Algo Developer, Fixed Income Trading, Senior Vice President

Location: New York

## Algo Developer, Fixed Income Trading, Senior Vice President Apply remote type:
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September 10, 2026 (30 days left to apply) job requisition :
Join Citi's Fixed Income Algo Technology team in North America and play a pivotal role in advancing our internal market-making and algorithmic trading capabilities for the Spread Product algo trading business. This is a unique and challenging opportunity for an experienced software engineer to contribute to one of the industry's largest and most sophisticated algorithmic trading platforms. You will be instrumental in creating best-in-class, next-generation products, directly impacting our clients' franchise.

This role involves close collaboration with traders and quants to solve complex business and technology problems, with a direct and measurable influence on business outcomes.
** Key Responsibilities / Role:
*** Design and develop reusable algo trading platform components, with a strong focus on high performance and low latency.
* Collaborate directly with Traders, Quants, and Product Managers to understand business requirements and implement functional enhancements to the algo trading platform.
* Ensure the strong reliability, scalability, and performance of core algorithmic components.
* Work seamlessly with wider eTrading Teams and Production Support to maintain and enhance live trading systems.
* Adhere to stringent engineering standards, continuously striving for best-in-class solutions and practices.
** Knowledge/Experience
*** 8+ years of extensive hands-on coding experience in core Java, C++ or Rust specializing in low-latency, high-throughput distributed applications.
* Profound understanding of software development fundamentals, data structures, design patterns, object-oriented programming, and algorithms complexity analysis.
* Demonstrated experience with messaging technologies such as Solace, Kafka, etc.
* Practical experience with Chronicle and/or Aeron.
* Experience with distributed caching techniques.
* Proven track record in implementing and supporting market data processing applications and trading applications.
* Experience building robust back-testing frameworks and managing historical data storages.
* Basic proficiency in Linux system performance tuning and monitoring, with the ability to troubleshoot performance issues within the Java/Linux stack.
* Familiarity with build tools, including Gradle, Git, Team City, Jenkins, and Artifactory.
* Strong academic record, ideally with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering, or a related technical or quantitative discipline.
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* Competencies:

*** Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to business users.
* A self-motivated individual with a strong determination to achieve goals and drive projects to successful completion.
* Eagerness to continuously learn and grow, both technically and professionally.
* Excellent team-working skills and the ability to thrive in a distributed global team environment.
* Ability to perform effectively and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
* Flexible and adaptable, capable of delivering high-quality results within required time frames.

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** Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:**$ - $In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off…