Senior SDET responsible for designing and extending API test automation frameworks, developing automated test scripts (functional and performance), and owning CI/CD test integration. Provide technical leadership and mentoring, perform exploratory/manual testing, and coordinate with product owners to resolve issues and validate end-to-end system integrations.
## Job Overview
The Senior SDET will extend testing automation framework using JAVA/JAVA Script, take ownership in understanding business requirements/ACs and develop test strategy/test plan, and develop automation test cases using existing automation framework.
## Responsibilities
- Develop test automation code for Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), of systems, infrastructure, and test framework.
- Plan, design, develop, and maintain API test automation framework that facilitates automation scripting, execution, and analysis of results.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring for test engineers on multiple applications/projects onshore and offshore; train and mentor project team members to create, execute, analyze, and maintain automated regression suites.
- Coordinate with product owner to resolve open issues/enhancements/upgrades and understand the use of a specific functionality as needed.
- Develop automated functional scripts using tools such as Java, Karate, JMeter.
- Perform exploratory and manual testing of the product suite as appropriate.
- Provide expertise in testing methodologies, best practices, and standards.
## Required Skills
- Strong design and development skills in:
- **Java** (3-5 years)
- **Cucumber** (3-5 years)
- **JBehave** or other BDD testing frameworks
- At least **8 years** of test automation framework design.
- **3-5 years** of experience testing Webservices (REST APIs).
- Proven experience developing test scripts, test cases, and test data.
- Ability to write queries in **SQL** or other relational databases.
- **3+ years** of experience developing scenario-based performance testing using **JMeter**.
- Experience testing full stack and integration testing with 3rd parties.
- End-to-end system integration testing experience for software platforms.
## Desired Technical Skills
- Hands-on experience with **Python**.
- Development experience in **AWS** Cloud technology.
- Experience in **TDD**, continuous integration, code review practice is strongly desired.
- Experience with **Apigee** or other API gateways is a plus.
- Experience with **DevOps** concepts and tools (e.g., CI/CD, Jenkins, Git).
- At least 2 years working on an Agile team with a solid understanding of Agile/Lean practices.
- Understanding of a microservice architecture.
- Experience in load and performance testing.
- Strong documentation skills.
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