Data Quality Lead Analyst - VP - IRVING

About the position

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Our core activities are safeguarding assets, lending money, making payments and accessing the capital markets on behalf of our clients. Citi’s Mission and Value Proposition explain what we do and Strategy explain how we do it. Our mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. We strive to earn and maintain our clients’ and the public’s trust by constantly adhering to the highest ethical standards and making a positive impact on the communities we serve. The Data Quality Lead Analyst contributes to development of applications to ensure data that is sourced and provisioned meet all required data quality standards. The Analyst leads the continuous Data Quality efforts by assessing, evaluating and analyzing data, setting controls and guidelines for measurement, evaluation, adoption and communication of Data Quality and Data Quality risk. The analyst will collaborate with others to monitor and remediate data concerns.

Responsibilities

• Supports activities to drive Data Quality measurement, produce Data Quality dashboards and reports, and implement Data Quality strategies to effectively govern data and improve Data Quality.
• Lead data improvement initiatives, processes, and creation of tools in line with requirements.
• Liaise with other areas of the firm to understand data challenges and solutions, and/or run data consumption demand and requirements.
• Develop quality front-end and back-end applications in an agile environment and create prototypes and POCs (Proof of Concept) to validate, promote, and define the technology strategies.
• Write code in technologies such as python, Java, Angular, SQL, JSON, REST API, Docker etc.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement new features.
• Ensure code quality through best practices, including unit testing and code reviews.
• Review quality analysis results and disposition data challenges through Citi’s corresponding Data/Issue management process.
• Lead day to day activities to support data quality resolution, and to optimize metrics reporting process.
• Report Data Quality issues through Citi’s corresponding Data/Issue management process.
• Support senior management strategic vision.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer or in a similar role.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Angular, python.
• Strong proficiency in API development (REST, GraphQL).
• Experience with unit testing frameworks for front-end and back-end applications.
• Experience in designing and working with distributed systems and event-driven architecture.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines).
• Expertise in Spring Boot.
• Familiarity with security concepts authentication, authorization, and SSL.
• Expertise in data modeling and storage using SQL and/or NoSQL databases (Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, or similar).
• Familiarity with data science algorithms and integrating machine learning models.
• Understanding of relational databases (Oracle), data modeling, and query optimization.
• Experience writing efficient, complex database queries.
• Exposure to DevOps practices and tools (CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, monitoring).
• Familiarity with front-end development using modern frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js).
• Excellent testing, debugging, and documentation skills.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Experience with performance monitoring tools.

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