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Job Overview
Citi is a world-leading global bank with approximately 200 million customer accounts and presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services and wealth management. We enable clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing cutting edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.
You will join the Equity Derivatives technology team in Belfast, specialising in developing and supporting the reference data platform and systems that manage crucial foundational data such as securities, currencies, accounts, holidays, compositions, and other instrument master data for the Global Equity Derivatives business. The team is a key partner to the markets business and has contributed to its success by ensuring accuracy, consistency and timely availability of critical reference data.
What We Do / The Team
As a Senior Software Engineer you will collaborate with front-office, operations, product owner team and development team members to provide solutions that improve efficiency, reduce operational risk and enable business expansion. You will build high performing, scalable and enterprise-grade applications using best-in-class engineering practices. Your work on static reference data systems will underpin functions such as accurate trade processing, risk calculations and regulatory reporting, directly contributing to business growth and operational stability.
Role Overview / What will you do
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (VP Level) to work on the equity derivatives reference data platform. Working in an Agile and DevOps manner, you will self-organise your work with BAs, speak directly with business users worldwide and exercise autonomy over technology decisions. You will own the continuous delivery pipeline through to production, striving to release frequently into production.
Responsibilities
- Define architecture, design, development, code review, pairing, testing and maintenance of applications.
- Design and implement scalable applications and services with a focus on quality, continuous integration, deployment, observability, metrics and monitoring.
- Write testable code following clean coding and SOLID design principles.
- Perform code reviews and contribute to overall quality, maintainability and testability of software.
- Adapt to changes in priorities and requirements.
- Work closely with clients and stakeholders (Front Office, Quants, Risk, Operations, Regulatory teams) to define reference data requirements, ensure data quality and governance, and deliver robust solutions that materially impact the business and improve the end-user experience.
- Provide leadership to the project and team from a regional perspective; collaborate with production support, BAs and other developers to investigate and communicate production issues, mentor junior developers and resolve blockers.
Key Skills and Experience Required
- Very strong software development experience.
- Strong knowledge of Java and RESTful web services.
- Experience in developing performant code and solid understanding of Java threading.
- Experience working with git-based source code management.
- Good understanding of clean coding and SOLID principles.
- Proficiency in code quality measurements using tools such as Sonar.
- Familiarity with and ability to leverage AI-powered development tools and platforms (e.g., code generation, intelligent refactoring, testing assistance).
- A team player comfortable working in a team that deals with ambiguity and problem-solving.
- Ability and willingness to mentor junior team members.
- University degree or equivalent experience preferred.
Any Beneficial / Nice to have Skills and Experience
- Strong understanding of financial reference data, data modelling, data governance and data quality management concepts.
- Experience integrating with and managing static data from various financial market data providers.
- Familiarity with different persistent storage technologies involving both SQL and NoSQL.
- Experience working within an Agile environment.
What we’ll provide you
By joining Citi you will be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), and receive a competitive base salary (annually reviewed). Additional benefits include:
- 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- A discretionary annual performance-related bonus
- Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Pension Plan
- Paid Parental Leave
- Special discounts for employees, family and friends
- Access to an array of learning and development resources
Job Family Group
Technology
Job Family
Applications Development
Time Type
Full time
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