Digital Software Engineer Manager – Assistant Vice President

The Digital Software Engineer Mgr accomplishes results through the management of professional team(s) and department(s). Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Contributes to standards around which others will operate. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the entire function. Requires basic commercial awareness. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Has responsibility for volume, quality, timeliness and delivery of end results of an area. May have responsibility for planning, budgeting and policy formulation within area of expertise. Involved in short-term planning resource planning. Full management responsibility of a team, which may include management of people, budget and planning, to include duties such as performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary and terminations and may include budget approval.

Support and assist senior software engineer managers in coordinating and managing software development projects. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, and product managers to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of digital software solutions. Assist in the planning and execution of software development processes, including requirement gathering, coding, testing, and deployment. Design, develop, and maintain scalable and robust UI test automation frameworks from the ground up using Java. Write clean, efficient, and maintainable automated test scripts for web applications. Collaborate closely with software developers, product managers, and other QA engineers to understand application features and testing requirements. Integrate automated testing into our CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI) to enable continuous testing and delivery. Analyze test results, troubleshoot failures, and report defects with clear and concise details in bug tracking systems (e.g., Jira). Conduct code reviews for automated test scripts to ensure they meet our quality standards. Mentor and provide guidance to junior automation engineers on best practices for test automation. Stay current with the latest industry trends, tools, and technologies in UI test automation and recommend improvements to our processes. Participate in agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives. Help prioritize and assign tasks to team members, ensuring alignment with project timelines and objectives. Participate in code reviews and provide constrictive feedback to developers to support growth and development. Possess the ability to continuously build a network of talent inside and outside of the company. Create mechanisms to help onboard new talent to the organization and be able to mentor others. Effectively coach and give feedback to direct reports to help develop talent and support career development While managing the team you will be able to apply performance standards and identify resource needs for the team to set and balance goals across team to optimize performance against department goals and employee development. This will include the ability to describe strategic importance of vision inside and outside of the team and to set and articulate expectations around leadership behavior; including role model behavior that exemplifies Citi’s leadership principles. Design, implement, and deploy software components and solve difficult problems generating positive feedback. Have a solid understanding of development approaches (and how to best use them). Able to work independently and with your team to deliver software successfully. Focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions, taking on projects that improve your team’s software,