Citi Group QA Test Automation Engineer – Java AVP 

United Kingdom, England, London 

999234896

Responsibilities:

• Delivering independent testing for major applications belonging to the FX eTrading stack.
• Test case design & development, manual test case execution, test automation development, reviews of requirements, and other project artifacts.
• Implementation and execution of automation test frameworks for functional and non-functional testing.
• Assist the QA lead in the quantification and tracking of automation test coverage, designing testing KPIs, and reporting on corresponding metrics.
• Acting as a quality gate before software products are delivered to our clients.
• Identifying and highlighting ways to continuously optimise the way in which QA function operates to create an efficient, scalable team.
• Work with the business and Production Support to investigate issues and prevent production defects
• Identifies, recommends and implements process improvements to enhance testing strategies.
• Exhibits good understanding of concepts and principles in own technical area and a basic knowledge of these elements in other areas.
• Resolves problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and guided by precedents

Key Skills and Experience required

• Experience of developing, extending and executing test automation frameworks.
• Experience of coding in Java to a working level.
• Experience Building Test Automation Frameworks from Scratch
• Experience of working in Agile development teams and knowledge of BDD / TDD.
• Experience of both UI and server side testing.
• Experience in test analysis and manual testing.
• Strong test analysis and test case creation skills.
• Strong knowledge of test methodologies and experience of implementing test automation best practices.
• Professional experience with Application Lifecycle Management tools for example Atlassian Jira.
• Unix / Linux skills.

Any Beneficial / Nice to have skills and experience:

• Experience of working on Single Dealer Platforms
• FX and Local Market experience

• Experience of integrating automation tests into the build process e.g. Jenkins, Teamcity
• Experience with high-volume low-latency highly available IT systems, understanding of their architecture and SLAs.
• Business domain knowledge of front office trading in FX, Rates or commodities, e.g. Pricing, Order Execution, and Trading/Auto hedge risk management.

• ISEB or ISTQB certification or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of acceptance test frameworks (e.g. using Fitnesse, Cucumber) and programming or scripting languages.
• Working knowledge and demonstrable use of Python.

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 London, 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

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