The Digital S/W Engineer Sr Analyst is a seasoned professional role. Gains and applies in-depth disciplinary knowledge, contributing to the development of new techniques and the improvement of processes and workflow for Functional Journey. Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined domain. Requires having knowhow and urge to learn the deep understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the function and overall business. Evaluates moderately complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, where development of an approach and then taking of an action involving scientifically evaluating various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting situations using multiple sources of information. Requires good analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex and dynamic material from multiple sources. Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required. Regularly assumes informal/formal leadership role within teams. Involved in coaching and training of new SDE and SDET. Impacts significantly in terms of project size, geography, etc. by influencing decisions: by advising, counselling & facilitating services to others in area of specialization. Individual leadership and expertise will drive the team performance exponentially. Proficient at operating with considerable autonomy and discretion as this role will significantly influence the way an application is designed and developed by providing subject specific expertise and an advanced level of understanding of application programming principles.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for devising strategy for agile testing in a complex integrated & virtualized testing environment.
Responsible for executing and driving mid-size feature or application (Running in 2 to 3 sprints) design development & efforts to completion
Serving as a development lead on medium-scale projects and supporting the execution of larger efforts.
Actively participates and collectively along with SCRUM team responsible for
Story and EPIC Grooming exercises ensuring that all the dependencies are resolved for development, Screen design and work flowed needed in part of stories, for Example.
Participating in planning Poker and ensuring the story-pointing considering End to End.
During software development applying shift, preparing and coding the BDD scripts
Creating and fulfilling the data dependent for all kinds of testing including E2E testing in a CI (continuous Integration) /CD (continuous development) environment.
Dependent on the Environment and dependent microservice availability conduct the virtualized Testing as required. Including working with Virtualized Testing framework team to write the code for virtualized testing
Coach various technical & non-technical teams/organizations on the importance of unit testing, continuous integration testing, and E2E quality testing throughout the product lifecycle.
Ensure teams achieve 100% of feasible automation test coverage including edge/borderline/negative by leveraging industry leading best practices.
Sought after due to ability to analyze and troubleshoot coding, application performance and design challenges.
Capable of research in root cause of development and performance concerns as well as the resolution of defects.
Qualifications:
5-8 years in a product development/product management environment
Strong analytical, quantitative skills, problem solving, negotiating, influencing, facilitation, prioritization, decision-making and conflict resolution skills are required. Data driven and results-oriented
Experience delivering with an agile methodology
Experience in affecting large culture change
Experience leading infrastructure programs
Skilled at working with third party service providers
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Have a deep understanding of the technical requirements for the solutions being built.
Understand engineering needs including those required to build, maintain, and operate the system through all phases of its life.
Proficient in information modeling, data structures and algorithms.
Understand maintenance characteristics, runtime properties and dependencies that exist in support of your system’s software. These dependencies will include but not limited to: hardware, platform, operating system, performance and load requirements, as well as contingencies with upstream and downstream systems.
Demonstrate an advanced understanding of supported main system flows and possess a comprehensive understanding of how the system and others (i.e. architecture or infrastructure) collectively integrate to contribute towards achieving business objectives. Using this expertise, assist with the development of standards for coding, testing, debugging and implementation. This will ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint.
Participate in design discussions as a Development Lead and as such will play the part of a key decision maker in driving design decisions. This is evidenced by your knowledge of the application code details and your experience with the technology and teams engaged.
Work with limited guidance, seeking guidance only as needed as the development and delivery strategy is defined; the design is not.
Exhibit the ability to turn complex application design into a well written application.
Partner with industry vendors that provide technology or user experience design components that support our Digital architecture and work with vendors on our implementation plans and roadmaps identifying partnership opportunities to increase our development velocity and our learnings.
Participates in the full development life cycle, identify dependencies between agile and waterfall delivery, working within broadly defined parameters, including test plan execution and software quality needs
Directly impact the business by influencing strategic functional decisions through advice, counsel or provided services. This will require persuading and influencing others through strong and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills.
Communicate progress, anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, identify, assess, track and mitigate issues/risks at multiple levels.
Recognize discordant views and take part in constructive dialog to resolve them.
Work across teams to optimize processes.
Regularly review metrics and proactively seek out new and improved mechanisms for visibility ensuring your program stays aligned with organization objectives.
Continuously assess development processes, test plans, and operations.
Work with teams to improve concurrent project delivery.
Streamline and / or eliminate excess process in any area of architecture, build, delivery, production operations environment, or business area where the same efforts (or issues) are repeated year-over-year.
Share knowledge with the team in various forums (brown bags, engineering forums etc.) and demonstrate a higher level of knowledge through industry certifications
Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
Build and implement processes & standards for continuous improvement of the applications, systems, and collaboration.
Additional Qualifications:
Experience with functional and API test automation, test script creation and modification required using test automation frameworks.
Experience in software automation development using BDD, JUnit, JMeter, Selenium, Appium, Cucumber, Jenkins etc.
Experience in writing unit tests using automated TDD/BDD, E2E test suites for all components.
Experience in using tools such as JIRA, ALM, Confluence, Zephyr, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, etc.
Experience with CI-CD pipeline
Experience with Java 8, Gem fire, HTML5, CSS3, Java Script and Responsive Web Design
Experience with, or very knowledgeable in, cloud-based development leveraging Cloud Foundry in PaaS environment PCF
Working knowledge of requirement management and test management tools such as Jira, Zephyr
Experience writing code using Java/Python.
Education:
Bachelor in Computer Science/Business/University Degree related field or comparable work experience
* Responsible for devising strategy for agile testing in a complex integrated & virtualized testing environment.
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Job Family Group: Technology------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:Digital Software Engineering------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:Full time------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location:Irving Texas United States------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:$107,120.00 - $160,680.00
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.
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Anticipated Posting Close Date:May 21, 2026------------------------------------------------------
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Skills Required
- 5-8 years in a product development/product management environment
- Experience delivering with an agile methodology
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Experience with functional and API test automation
- Experience writing code using Java/Python
- Bachelor in Computer Science or related field
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