Citi is looking for an experienced Lead Quality Engineering Analyst to join our technology team and play a pivotal role in maintaining the integrity and performance of software systems that underpin global financial services operations. In this senior individual contributor position, you will serve as a recognized technical authority for IT quality, shaping testing strategy, mentoring junior colleagues, and driving continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle. Your work will directly influence the effectiveness of a broad technology function, ensuring that high-quality, compliant, and resilient applications reach production.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement comprehensive testing strategies encompassing functional, automation, regression, and user acceptance testing to support application releases into production.
- Monitor software products and development processes for conformance to quality standards, identifying risks and ensuring findings are documented, tracked, and resolved.
- Conduct root cause analyses on quality issues, recommend targeted improvements to existing standards and procedures, and collaborate with technology teams to develop new frameworks where needed.
- Partner with technology project managers and business stakeholders across multiple levels of management to align testing approaches with project goals and communicate process changes effectively.
- Maintain and report on quality metrics to provide transparency into testing coverage, defect trends, and overall product health across the portfolio.
- Verify traceability across project work products, ensuring all corrective actions are assigned, documented, and completed in line with agreed timelines.
- Act as a mentor and advisor to junior team members, sharing expertise in testing methodologies, quality standards, and the software development lifecycle to strengthen overall team capability.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- 6+ years of experience in an IT quality or software testing role, with demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of cross-functional project teams.
- Comprehensive knowledge of testing processes, including functional, regression, automation, and user acceptance testing, applied across multiple phases of the systems development lifecycle.
- Solid experience in testing programme management, including the design of test plans, scripts, and strategies for complex application environments.
- Ability to analyze requirements in depth, translate them into structured testing approaches, and ensure all applications meet established quality policies and standards.
- Clear and confident communication skills, with experience engaging and influencing colleagues across technology and business functions, including senior stakeholders.
- Familiarity with quality risk identification and the ability to assess the impact of decisions on system integrity, business continuity, and regulatory requirements.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent university-level qualification in a relevant field.
Beneficial Skills & Qualifications
- Master's degree in a relevant technical or business discipline.
- Hands-on experience with both manual testing techniques and automated testing frameworks, with the ability to apply each in appropriate contexts.
- Awareness of current industry quality trends and the ability to assess their applicability to an enterprise technology environment.
What We Offer
At Citi, you will be part of a high-performing technology team operating at global scale, where your expertise shapes the quality and reliability of systems used by clients and colleagues worldwide. This role offers genuine ownership, senior visibility, and the opportunity to influence the direction of quality engineering practices across a significant area of our technology organisation.
- A hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely, giving you flexibility while staying connected to your team.
- Access to continuous learning and professional development resources to deepen your technical expertise and progress your career.
- Opportunity to mentor and develop junior talent, building your leadership profile within a respected global technology function.
- Exposure to complex, large-scale technology programmes that have direct impact on business performance and client outcomes.
- A collaborative, performance-driven environment where your contributions are recognised and your voice carries weight in shaping standards and practices.
- Competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, including financial wellbeing support and family-friendly policies.
- Wellbeing resources and work-life balance initiatives designed to support you at every stage of your career.
Apply now to bring your quality engineering expertise to Citi and lead the standards that keep global technology systems performing at their best.
Job Family Group
Technology
Job Family
Technology Quality
Time Type
Full time
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range
$120,800.00 - $170,800.00
Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.
Other Relevant Skills
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