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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Quality Software Engineer Lead Vice President - **Company:** Citi - **Location:** Tampa, FL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Automation of Tests, Browser Compatibility, System Configuration, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Dependency Injection, Software Design Patterns, Event-Driven Programming, Log Analysis, Microsoft UI Automation, Node.Js, OpenShift, Systems Development Life Cycle, Shell Script, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Strategies of Testing, TypeScript, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Data Strategy, Playwright, Cucumber (Software), Selenium Webdriver, Docker - **Published:** September 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://citi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/2/job/Tampa-Florida-United-States/Quality-Software-Engineer-Lead-Vice-President_26956785/apply ## About the Role Are you a highly skilled and motivated Senior Quality Engineering Lead looking to make a significant impact in the dynamic world of finance? Join our cutting-edge technology team and play a pivotal role in developing and enhancing our proprietary "Margin Calculations and Reporting" Platform, a critical component of our Prime Finance Services organization. This is an exceptional opportunity to apply your Quality Engineering expertise to complex, computing-intensive financial solutions within a collaborative and globally connected environment., * 6+ years IT Testing experience required * Excellent knowledge of software testing techniques and testing tools * Knowledge of any well-known software development and testing life-cycle methodology * Requires communication and diplomacy skills and an ability to persuade and influence Automation Frameworks & Tools: Typescript / JavaScript / Node.js Automation * Experience building automation frameworks using Typescript or JavaScript on Node.js, following modular, maintainable patterns. * Hands-on expertise with Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript) for fast, reliable UI automation, including fixtures, parallel execution, tracing, and deterministic test design. * Proficiency with Cucumber-JS for BDD workflows, including step definitions, hooks, data strategies, and integration. Java Automation * Strong experience building automation frameworks with Java, using old and modern JDKs and clean, maintainable design patterns. * Proficiency with Cucumber-Java, including step definition architecture, dependency injection, and parallel execution strategies. * Hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver (Java) for UI automation, including grid execution, stability patterns, and cross browser coverage. * Familiarity with Playwright for Java, understanding its driver model, feature parity, and integration within Java-based automation coverage. CI/CD Engineering * Strong experience integrating automated test into CI/CD pipelines * Familiarity with Tekton, including Tasks, Pipelines, triggers, and event driven execution. * Familiarity with Harness as the orchestration and governance layer, including pipeline stages, approvals, quality gates, artifact promotion, and release controls. * Proficiency using Docker to containerize automation workloads in OpenShift, including working with pods, routes, config maps, secrets. * Strong shell scripting skills for pipeline automation, environment setup, debugging, log analysis, and operational tooling. * Ability to troubleshoot CI/CD failures across containers, pipelines, and cluster-based execution using logs, metrics, and observability tools. Education: * Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred ## Description We are looking for a Senior quality engineer who can lead a team and will be responsible for engineering quality into the product lifecycle through scalable automation, strong testing strategy, and proactive collaboration across engineering teams. A quality engineer that will be responsible for engineering quality into the product lifecycle through scalable automation, strong testing strategy, and proactive collaboration across engineering teams. Core Responsibilities * Lead a QA team and ensure that the Quality team consistently aligns to the defined testing strategy by enforcing proper guidelines, standards, and bank-approved frameworks, providing direction and oversight to maintain discipline, consistency, and high signal quality across all automation and testing practices. * Design and implement automation frameworks that are modular, scalable and aligned with the bank's approved engineering patterns, libraries and architectural standards. * Develop BDD-aligned automated test using cucumber and the bank's standardized testing frameworks, ensuring scenarios reflect business intent and comply with internal governance. * Integrate automated tests within CI/CD pipelines to establish and enforce quality gates to ensure deterministic, fast, and reliable feedback on every code change. * Analyze failures and improve signal quality, ensuring test fail for the right reasons and provide actionable diagnostics. * Drive test data, environment readiness, and observability to support reliable automation execution * Partner early with developers, product owners, and business analysts to shape requirements, define acceptance criteria, and prevent defects. * Champion engineering-led quality practices that align with the bank's SDLC, risk controls, and regulatory expectations. ## Related Videos - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Monitoring as Code - Managing your dashboards at scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/753-monitoring-as-code-managing-your-dashboards-at-scale) - [Stop using Node.js like in 2020! 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