Full-stack Java Developer – Systematic & Credit Portfolio Trading Tools

About the role

Citi is looking for a full‑stack engineer to join its Systematic & Credit Portfolio Trading team. The role will involve building and enhancing a suite of trading tools that support traders, quants and product developers. You will work closely with business stakeholders to deliver high‑impact, revenue‑generating and risk‑reducing applications.

Key responsibilities

• Define trade tooling business requirements directly with traders.
• Collaborate with traders, quants and product development to develop trading tools such as portfolio optimisation, P&L analysis and trading recommendations.
• Maintain an ecosystem for rapid application tooling that enables sustainable contributions from traders.
• Leverage Java and React to create high‑quality software that can be delivered and adapted at the pace of the business.
• Work with production support to ensure stability and maintainability of critical trading functions.

Required profile

• Proven experience building applications and tools in Java or a similar language.
• Experience delivering software in a fast‑moving, high‑stakes financial environment (no prior portfolio trading experience required).
• Ability to work collaboratively with traders, quants and product teams.
• Strong engineering fundamentals, including managing complexity and designing for stability and maintainability.
• Experience with containerised deployment and CI/CD pipelines.

Required skills

• Java
• React
• Kubernetes / OpenShift
• Helm
• Docker
• Jenkins or Harness (CI/CD tools)

What we offer

• Mentorship and continuous learning opportunities.
• Hybrid work model with flexibility.
• Exposure to high‑impact financial technology projects.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.