Senior Software Engineer - Python and Data - Vice President

About the role

Citi’s Markets Technology group is seeking an experienced Senior Python and Data Engineer in Pune to join the engineering organization in developing high-throughput Regulatory & Market Manipulation Controls. In this hands-on technical role, you will code, architect, and optimize scalable Python backend services and data pipelines that process massive volumes of financial market data - including trade lifecycles, orders, executions, and risk analytics.

What you'll do

• Lead the hands-on design and implementation of high-throughput, low-latency Python backend services and SQL pipelines to ingest and process massive volumes of financial…
• Translate complex regulatory mandates and market surveillance policies into robust, deterministic control algorithms and automated surveillance engines
• Partner directly with trading desks, risk managers, and compliance stakeholders to model end-to-end trade lifecycles, order workflows, and multi-asset risk analytics
• Conduct application profiling, database tuning, and SQL query optimization to eliminate bottlenecks, minimize latency, and maximize throughput
• Implement Generative AI-assisted solutions and modern automation patterns to eliminate manual operational activities and streamline control testing workflows

What you need

• 10–18 yrs of experience
• Python
• SQL
• Data structures
• System design
• Git
• Docker
• Any graduate

Good to have

• Kubernetes
• Kafka
• LLMs
• Capital markets
• Spark
• CI/CD