Fixed Income Algo Developer, Vice President

Citi

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$142,320–$213,480 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Nov 13, 2026 (soon)
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Fixed Income Algo Developer, Vice President

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The Fixed Income Algo Developer, Vice President joins the Fixed Income Algo Technology team to advance internal market-making and algorithmic trading capabilities for the Spread Product algo trading business. This role involves designing and developing reusable, high-performance, and low-latency trading platform components while collaborating with traders and quants to solve complex business problems. The developer will build and maintain live trading systems, market data processing applications, and robust back-testing frameworks. Required technical skills include extensive coding experience in Java, C++, or Rust, along with proficiency in messaging technologies like Solace and Kafka, and practical experience with Chronicle or Aeron. Candidates must understand data structures, design patterns, and distributed caching. The role requires Linux performance tuning, monitoring, and familiarity with build tools like Gradle, Git, TeamCity, and Artifactory.

Skills

Java C++ Rust Solace Kafka Chronicle Aeron Linux Gradle Git TeamCity Jenkins Artifactory Low-Latency Data Structures Object-Oriented Programming

What you'll do

  • Design and develop reusable algorithmic trading platform components with a focus on high performance and low latency.
  • Implement functional enhancements to the algorithmic trading platform based on requirements from traders, quants, and product managers.
  • Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of core algorithmic components.
  • Maintain and enhance live trading systems in coordination with eTrading Teams and Production Support.
  • Implement and support market data processing applications and trading applications.
  • Build robust back-testing frameworks and manage historical data storages.
  • Perform Linux system performance tuning and troubleshoot performance issues within the Java/Linux stack.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of hands-on coding experience in core Java, C++, or Rust for 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 or Kafka.
  • Practical experience with Chronicle and/or Aeron.
  • Experience with distributed caching techniques.
  • Proven track record in implementing and supporting market data processing and trading applications.
  • Experience building robust back-testing frameworks and managing historical data storages.
  • Basic proficiency in Linux system performance tuning and monitoring to troubleshoot performance issues within the Java/Linux stack.

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