Senior Software Engineer - Java/Kotlin - Equity Derivatives Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact. Job Overview We are seeking a senior developer to join the New York based team part of the Equity Derivatives Pre-Trade technology group. This role will position you as a technical and delivery lead to help to design and deliver the build out of a pre-trade request-for-quote and pricing platform used by the Equity Derivatives and Delta 1 desks globally. This is also an excellent opportunity for you to define yourself as a key contributor and technical lead within the wider Equity technology division. On a daily basis you will be working with tech as well as front office sales, trading, and quants colleagues across all Derivative & Delta 1 desks. Responsibilities: Deliver consistently excellent code, adhering to our team standards and industry best practices. Identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements. Partner with multiple related teams to ensure business critical goals are met efficiently and within agreed timescales. Resolve a variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes. Achieve and maintain a high level of understanding and current system processes and industry standards. Develop comprehensive knowledge of relevant areas of business and understand their goals and long-term strategy. Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, operating within an agile / frequent delivery mindset. Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency. Required Qualifications: 10+ yrs experience as a technical lead senior developer. Extensive experience of system analysis and development of production-quality software applications. Consistently clear and concise written and verbal communication. Experience working on microservices systems and container/cloud deployment and hosting designs. Understanding of financial instruments, ideally Equity Derivatives and Delta 1 asset classes. Proficient in multi-threading and parallel task programming. Proven experience in ensuring robust testing quality practice and maintaining clean CI/CD pipelines. Preferred Qualifications: Experience working in Kotlin, Kafka, ELK. Experience leveraging LLMs assistant tools rationally for coding Understanding of trade booking and life cycle processes Knowledge of Mifid II, Dodd Frank regulations and controls Knowledge/experience of FIX flows - TradeWeb, RFQ Hub, BlackRock and Bloomberg, RFQ Workflows. Additional technology experience: React JS, Apache NiFi, Mongo, DBaaS, SaaS, Tibco/Solace or similar messaging middleware Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required Master's degree preferred