in Messaging, failover designing and recovery planning_ + _Experience in delivering high quality applications_ + _Experience in project risk identification techniques, mitigation and escalation_ + _Familiar with all phases of the systems lifecycle, from analysis, design and development through to support_ + _Experience in developing performance sensitive multi-tier Java/JEE applications_ + _Knowledge of the FI market and products is very desirable._ **_Skills:_** + _Self Motivated, Strong interpersonal and articulation skills (spoken and written)_ + _Excellent persuasive, influencing and negotiation skills_ + _Outstanding analytic and problem solving skills; innovative and solutions oriented_ _Technical:_ + _Excellent knowledge in Java (JDK 1.8 or more) Experience with SpringBoot, KAFKA, GRPC, ECS, Mongo, REST API, JUNIT and SQL/PLSQL Basics_ + _Java performance tuning_ + _Kubernetes, Openshift, Gradle, Splunk, Prometheus_ + _Knowledge of CI/CD Pipeline, Familiarity with TeamCity, UDeploy, Jenkins, SonarQube_ + _Experience with Design Patterns, Code Review, Coding standard, Unit testing with JNIT/Mockito_ **_Competencies:_** + _Innovative and Positive ‘Can Do’ attitude_ + _Ability to make effective judgements on available data / knowledge_ + _Planning and Organising – Ability to identify the steps to be taken to achieve objectives_ + _Resilience – Used to working towards tight deadlines, under pressure and using appropriate coping methods to stay focused_ + _Accountability –self start on goals and achieve targets_ + _Strong team orientation and commitment to overall team success; willing to go above and beyond to ensure team success; intense customer focus and commitment to driving quality_ **Qualifications:** + _Graduation/Post Graduation qualifications in Computer Engineering (preferable) or any Engineering stream with a very good academic record throughout._ + _A high degree of Analytical ability and Quantitative skills is desirable_ ------------------------------------------------------ **Job Family Group:** Technology ------------------------------------------------------ **Job Family:** Applications Development ------------------------------------------------------ **Time Type:** Full time ------------------------------------------------------ _Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law._ _If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review_ _Accessibility at Citi (https://www.citigroup.com/citi/accessibility/application-accessibility.htm)_ _._ _View Citi’s_ _EEO Policy Statement (https://www.citigroup.com/global/eeo-aa-policy)_ _and the_ _Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf)_ _poster._ Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. 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