QA Automation Engineering Lead - Assistant Vice President

Citi; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 7,300 - 11,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking an QA Automation Engineering Lead (AVP) in a hybrid role, based in Chennai, India. You will design and scale test automation across UI, API, and mobile, while mentoring a team and driving engineering excellence.

You will integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, define roadmaps, and report key quality metrics to leadership while ensuring risk is managed in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software quality engineering experience with 5+ years in test automation framework development.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, C#, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with UI, API, and mobile automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or Appium.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and scale scalable test automation frameworks (UI, API, Mobile).
• Lead and mentor QA/automation engineers, set coding standards and perform code reviews.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Tekton) with automated quality gates.
• Define automation roadmaps, estimate efforts, align testing with sprint goals in Agile.
• Establish and report quality metrics (coverage, pass rates, defect leakage) to stakeholders.
• Assess risk and ensure compliance with laws and regulations.

Skills

Test automation

QA leadership

OO languages

BDD/TDD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Appium

Jenkins

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Tekton

Job description

QA Automation Engineering Lead - Assistant Vice President

Job Req Id:

26967125

Location(s):

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job Type:

Hybrid

Posted:

Sep. 09, 2026

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Job Overview

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.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Technology Quality

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Time Type:

Full time

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