Low Latency Java Algo Developer, Fixed Income Trading, Vice President

Citi

Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $142,320–$213,480 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Closes: Aug 4, 2026

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This role $178k

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TL;DR · Low Latency Java Algo Developer, Fixed Income Trading, Vice President

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Citi’s Fixed Income Algo Technology team in North America is hiring an experienced software engineer to join their mission-critical platform supporting internal market making and algorithmic trading. This senior-level position involves developing low-latency execution strategies for algo trading engines, ensuring high reliability and performance of core components, and collaborating with trading teams to support live operations. The ideal candidate will have 6-10 years of experience in Java development within a front office/trading environment, along with knowledge of Rust, messaging technologies like Solace or Kafka, and tools such as Chronicle and Aeron. They should also be adept at building back-testing frameworks and possess strong Linux system tuning skills. This role offers the chance to work on high-profile projects that drive next-generation performance in Rates algorithmic trading, requiring a solid background in software architecture, design patterns, and low-latency distributed systems.

Skills

Java Rust Spring Python Kafka Solace Chronicle Aeron TDD Git TeamCity Jenkins Gradle Artifactory Linux Prometheus Grafana KDB NoSQL CI/CD

What you'll do

Develop low latency execution strategies for algo trading engines.
Ensure core components are reliable, scalable, and performant.
Collaborate with etrading teams to support live trading operations.
Improve design and quality of existing algo trading strategy code.
Drive technology stack development beyond immediate project goals.

What we're looking for

6-10 years of Low Latency Java development experience in front office/trading
Strong background in software development fundamentals and design patterns
Experience with messaging technologies like Solace, Kafka, Chronicle, and Aeron
Hands-on coding experience in Core Java for low latency, high throughput applications
Knowledge of no GC Java techniques and lock-free thread-safe algorithms
Familiarity with Python, Spring, TDD, KDB, or other tick data storage solutions
Experience building back-testing frameworks and historical data storages