Blockchain Engineer - Digital Assets Platform (AVP)

Citi; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Discretional annual bonus

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Parental Leave

Learning and development resources

Job summary

Citi's Integrated Digital Assets Platform team is seeking a Digital Assets Platform Blockchain Engineer (AVP) to help build and enhance CIDAP. You will work as a back-end developer using Java Spring on enterprise web applications with exposure to web3 and blockchain tech.

We value collaborative, proactive engineers who can deliver high-quality software in a global, distributed environment. The role offers hybrid working up to 2 days home per week and a competitive base salary plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in backend web development using Java Spring.
• Experience in the full software development and testing lifecycle.
• Experience developing web applications using asynchronous programming.
• Familiarity with reliability, scalability, and performance patterns in web apps.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on web applications leveraging blockchain technology.
• Deliver functional scope for applications leveraging blockchain technology, meeting quality standards.
• Support solution engineering to meet stakeholder requirements.
• Apply best practices for enterprise web applications.
• Maintain technical documentation for code and applications built and maintained.
• Communicate effectively within a distributed team.

Skills

Java Spring

Backend development

Web applications

Asynchronous programming

Web3 familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

MS in CS or related discipline

Tools

Git

Jira

Jenkins

Helm Charts

Job description

Discover your future at Citi
Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.

Discover your future at Citi
Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.
Job Overview
A Digital Assets Platform Blockchain Engineer (AVP) must be a motivated and proactive hands-on software engineer (Back End, Java Focus), with demonstrated ability and experience working with web applications in production. The successful candidate will be part of the core team contributing to the build and enhancement of our Citi Integrated Digital Assets Platform (CIDAP). The ideal candidate will be a collaborative, driven enterprise developer and team player who can work effectively within a large team of motivated individuals across Citi's software engineering network.

We are looking for candidates who understand how to build the backend of enterprise-grade web applications. The successful individual should have foundational knowledge of web3 infrastructure, blockchain technology and digital assets, and must be a solid enterprise developer of web applications. Exposure to web3 application development is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members on implementation approaches for web applications leveraging blockchain technology
• Contribute to the delivery of functional scope for applications leveraging blockchain technology, meeting established quality standards
• Support solution engineering efforts to meet stakeholder requirements and expectations
• Apply best practices and common design patterns for enterprise web applications
• Apply best practices and common design patterns for web3 applications
• Use collaborative tools to manage and deliver work effectively within a distributed team
• Contribute to and maintain technical documentation for code and applications built and maintained
• Operate as a strong team player and communicate effectively within a distributed team
• Help identify, resolve, and elevate issues as needed to support timely, on-budget, and quality project delivery

Qualifications / Experience

• Experience and expertise with backend web development using Java Spring
• Experience in the full software development and testing lifecycle.
• Experience developing web applications using asynchronous programming and communication
• Familiarity with best practices and patterns for reliability, scalability, and performance in web applications

Bonus points for familiarity with

• Experience in web3 application development and Web3 libraries like Web3J and Web3JS
• Common and best practices for web3 applications
• Solidity code and best practices
• DevOps basics and containerized applications
• Agile Methodology and Scrum
• Bachelor's degree in CS or Engineering; MS in computer science or a related discipline is a plus
• Experience from the financial services

You will also bring

• Passion for coding
• Strong team player attitude with the ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders at various levels
• A proven track record of delivering good-quality commercial software products with increasing complexity
• Solid engineering fundamentals (testing, code reviews, code structure, readable and maintainable code)
• Hands-on development experience building enterprise-grade web applications
• Good computer science fundamentals: working knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns with the ability to translate them into clean, working code
• Working knowledge of tools for deployment and application management, such as git, Jira, Jenkins, Helm Charts, etc.

You will gain meaningful experience across technologies, businesses, and engineering groups at Citi, with exposure to new and existing methodologies and systems, as well as the opportunity to collaborate with teams around the globe. As a member of the Citi Integrated Digital Assets Platform engineering team, you will work alongside a team of highly motivated, T-shaped individuals who think creatively and seek innovative opportunities for commercial impact. You will gain exposure to newly released and upcoming technologies and the ability to contribute positively to business strategies. Working within a dynamic engineering team, you will build visibility across Citi and develop your career within a globally connected organization. This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

What We’ll Provide You

By joining Citi, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Visit our About Us | Culture, Values & Benefits page to learn more.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.

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.

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