Citigroup, Inc

Senior Blockchain Engineer - Digital Assets Platform - VP

Citigroup, Inc$142K — $213K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in CS or Engineering; MS or PhD in computer science is a plus
  • 7-10 years of experience in software development and testing; financial services experience is a plus
  • 5-7 years of backend development expertise using Java Spring
  • 1-3 years of web3 application development experience is a plus
  • Experience in asynchronous programming and communication
  • Proficiency in reliable, scalable, and high-performance web application development
  • Familiarity with tools like Web3J, Web3JS, and Solidity is useful

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate on implementation approaches for blockchain-based web applications
  • Own and deliver the functional scope of blockchain-based applications end-to-end
  • Solve engineering challenges to meet stakeholder requirements
  • Utilize best practices and design patterns for enterprise web applications
  • Apply best practices for web3 applications effectively
  • Leverage collaborative tools for work management in a distributed team
  • Maintain technical documentation for developed code and applications

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Life, accident, and disability insurance
  • Wellness programs
  • Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, and holidays
Full Job Description
Job Overview

An Digital Assets Platform Blockchain Engineer must be a highly motivated and proactive hands-on software engineer (Back End, Java Focus), have a proven ability and experience working with web applications in production. The successful candidate will be part of the core team continuing to build our Citi Integrated Digital Assets Platform (CIDAP). The ideal candidate will be a self-driven, proactive, strong enterprise developer and resourceful team player who can comfortably work with a large team of highly motivated individuals within Citi's larger software engineering network.

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

Key Responsibilities:

In this role, you will be handling the following (but not limited to) responsibilities:
  • To collaborate with team members in implementation approach of web applications leveraging blockchain technology
  • To own and to delivery functional scope end-to-end of applications leveraging blockchain technology meeting our quality standards
  • To solve solution engineering challenges to meet our stakeholders' requirements and expectations
  • To know and properly use best and common practices, and design patterns for enterprise web applications
  • To know and properly use best and common practices, and design patterns for web3 applications
  • To properly use collaborative tools to manage and deliver work in a distributed team
  • To contribute and maintain tech documents for code and applications built and maintained
  • To be a team player and properly communicate in a distributed team
  • Help resolve/escalate issues as needed to successfully deliver projects on time, on budget and with quality


Qualifications/ Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in CS or Engineering; MS or PhD in computer science, or related discipline a plus
  • 7 to 10 years of experience in full software development and testing lifecycle. Experience from financial services industry is a plus.
  • 5 to 7 years of experience and expertise with Backend web development with Java spring
  • 1 to 3 years of experience in web3 application development is a plus
  • 1 to 3 years of experience and expertise developing web applications using asynchronous programming and communication
  • Experience and expertise developing web applications adhering to best practices and patterns for reliability, scalability, and performance
  • Familiarity with web3 libraries like Web3J and Web3JS is a plus
  • Familiarity with common and best practices for web3 applications is a plus
  • Familiarity of Solidity code and best practices is a plus
  • Familiarity of basics of DevOps and containerize applications is a plus
  • Familiarity of Agile Methodology and Scrum is a plus


Competencies/ Skills
  • Enjoy coding :)
  • Strong team player with ability to communicate to technical / non-technical stakeholders at all levels and a start-up mindset.
  • Proven history of delivering high-quality, increasingly complex, commercial software products.
  • Strong engineering fundamentals (testing, code reviews, code structure, readable and maintainable code).
  • Hands-on development experience as a full stack developer building enterprise-grade web applications
  • Excellent computer science fundamentals: demonstrable command of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns along with capability to translate them into working, elegant code.
  • Intricate knowledge of controls for consistent deployment and management of applications using best-in-class with toolsets such as git, Jira, Jenkins, Helm Charts, etc.


Development Value:

You will gain significant experience of the technologies and businesses and engineering groups across Citi, giving you exposure to new and existing methodologies and systems as well as the opportunity to work with multiple teams around the globe. As a member of the Citi Integrated Digital Assets Platform engineering team, you will have to opportunity to work with a team of highly motivated, T-shaped, smart individuals who think out of the box and look for disruptive opportunities for commercial benefit.

Exposure to newly released and upcoming technologies and the ability to positively contribute to the strategies of the business. By working within the senior leadership team you will be highly visible across Citi and will have access to Citi's executive management team.

Job Family Group:
Technology

Job Family:
Applications Development

Time Type:
Full time

Primary Location:
New York New York United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$142,320.00 - $213,480.00

In addition to salary, Citi's offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

Anticipated Posting Close Date:
Jul 06, 2026

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Citigroup is a financial services holding company that provides financial products and services. The company operates through two segments, Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and Institutional Clients Group (ICG). The GCB segment offers traditional banking services to retail customers through retail banking, commercial banking, Citi-branded cards, and Citi retail services. The ICG segment offers various banking, and financial products and services to corporate, institutional, public sector, and high-net-worth clients. This segment provides wholesale banking products and services, including fixed-income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivative services, equity and fixed-income research, corporate lending, investment banking, and advisory services, private banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. Citi is committed to sustainability and social responsibility, and the company invests in initiatives that promote economic progress.

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