VP of Automation Engineering & AI-Driven Testing

Citi; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada seeks a Lead Automation Developer (VP) to architect and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for multi‑tier UI and microservices, applying OOP, Page Object Model, and SOLID principles.

In a fast‑paced Agile environment, you will drive shift‑left testing, integrate AI/ML utilities for self‑healing locators and predictive analytics, and deliver CI/CD pipelines with zero‑downtime deployment.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of relevant software development or automation experience.
• Hands-on expertise with Selenium WebDriver and automation frameworks.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling and scalable test pipelines.
• Proficiency in AI-assisted development tools and modern coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and scale robust UI and server-side automation frameworks.
• Write clean, production-grade automation code and reusable components.
• Collaborate in shift-left planning to define automation needs and acceptance criteria.
• Promote BDD/TDD and translate feature files into executable steps.
• Develop automated validations for APIs, microservices, and databases.
• Integrate AI tools to enable self-healing scripts and predictive analytics.
• Analyze failures and work with dev teams to resolve defects quickly.

Skills

Java

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Selenium WebDriver

OOP concepts

CI/CD

Git

AI-assisted development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

IntelliJ IDEA

GitHub Copilot

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Tekton

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Citi in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada seeks a Lead Automation Developer (VP) to architect and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for multi‑tier UI and microservices, applying OOP, Page Object Model, and SOLID principles.

In a fast‑paced Agile environment, you will drive shift‑left testing, integrate AI/ML utilities for self‑healing locators and predictive analytics, and deliver CI/CD pipelines with zero‑downtime deployment.