Quant jobs / Citibank

Senior Low Latency Electronic Trading Software Engineer (Vice President)

Build low-latency electronic execution systems at Citi. The engineer works with traders and researchers on execution performance, liquidity access and reliable releases.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Develop high-performance trading components.
Improve testing, recovery and monitoring tools.
Implement execution features with trading and quantitative users.

What they ask for

Required

Low-latency Java, C++ or Rust
Electronic trading platforms
Automated testing
Concurrency and performance design
Technical communication

Preferred

Regional exchange microstructure
Small-team management

Education: Bachelor’s in computing, engineering or a related subject, or equivalent professional experience.
Experience: At least 7 years of relevant experience.
Languages and tools: Java
C++
Rust

How to prepare

Benchmark a trading component under burst order flow.
Build deterministic regression tests for execution changes.
Design recovery and monitoring for a low-latency service.

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Citibank and doesn’t handle applications.