Job Description
Blockchain Engineer - Digital Assets Platform (AVP)
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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
In this role, you will be handling the following (but not limited to) 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 escalate 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.
Development Value
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.
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| Workplace Initiatives | |
| Program for parents returning to work after Parental Leave? | Yes- Open for vacancies in November 2019 |
| Leadership development programs? | Yes |
| Mentoring programs? | Yes |
| Coaching programs? | Yes |
| Employee-led diversity networks? | Yes |
| Internal women’s networking groups? | Yes |
| Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? | Yes |
| No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: | up to 26 weeks |
| Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: | 26 weeks |
| No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: | 2 weeks |
| Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: | 26 weeks |
| Workplace Initiatives | |
| Gender pay gap reporting information 2017 (UK): | |
| Average pay gap: | 43.50% |
| Median pay gap: | 32.00% |
| Average bonus gap: | 71.60% |
| Median bonus gap: | 71.40% |
| Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? | Yes |
| Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? | Yes |
| Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? | Yes |
| Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? | Yes |
Returner Programme
The Citi Returner Programme is a supportive hiring programme, designed to help you transition from a career break into a career within financial services. You may have worked in the finance sector, the tech sector or another industry all together! We value your knowledge, skills and experience, regardless of how and where you have developed them. We believe that hiring people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives brings advantages to our teams.
The programme will start in January 2020 and Returners will benefit from a structured and in-depth induction to help them transition successfully back into the workplace, followed by a tailored programme of professional development and learning delivered over a period of 15-18 months, dependent on the role and career pathway.
Returners will undertake professional qualifications as part of the programme and enjoy the benefits of being part of a supportive cohort. Citi recognises the importance of flexible working arrangements and is happy to explore these with you.
Eligible candidates will –
• Have been on a career break for at least two years
• Be looking to start the next phase of their career in financial services, in a range of roles, including operations and technology
• Demonstrate natural curiosity and be motivated to learn new skills
• Exhibit excellent leadership and communication skills
The returner programme will be open for applications on the 1st September 2019.