Software Development Engineer in Test Automation Tester - Officer

Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Employment Type: Regular

Citi, a leading global bank with approximately 200 million customer accounts in over 160 countries, provides a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions. The bank's Enterprise Operations & Technology division underpins these offerings, delivering secure, reliable, and efficient technology solutions that are foundational to managing global resources, ensuring safety, and providing a first-class customer experience. This reflects Citi's mission to create economic value that is systemically responsible and in its clients’ best interests.

Fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion, Citi is committed to a workforce that represents the clients it serves. The company values respect, promotes individuals based on merit, and ensures opportunities for personal development are widely available. Ideal candidates are passionate, innovative problem-solvers who contribute to a culture of delivering results with pride and are empowered to enable growth and progress together with the firm.

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) Automation Tester to join our dynamic engineering team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust automated test frameworks and test suites for both API and User Interface (UI) components of our applications. This role requires a strong understanding of software development principles, testing methodologies, and a passion for ensuring high-quality software delivery in an agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Test Strategy & Planning: Collaborate with development and product teams to define comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases for new features and existing functionalities across API and UI layers.

• API Test Automation: Design, develop, and maintain automated API test suites using relevant tools and frameworks (e.g., Postman, Rest Assured, Karate, SoapUI).

• Validate RESTful and SOAP APIs for functionality, performance, reliability, and security.

• Integrate API tests into the CI/CD pipeline for continuous validation.

• UI Test Automation: Develop and maintain automated UI test suites using industry-standard tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium WebDriver, Playwright).

• Ensure cross-browser and cross-device compatibility for web applications.

• Focus on creating maintainable, scalable, and resilient UI automation scripts.

• Framework Development & Enhancement: Contribute to the design, development, and improvement of existing automation frameworks, adopting best practices for modularity, reusability, and reporting.

• Defect Management: Identify, document, and track software defects and work closely with developers to ensure timely resolution.

• CI/CD Integration: Integrate automated tests into the Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to enable rapid feedback and continuous quality.

• Collaboration & Mentorship: Work closely with developers, product owners, and other QA engineers to understand requirements, provide feedback, and promote a culture of quality. Mentor junior QA engineers on automation best practices.

• Reporting: Generate clear and concise test execution reports, metrics, and dashboards to communicate test progress and product quality to stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in software quality assurance with a strong focus on test automation.

• Proficiency in at least one programming language: Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, or similar.

• Extensive experience with API test automation tools and frameworks: e.g., Rest Assured, Postman (Newman), Karate DSL, SoapUI, or similar.

• Demonstrated experience with UI test automation tools and frameworks: e.g., Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress, or WebDriverIO.

• Solid understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and web services (REST, SOAP).

• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).

• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with keen attention to detail.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$79,320.00 - $110,680.00

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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Automated Processing and AI

We use automated processing, including artificial intelligence, for our legitimate business interests (or our reasonable and appropriate business purposes) to identify and align the candidate's skills and abilities with a specific job opening. Additionally, if you so choose, or consent, we can match your skills and abilities to other suitable roles at Citi.

Importantly, all our hiring processes and decisions, including determining your suitability for a role, are conducted, checked, and decided by individuals. Our automated processing and AI do not involve relying on automatic or autonomous decision-making. Please refer to any Jurisdictional Considerations, with specific provisions for your country (where relevant) for further details.

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This job opening is for an existing job vacancy.

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