VP - Low Latency Java Developer - London
London, United Kingdom
Job Req ID 21258683Overview
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Job Purpose / Context:
Citi’s FXLM technology group supports the front office technology operations of one of the world’s largest capital market businesses. Our talented technology group is looking for a hands-on, senior Java Application Developer team member to work in the FX Technology team based in London. The team are responsible for numerous front office facing trading applications within the FX eTrading space: Pricing, Risk, Electronic Trading. Each developer is involved in the complete project lifecycle from requirements analysis and to design and implementation.
The Accelerate Team is one of the most exciting and fast-paced teams within FXLM Technology and is responsible for delivering new sources of market liquidity to the eFX business. The team are directly integrated with the Trading Desk and Quants, and deliver technology covering the major liquid instruments such as FX Spot, Precious Metals and eNDF.
The team’s responsibilities extend to all aspects of the electronic trading domain, from market connectivity, market data distribution and connectivity across multiple Co-Lo Infrastructure locations. The platform is in the process of being redesigned and reengineered to an ultra-low latency and more scalable set up, in order to drive the integration of new connectivity opportunities and increase Citi’s ability to be first to market on new products.
Job Responsibilities / Role:
- Building best of breed ultra-low latency connectivity to new markets
- Hands on technical development role on a critical trading application
- Requirements capture, analysis and design on the eTrading platform
- Testing and UA coordination
- Liaison with the global business, support and development teams
- Troubleshoot and optimization on performance and scalability issues
- Third line support of the platform during trading hours
- Close interaction with the business product manager and other internal business users covering FX trading
Job Opportunities:
- Will be using/learning cutting edge low latency software and hardware techniques
- Will be able to acquire an excellent knowledge of the FX business domain
- Drive the development of a high performant and scalable technology platform
Basic Qualification:
- Bachelor’s degree Computer Science/Engineering or related field
Total and Relevant Experience:
- Total technical experience requirements are 5+ Yrs
- Server-side development with Java
Technical Skills Required:
- Low latency concepts, performance optimization and tuning
- Very strong core Java - including threading, sockets/networks
- Well versed in TCP/UDP protocols.
- Solid understanding of OO principles.
- Unix/Linux experience
- Knowledge of financial messaging protocols especially FIX.
- Solid SDLC knowledge and use of build, testing, deploy, code analysis tools
- Nice to have: KDB, Middleware’s such as Tibco EMS, Tibco RV, Solace
Non Technical Skills Required:
- Excellent communication skills
- Self-motivated and a desire to progress your career
- Flexible and adaptive, team player
- Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work well under pressure, prioritize work and well organized
- Ability to interact professionally with senior management
- Ability to pick up new concepts and apply the knowledge.
- Understanding of financial concepts
Additional Information / Preferences:
- Knowledge of FX is desirable
- Experience of working with large financial software systems
- Knowledge of eTrading or ecommerce applications is desirable
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Job Family Group:
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