We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our APAC Derivatives Market Making team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of cutting-edge, low-latency trading applications that drive our derivatives trading strategies across the Asia-Pacific region. The successful candidate will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance systems essential for market making activities. **Key Responsibilities** + Design, develop, and implement low-latency trading applications using Java as the primary development language. + Work with various database technologies, including Sybase and MongoDB. + Collaborate with traders, quantitative analysts, risk management functions, and other engineering teams to gather requirements, analyze technical specifications, and deliver robust solutions. + Optimize application performance, ensuring ultra-low latency and high throughput for critical trading functions. + Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, and support. + Ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of trading systems. + Contribute to the improvement of the development ecosystem, including dev tools, QA automation frameworks, and Continuous Integration pipelines of the platforms. **Required Skills & Experience** + Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in software development. + Strong proficiency in Java, with a proven track record of developing high-performance / low-latency applications and automated trading platforms. + Experience with C++ and HTML5 is highly desirable. + Solid understanding and practical experience with relational databases (e.g., Sybase) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB).Demonstrated knowledge of derivatives products (options, futures, warrants, CBBCs, etc.) and market making concepts. + Experience working in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment, preferably within financial services or trading. + Excellent problem-solving skills, with an ability to debug and troubleshoot complex systems. + Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented setting. + Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science / Engineering or a relevant field. ------------------------------------------------------ **Job Family Group:** Technology ------------------------------------------------------ **Job Family:** Applications Development ------------------------------------------------------ **Time Type:** Full time ------------------------------------------------------ **Most Relevant Skills** Please see the requirements listed above. ------------------------------------------------------ **Other Relevant Skills** For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter. ------------------------------------------------------ _Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law._ _If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review_ _Accessibility at Citi (https://www.citigroup.com/citi/accessibility/application-accessibility.htm)_ _._ _View Citi’s_ _EEO Policy Statement (https://www.citigroup.com/global/eeo-aa-policy)_ _and the_ _Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf)_ _poster._ Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Minority/Female/Veteran/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.