The Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities. Responsibilities:<ul><li>Partner with multiple management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals as well as identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements</li><li>Resolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards</li><li>Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint</li><li>Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation</li><li>Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals</li><li>Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions</li><li>Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary</li><li>Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firms reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.</li><li>Implement and lead the QA automation frameworks for integration, functional, regressions and performance tests.</li><li>Mentor and coach the automation engineers to implement adequate tests suitable for web applications, APIs, and Data.</li><li>Review the test designs, test plans, and test cases to ensure the coverage.</li><li>Develop QA metrics to measure the QA automation effectiveness.</li><li>Work in an agile environment following through the best practices of agile Scrum.</li><li>Analyze the requirements, seek clarifications, contribute to good acceptance criteria, estimate, and be committed. </li><li>Create test plans that are smart and adequate to ensure the product quality and stability.</li><li>Write the test cases and automate the test executions to ensure acceptance criteria is met.</li><li>Develop automated regression test suites for continued assurance of product quality.</li><li>Perform UAT tests that mimic the end-to-end user scenarios.</li><li>Validate production by running the sanity tests, and data validations.</li><li>Lookout for providing best possible customer support by troubleshooting, resolving production incidents and by eliminating the problems from the root level.</li><li>Bring innovative solutions to reduce the operational risks by automating mundane repetitive tasks across SDLC.  </li><li>Familiarize with AWS cloud, prepare to migrate applications, services, and data to AWS. </li></ul> Qualifications:<ul><li>10+ years of QA automation engineering experience in developing enterprise scale applications.</li><li>Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications</li><li>Experience in managing and implementing successful projects</li><li>Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of Applications Development</li><li>Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate</li><li>Demonstrated leadership and project management skills</li><li>Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication</li><li>Expertise in QA automation frameworks for functional, regression and performance tests like Selenium, Cucumber, Soap UI, JMeter, Load Runner etc.</li><li>Expertise in QA automation of data flows, data analysis, and SQL.</li><li>Expertise in testing for non-functional requirements.</li><li>Expertise in testing enterprise integrations through RESTful APIs, Kafka messaging etc.</li><li>Understanding of application architectures, data models, search engines, caching solutions, file management, on-prem, private/public cloud infrastructures etc.</li><li>Familiarity with Authentication, Authorization, and Security.</li><li>Expertise in troubleshooting and problem solving.</li><li>Familiarity with AWS cloud, prepare to migrate applications, services, and data to AWS.</li></ul> Education:<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience</li><li>Master’s degree preferred</li></ul> This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.------------------------------------------------------Job Family Group: Technology------------------------------------------------------Job Family:Applications Development------------------------------------------------------Time Type:Full time------------------------------------------------------Primary Location:Irving Texas United States------------------------------------------------------Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:$125,760.00 - $188,640.00 In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental &amp; vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.------------------------------------------------------Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------Other Relevant Skills Automation Testing, Automation Testing Tools, Java Development Kit, Java Testing, Java Tools, Test Automation, UI Automation Testing.------------------------------------------------------Anticipated Posting Close Date:Aug 21, 2025------------------------------------------------------Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review <a href="https://www.citigroup.com/citi/accessibility/application-accessibility.htm" target="_blank">Accessibility at Citi</a>. 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