QA Automation Engineering Lead - Assistant Vice President

Citigroup Inc.; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. in Chennai seeks an IT Quality Lead (AVP) to drive test automation strategy across the application ecosystem.

This senior role blends hands-on framework architecture with technical leadership to scale automated testing within CI/CD pipelines, enabling rapid, high-quality software delivery. You will design scalable automation frameworks (UI, API, mobile), mentor QA engineers, integrate tests into Jenkins/Tekton, define roadmaps, and report quality metrics to stakeholders while

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software quality engineering experience with 5+ years in test automation framework development.
• Proficient in one or more object-oriented languages (Java, Python, C#, or JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Hands-on with UI, API, and mobile test automation and API testing tools.
• Solid CI/CD understanding and containerization experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks (UI, API, Mobile).
• Lead and mentor QA/automation engineers, establish coding standards and reviews.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Tekton) and quality gates.
• Define roadmaps, estimate automation efforts, align with sprint goals.
• Track quality metrics and report to senior stakeholders.
• Assess risk and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Skills

Test automation

QA leadership

Agile/Scrum

BDD/TDD

SQL

Java

Python

C#

JavaScript/TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Cypress

Playwright

Appium

RestAssured

Postman

Karate

Jenkins

Git

Bitbucket

Tekton

Docker

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Job description

The IT Quality Lead (AVP) is a senior technical leadership role responsible for designing, implementing, and scaling comprehensive test automation strategies and frameworks across our application ecosystem. This role combines hands-on framework architecture with technical leadership, driving engineering excellence, and integrating automated testing into our CI/CD pipelines to support rapid, high-quality software delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Automation Strategy & Architecture: Design, build, and maintain scalable, robust, and reusable test automation frameworks (UI, API, and Mobile) from scratch.
• Technical Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of QA and automation engineers, establishing coding standards, conducting code reviews, and driving best practices in test engineering.
• CI/CD Integration: Collaborate with DevOps and Development teams to integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Tekton), establishing automated quality gates for continuous deployment.
• Test Planning & Execution: Define test automation roadmaps, estimate automation efforts, and collaborate with product owners to align testing with sprint goals in an Agile environment.
• Metrics & Reporting: Establish, track, and report on key quality and automation metrics (e.g., test coverage, execution pass rates, defect leakage) to senior stakeholders.
• Risk & Compliance: Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding assets by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

Qualifications:

• Experience: 8+ years of experience in software quality engineering, with at least 5 years of hands-on experience in test automation framework development.
• Programming Languages: Strong proficiency in at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, Python, C#) or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Automation Tools: Hands-on expertise with industry-standard automation tools such as Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Playwright, or Appium.
• API Testing: Proven experience in automated API testing using RestAssured, Postman, or Karate.
• DevOps & Tools: Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts and tools (Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket, Tekton) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift).
• Database Skills: Strong proficiency in writing complex SQL queries for data validation and backend testing.
• Methodology: Deep understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) / Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Technology Quality

Time Type:

Full time

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