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Applications Development Programmer Analyst, Assistant Vice President

Chiyoda-ku Tokyo Japan

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Role family
Engineering
Seniority
Executive
Country
JP
Work mode
On-site / unstated
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27 Sept 2026

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This Senior Developer role for Pricing and Correlation is within a global application development team responsible for Real Time Pricing applications for our Credit trading business. The role will focus on design and implementation of critical new features as well as architectural and performance improvements. This role requires strong design and programming skills in Java, knowledge of various streaming frameworks as well as familiarity with challenges that arise when implementing real time performant systems.

Experience in Front Office technology, knowledge on Fixed Income Credit products, UI development technical skills considered a plus.

Working Hours & Work-Life Balance

This position is aligned with Japan standard working hours (with overlap into London start-of-day). While the role is part of a global team collaborating across APAC, EMEA, and North America, your primary operational focus will be working together with the Tokyo team to support local Japan/APAC business hours and facilitate seamless coverage into the London start-of-day window.

In this role, you’re expected to:

Collaborate with the team to understand functional and operational requirements

Design and implement robust and testable code in support of the requirements

Develop certain non-functional features in the system to improve reliability, scalability and performance

Contribute to the design and implementation of automated test suites

Participate in code reviews helping other team members improve their code

  • Partner with multiple management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals as well as identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements
  • Resolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of business processes, system processes, and industry standards
  • Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint
  • Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
  • Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals
  • Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions
  • 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.

Key Relationships:

  • Derivative Pricing & eTrading team in Tokyo, New York, Poland, Canada
  • Other development teams in the same regions
  • Credit Trading Desk
  • Application support organization

As a successful candidate, you’d ideally have the following skills and exposure:

  • 5-8 years of relevant experience
  • Experience with system analysis and in programming of software applications, especially as it pertains to performance and testability of components
  • Familiarity with Credit Derivative products and associated pricing and risk calculations
  • Ability to be proactive, adjust priorities quickly
  • Experience working on a mature development in a large collaborative environment as well as coming up with ideas that challenge current practices
  • Demonstrated leadership skills

Technology Skills:

  • Experience with Java ecosystem
  • Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and best DevOps practices
  • Exposure to profiling, debugging and monitoring tools
  • Ambition to learn aspects of systems supporting real time interest rate risk calculations
  • UI experience is a plus.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

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Job Family Group:

Technology ------------------------------------------------------

Job Family:

Applications Development ------------------------------------------------------

Time Type:

Full time ------------------------------------------------------

Most Relevant Skills

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter. ------------------------------------------------------

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