Kloud9 - Quality Assurance Automation Engineer - API Testing (5-8 yrs)

Key Responsibilities :

- Design and develop a comprehensive automated test framework for our APIs, ensuring high test coverage and efficiency

- Develop and maintain test automation scripts using Java, Rest Assured, or Playwright, and other relevant tools

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize test requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives

- Develop and maintain test data, test environments, and test infrastructure on AWS

- Identify and implement test automation best practices, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and reliability

- Develop and maintain test metrics and reports to measure test effectiveness and efficiency

- Mentor engineers and provide guidance on test automation best practices and design patterns

- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies, and apply knowledge to improve test automation capabilities

Requirements :

- 5+ years of experience in software testing, with a focus on test automation and API testing

- Proven experience in designing and implementing automated test frameworks from scratch

- Expertise in Rest Assured or Playwright, and other test automation frameworks

- Strong understanding of test automation principles, design patterns, and best practices

- Expertise in Java, Spring boot, and RESTful APIs

- Experience with AWS services, including EC2, S3, and SQS

- Experience with Kafka and message queuing concepts

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins

- Strong problem-solving skills, with ability to troubleshoot complex issues

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with ability to work with cross-functional teams

Nice to Have :

- Experience with containerization using Docker and Kubernetes

- Experience with cloud-based testing tools, such as AWS Lambda

- Experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban