Systematic and Credit Portfolio Trading Tool Developer, Assistant Vice President

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.

Key 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

Required Skills / Experience:

• 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

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

Education:

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Development

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

New York New York United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$121,200.00 - $181,800.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Jun 08, 2026

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