Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer - API Testing

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with QA and development teams to understand project requirements and identify opportunities for automated testing.

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard tools and frameworks.

• Execute automated test scripts to verify functionality, performance, and reliability of software applications.

• Analyze test results and report defects using issue tracking tools, such as Jira or Bugzilla.

• Assist in the creation and maintenance of test plans, test cases, and test data sets.

• Participate in Agile/Scrum development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes, methodologies, and tools.

• Mentor junior QA team members and provide guidance on automation best practices and techniques.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• 2-4 years of experience in software testing, with a focus on test automation.

• Strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and best practices.

• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript).

• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, WebDriver, Cypress).

• Solid knowledge of API testing and test automation for web and mobile applications.

• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.

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

Must have:

• API Testing using POSTMAN experience.

• Functional testing experience and knowledge.

• Mobile testing experience.

• Jira tool and Excel experience.

• Should have experience of writing functional test cases and documenting bugs in Jira.

• Should be able to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

• Good communication skills.

• JAVA, Javascript, or Python knowledge.

• Must have knowledge of Selenium.

• JAVA, Javascript, or Python experience.

• Cucumber experience.

Nice to have:

• Experienced in front end/UI automation e.g. Selenium, Cypress.

• Proactive personality and able to work autonomously.

• Ability to work at detailed and abstract levels.

• Ability to guide junior team members.

• Solid experience of estimating, developing, and maintaining robust automated test scripts for multiple application platforms like web, mobile and desktop, using Selenium.

• Strong knowledge of Object Oriented Programming concepts and should be able to apply them in test automation script development or framework design.