Automation Engineer

Hi Folks!

Note: Only Chennai based candidates or those who are currently staying in Chennai is requested to apply as final round includes candidate to appear for F2F discussion.

Role: QA Engineer

Location: Chennai

Experience: 5+ Yrs.

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Skillset: Selenium + Java + Rest Assured

• Key Responsibilities Design, execute, and maintain API test cases (manual and automated) to validate business logic and data flows.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, and performance testing on REST/SOAP APIs.
• Create and maintain test data and conduct data validation against different data sources (SQL/NoSQL).
• Work with tools such as Postman, SoapUI, JMeter, or similar for API testing and automation.
• Develop automated API testing scripts using tools/languages like Rest Assured, Karate, Python, or Java.
• Collaborate closely with developers, QA engineers, and DevOps teams to ensure quality across the delivery pipeline.
• Understand API documentation (Swagger, OpenAPI) and provide feedback to improve clarity and coverage. Identify, report, and track defects using bug tracking systems (e.g., Jira, Bugzilla).
• Contribute to continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines by integrating API test suites.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, security practices, and project requirements.
• Required Skills & Qualifications Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 35 years of professional experience in API testing.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful and SOAP APIs, HTTP methods, response codes, and authentication mechanisms.
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, SoapUI, JMeter).
• Hands-on expertise in test automation frameworks (e.g., Rest Assured, Karate, Cypress, or similar).
• Good knowledge of SQL for backend data validation. Understanding of JSON, XML, and data parsing techniques.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or Azure DevOps.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
• Good to Have Knowledge of performance testing and API load testing.
• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with cloud-based APIs (AWS, Azure, GCP). Knowledge of security testing for APIs (OAuth2, JWT, token-based authentication).