Custody Technology Analyst – Digital Assets

Citi; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 93,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Competitive salary

Job summary

Citi Dublin is seeking a Custody Technology Analyst to help design and integrate digital asset solutions within Citi's custody platform. You will collaborate daily with product managers, blockchain engineers, architects, and operations to translate complex requirements into robust specs.

The role requires a strong technical foundation, knowledge of blockchain, microservices, and REST APIs. You will help ensure security, scalability, and resilience in a Tier-1 global bank while embracing hybrid

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a technical role such as Software Engineering, Technical Systems Analysis, or Solutions Architecture.
• Strong conceptual and practical understanding of blockchain, DLT networks, smart contracts, tokenization, and digital custody.
• Hands-on experience with modern, high-throughput microservices, event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, pub/sub), and RESTful APIs.
• Experience designing, developing, or supporting mission-critical, highly resilient enterprise systems.
• Background in financial services, with exposure to securities services, custody, clearing, or settlement systems.

Responsibilities

• Conduct deep technical analysis of business and functional requirements, translating them into robust, developer-ready specifications and system designs.
• Analyze, map, and communicate the downstream impacts of integrating new digital asset and blockchain systems with Citi's existing global technology stack.
• Partner with global stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations to design and deliver a cohesive target architecture and operating model.
• Drive project tasks independently, proactively identifying potential bottlenecks or delivery risks, and communicating them early to ensure timely project execution.
• Design and implement modifications within existing global custody applications to support digital asset use cases, tokenization, and smart contract execution.
• Contribute actively to system architecture discussions, advocating for modern, clean, secure, and highly scalable design patterns.

Skills

Technical analysis

Systems integration

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Tools

Microservices

REST APIs

Kafka

Event-driven architectures

Job description

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution shaping innovative applications using distributed ledger technologies? Then bring your skills in technical analysis, design best practices, problem-solving, and communication to Citi’s Custody Technology team.

Company & Hub Overview

Shape your career with Citi in Dublin. By joining Citi, you will become part of a global organization whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

Citi has had a presence in Ireland since 1965 as one of the first foreign banks to open an office in the country. Today, Dublin serves as the Headquarters of Citibank Europe Plc, offering a vibrant, multicultural hub where talented professionals collaborate to solve complex global challenges.

Team/Role Overview

Our Custody Technology team is at the forefront of the industry's shift toward asset tokenization and digital market infrastructure. This is a highly collaborative, forward-thinking squad tasked with designing and integrating digital asset solutions into Citi’s world-class custody platform.

As a Custody Technology Analyst, you will collaborate daily with global product managers, blockchain engineers, enterprise architects, and operations specialists. You will work on cutting-edge initiatives that define how institutional clients securely hold, settle, and service digital assets. This role offers the unique challenge of working with emerging, fast-evolving technologies while maintaining the rigorous security, scalability, and resilience of a Tier-1 global bank.

What You’ll Do

• Technical & Functional Analysis: Conduct deep technical analysis of business and functional requirements, translating them into robust, developer-ready specifications and system designs.
• Systems Integration: Analyze, map, and communicate the downstream impacts of integrating new digital asset and blockchain systems with Citi's existing global technology stack.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with global stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations to design and deliver a cohesive target architecture and operating model.
• Proactive Delivery & Risk Management: Drive project tasks independently, proactively identifying potential bottlenecks or delivery risks, and communicating them early to ensure timely project execution.
• System Evolution: Design and implement modifications within existing global custody applications to seamlessly support digital asset use cases, tokenization, and smart contract execution.
• Architecture & Design Contribution: Contribute actively to system architecture discussions, advocating for modern, clean, secure, and highly scalable design patterns.

What We’ll Need From You

• Technical Foundation: Proven experience in a technical role such as Software Engineering, Technical Systems Analysis, or Solutions Architecture.
• Digital Asset Domain Knowledge: A strong conceptual and practical understanding of blockchain, DLT networks, smart contracts, tokenization, and digital custody.
• Modern Architecture Design: Hands-on experience working with modern, high-throughput microservices, event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, pub/sub), and RESTful APIs.
• Enterprise Resilience: Experience designing, developing, or supporting mission-critical, highly resilient, and fault-tolerant enterprise systems.
• Financial Services: Background in financial services, with preferred exposure to securities services, custody, clearing, or settlement systems.
• Global Team Experience: Proven ability to work effectively in virtual, diverse, and cross-functional global teams.
• Strong Communication: Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with a track record of articulating complex technical concepts to non-technical business partners.

What We Can Offer You

This is a role that will offer you the opportunity to build an in-depth knowledge of digital assets and their applications in a highly regulated environment. Every day there will be new business and technical challenges that will help you develop new skills while we build solutions to shape the future of digital finance.

By joining Citi Dublin, 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 that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well. Discover more here.

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 energised to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Job Details

Job Family Group: Technology

Job Family: Applications Development

Time Type: Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range: €93,280.00 - €139,920.00

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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