Systematic and Credit Portfolio Trading Tool Developer, Assistant Vice President

Citi • New York, NY

1d • $121,200 - $181,800 • Onsite

About The Position

Citi is seeking a highly motivated and curious engineer as a trading tool developer to work embedded within the Systematic & Credit Portfolio Trading business. This role is based directly on our trading floor, offering a unique opportunity for in-person collaboration with traders, quants, and product development. You will rapidly iterate on revenue-making & risk-reducing tooling, learn the business context, and balance strategic builds versus immediate needs. This position provides an outstanding opportunity for a developer to directly experience the impact of their work and help grow a new strategic trading desk.

Requirements

• 2-3 years of building applications and tools in Python or similar language
• Experience with containerized deployment Kubernetes/OpenShift, Helm and Docker
• Strong engineering fundamentals - managing complexity and designing for stability and maintainability
• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, Harness, etc.
• Experience analyzing complex data sets and drawing evidence-based conclusions
• Experience using agentic coding agents to accelerate development while maintaining high quality code and comprehensibility of the resulting system
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in Credit or other secondary trading businesses is a plus

Responsibilities

• Define trade tooling business requirements directly with traders
• Work collaborative with traders, quants and product dev team to develop trading tools (such as portfolio optimization, P&L analysis, trading recommendations etc.)
• Maintain an ecosystem for rapid application tooling that can support contributions directly from traders in a sustainable manner
• Leverage Python and React to create high quality software that can be delivered and adapted at the pace the business operates
• Collaborate with production support to ensure stability and maintainability of critical trading functions

Benefits

• medical, dental & vision coverage
• 401(k)
• life, accident, and disability insurance
• wellness programs
• paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level