2 days ago
London, United KingdomMid Level
Responsibilities
- Independently test major FX eTrading applications and serve as the final quality gate before production or client deployment.
- Design, build, and execute risk-based manual and automated test suites across UI, API, and server-side components.
- Develop, maintain, and execute functional and non-functional test automation frameworks.
- Review designs, requirements, and acceptance criteria to identify risks, coverage gaps, and testability concerns.
- Investigate, reproduce, and resolve defects and live incidents with Development, Product/Business, and Production Support teams.
- Monitor coverage metrics, establish quality benchmarks, and report go/no-go release readiness.
- Improve testing methodologies, automation practices, CI/CD integration, and QA tooling.
- Use approved AI-assisted tools for test analysis, script generation, root-cause investigation, and documentation while validating outputs and protecting confidential data.
- Communicate testing progress, quality concerns, and delivery risks while following regulatory, legal, and internal risk controls.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or university degree, or equivalent professional experience, in a relevant area.
- Strong software testing or quality engineering background, ideally in financial services or capital markets.
- Working-level Java development skills and experience building, extending, and maintaining automated test frameworks.
- Expertise in test analysis, design, and execution across UI, API, and server-side components.
- Hands-on knowledge of BDD/TDD frameworks such as Cucumber and FitNesse.
- Experience with performance, resilience, and non-functional testing in high-volume, low-latency, and high-availability environments.
- Proficiency with Linux/Unix, Jira, Jenkins, and TeamCity, with Python scripting as an advantage.
- Experience investigating complex defects using logs, test results, and system behavior analysis.
- Applied knowledge of GenAI/LLM tools for testing, including output validation, security, privacy, and compliance considerations.
- Knowledge of front-office trading across FX, Rates, or Commodities is preferred.
- Strong analytical, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
Benefits
- Hybrid London working model with up to 2 days working from home per week.
- At least 27 days of holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with tenure.
- Discretionary annual performance-related bonus.
- Private medical insurance packages.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Pension Plan.
- Paid parental leave.
- Employee discounts for employees, family, and friends.
- Access to learning and development resources.
About Citi
Citi is a public financial-services company offering consumer and institutional banking, credit cards, wealth management, treasury and trade solutions, and capital-markets services. It serves individuals, corporations, financial institutions, and governments in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions, earning interest and fee income from lending, payments, trading, and advisory. Founded in 1812 and headquartered in New York, it trades on the NYSE under the ticker C.