Software Test Engineer (AVP) in Belfast

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Job Overview: Engineer the future of global finance. At Citi, our Tech team doesn’t just support finance – we are helping to redefine it. Every day, $5 trillion crosses through our network. We do business in 180+ countries operating at a scale few can match. From deploying advanced AI to helping shape global markets, we build systems that matter. Help solve real-world challenges that touch millions and get the opportunity to build the future of finance with Citi Tech.

The Global Fixed Income Trade Processing (FiTP) Team is seeking a Software Test Engineer. In this fast-paced environment, you must be able to prioritize tasks, work within deadlines, taking a pragmatic and thoughtful approach, paying close attention to details. You will need to employ strong communication skills, necessary to effectively produce client solutions.

• Delivering independent testing for at least one major application belonging to the Unified Trade Processing System.
• Creating detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases, test estimation, manual test case execution, regression testing, test automation development and other project artifacts.
• Implementation and execution of automation test frameworks for functional and non-functional testing using open source tools.
• Acting as a quality gate and identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs before software products are delivered to our clients.
• Identifying and highlighting ways to continuously optimize 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.
• Analyze business/system requirements, build test plan which results zero defects in production.
• Take ownership for delivering the task assigned and track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts.
• Ensure delivery within tight timelines and meeting the team’s expectation.
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs and monitor debugging process results.
• Together with the team contribute to innovative & best-in-class solutions for our business.

• Proven industry experience in automation testing with hands-on experience in Selenium/Cypress.
• Professional should have strong understanding and experience in Java, automation framework development.

• Good logical and analytical skills.
• Strong programming skills in Java.
• Good understanding of Automation frameworks (BDD/TDD).
• Good hands-on experience in any of Selenium/Cypress, API/Rest Assured/Web Services Testing.
• Should have good working knowledge of CI/CD process, TestNG, Cucumber, Jenkins, Git, uDeploy, etc.
• Working knowledge on SQL and scripting.

• Experience in Fixed Income domain is preferred.
• Experience in Python, desktop based applications would be an added advantage.
• Experience with performance testing will be an added advantage.

• University degree or equivalent experience in a similar role.

• Innovative and Positive ‘Can Do’ attitude.
• Planning and organizing – ability to identify the steps to be taken to achieve objectives.
• Resilience – used to working towards tight deadlines, under pressure and using appropriate coping methods to stay focused.
• Accountability – self-start on goals and achieve targets.

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• A discretionary 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.