Digital Software Engineering Lead Analyst

Citi • Irving, TX

4d • $138,720 - $208,080 • Onsite

About The Position

The Digital Software Engineering Lead Analyst is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within their field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in their job and the business. This role is recognized as a technical authority within an area of the business and requires basic commercial awareness. The position involves guiding, influencing, and convincing others, particularly colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers, utilizing developed communication and diplomacy skills. The role has a significant impact on its area through complex deliverables and provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. The work impacts an entire area, eventually affecting the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.

Requirements

• 6-10 years of relevant experience in an Apps Development role or senior level experience in an Enterprise Architecture role with subject matter expert in one or more areas.
• Hands-on Experience with scripting languages like Shell script.
• Hands-on Experience with development languages like Java or JavaScript.
• Experience in scripting language used in automating day-to-day activities.
• Experience with development languages used to extract data and develop reporting dashboards along with Behavior Driven Development.
• Experienced with Web/Mobile automation: Develop, execute, and maintain automated test cases on browser, iOS, and Android platforms.
• Experienced with microservice/API development & testing.
• Hands-on experience with different tools like Spinnaker, Bitbucket, Zephyr, Appium, Android Studio, Jira: To create and update and maintain test cases, execute, and integrate them with Zephyr.
• Helps in preparing test plans and exit reports.
• Good knowledge on Accessibility standards for Web & Mobile.
• Ability to coordinate with multiple teams and train/guide other members: Coordinate program level testing across multiple scrums and for quick resolution of defects and train junior testers with the required skill sets.
• Monitoring Splunk logs and develop customized reporting dashboards.
• Exhibit expertise in all aspects of technology by understanding broader patterns and techniques as they apply to Citi’s internal and external cloud platforms (AWS, PCF, Akamai).
• Lead resources and serve as a functional SME across the company through advanced knowledge of algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, networking, use of knowledge and experience to lead, architect, and drive broader adoption forward.
• Acquire relevant technology and financial industry skills (AWS PWS) and understand all aspects of NGA technology – including innovative approaches and new opportunities.
• Demonstrate knowledge on automating code quality, code performance, unit testing, and build processing in the CI/CD.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Accountable for executing and driving results on large-scale efforts or multiple smaller efforts and serving as a development lead for most medium and large projects.
• Exhibit a strong understanding of client core business functions.
• Support situations where end-user consultation is required to identify system function specifications and incorporate them into overall system design and delivery.
• Utilize comprehensive knowledge of multiple areas within technology to achieve technological objectives.
• Play a significant role in team discussions with TPMs and engineering managers to determine potential risks to a schedule.
• Assist in the planning and managing of application development assignments generally involving large budgets, cross-functional projects, or multiple projects.
• Effectively understand and analyze both technical and business risks and impact, and communicate those risks to business owners for informed decision-making.
• Provide guidance on architecturally significant efforts during the pre-planning phase, ensuring principles and best practices are followed prior to initiation of work.
• Closely watch and evaluate Digital roadmaps, including impacts to support upcoming journeys.
• Publish design review extensions and provide documented guidance aligned to sprint plans and timelines.
• Be part of the design review board that focuses on the design process, searches for generic patterns, and shares best practices across the organization.
• Publish design patterns across lines of business and domain commonalities.
• Drive design reviews for Next Gen Architecture (NGA) and Plan of Record (POR) projects, supporting design principles and best practices.
• Participate in microservices and NGA code reviews.
• Empower SDEs and their teams by mentoring and coaching.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of the business domain, systems, and products in your space, including accountabilities, boundaries, limitations, scale factors, and the reasons behind architectural decisions.
• Provide a long-term perspective for business and technology choices, using technical judgment to vet architecture as required.
• Direct teams on how to develop and deliver systems that are efficient with resource usage (hardware, runtime, performance, load, and memory requirements).
• Responsible for broader design decisions and development of long-term strategies that significantly influence the development process and standards.
• Accountable for Design Reviews of Agile and Plan of Record (POR) projects, as well as Code Reviews of Next Gen Architecture (NGA) projects.
• Elaborate, promote, and communicate Design Patterns applicable to NGA architectures and solutions.
• Provide architectural guidance to SDEs based on best practices and in alignment with CTO guidelines and platform.
• Drive clarity and work with complete independence when business and/or technical strategy is not defined.
• Conduct design reviews and code reviews based on the projects assigned to your LOB.
• Accountable for the overall strategy and for driving the teams inside and outside of your organization to deliver expected results.
• Drive mindful discussions with business and technical stakeholders that lead to timely decisions.
• Participate in discussions to drive smart trade-off decisions that balance efforts, delivery timelines, features, and technical constraints.
• Identify and remove blockers and find the path forward in challenging situations.
• Create plans with a clear path to delivery.
• Solve for dependencies between agile and waterfall delivery efforts.
• Help teams organize for delivery while maximizing resources for the greater good of the Digital organization.
• Understand engineering best practices and apply them to the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Elaborate, bring, and communicate clear metrics on Design Reviews, Code Reviews, CI/CD, and Design Patterns adoption.
• Communicate progress, anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, identify, assess, track, and mitigate issues/risks at multiple levels.
• Recognize discordant views and take part in constructive dialogue to resolve them.
• Demonstrate the ability to implement continuous improvement and the induction of new technology.
• Demonstrate examples of influence in scrum teams beyond your own area of focus.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's 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.

Benefits

• medical, dental & vision coverage
• 401(k)
• life, accident, and disability insurance
• wellness programs
• paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior