Custody Technology Analyst – Digital Assets

Citibank (Switzerland) AG; Dublin; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Citi Dublin seeks a Custody Technology Analyst to help shape digital asset custody within a Tier-1 financial services environment. You will bridge traditional infrastructure and decentralized finance, collaborating across design, engineering, and QA to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

You’ll work with product managers, blockchain engineers, and operations experts to design architectures for tokenization and smart contracts while maintaining resilience and compliance. Hybrid schedule offered.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a technical role such as Software Engineering, Technical Systems Analysis, or Solutions Architecture.
• Strong conceptual and practical knowledge of blockchain, DLT networks, smart contracts, tokenization, and digital custody.
• Experience with high-throughput microservices, event-driven architectures (Kafka/pub-sub), and RESTful APIs.
• Ability to work across global teams and communicate with non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Conduct deep technical analysis of requirements and translate into specs and designs.
• Map and communicate downstream impacts of integrating new digital asset systems.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations to design target architecture.
• Drive tasks proactively, identifying bottlenecks and delivery risks.
• Design modifications to custody apps to support digital asset use cases.
• Contribute to system architecture discussions for scalable designs.

Skills

Technical Foundation

Digital Asset Domain

Modern Architecture

Enterprise Resilience

Financial Services

Global Team Experience

Strong Communication

Tools

Kafka

REST APIs

Microservices

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. We are seeking a delivery-focused Custody Technology Analyst with a strong understanding of distributed ledger technology (DLT), cryptocurrencies, and digital assets, paired with a solid foundation in the custody domain. In this role, you will bridge the gap between traditional financial infrastructure and the future of decentralized finance, working across design, engineering, implementation, and quality assurance.

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 Family Group

• 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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