Test Automation Engineer (Java/Backend/API)

Participate in developing and documenting user stories by providing test strategy and automation estimates. Develop, document, and maintain test strategies, plans, and scenarios for multiple environments. Build and execute unit, component, acceptance, integration, API, regression, end-to-end (E2E), functional, smoke, load, usability, and platform tests. Conduct code reviews for test automation artifacts to ensure consistency, quality, and reusability. Partner with developers to ensure all areas of the application are fully tested and to find technical solutions for test automation. Build and manage automated test suites and ensure execution through various environments and CI/CD pipelines. Regularly execute, maintain, and update automated test suites; analyze failures and update scripts. Create defects with detailed documentation and validate fixes; ensure timely resolution and required automation updates. Present results and provide sign-off on software functionality for production releases. Work with cross-functional teams and release management to manage development, QA, and production releases. Perform exploratory testing to uncover unexpected behaviors and refine test cases. Contribute to QA automation frameworks using industry-standard tools and approaches (e.g., JAVA Springboot2, RestAssured, GraphQL, Cucumber, Spring JDBC, GitHub, Git/Stash, SQL, Postman). Leverage and enhance coding standards and best practices for automated QA code. Participate in analyzing major incidents and emergency change controls to identify automation opportunities. Strong focus on automation frameworks and CI/CD integration. Active participation in code reviews and governance. Collaborate with developers and product teams to ensure quality standards. Support automation efforts by creating and maintaining automated test scripts. Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Ensure compliance with QA best practices and organizational standards.

Do you have experience in Version control?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience. Minimum 7 years of industry experience, preferably in an Agile development environment. Must have 5+ years of Java coding experience: JavaScript experience is a plus. Experience with automated testing tools: Play Wright, Cucumber/Gherkin, Java, Selenium Web driver, and TypeScript. Experience in API automation testing using JAVA Springboot2, RestAssured, GraphQL or Postman. Experience with JMS driven messaging protocols like AMQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc. Knowledge of MS Entity Framework/Spring JDBC. Experience with service-oriented architecture. Knowledge working with CI/CD processes and tools - GitHub and Jenkins/JenkinsX. Experience with source control versioning tools and processes - Git/Stash. Experience in writing SQL queries for test data preparation as well as data validation. Experience with defect tracking tools (JIRA). Experience in UI automation and manual testing. Ability to work independently with an aptitude for detailed work and follow-up activities. Ability to multitask in a fast-paced agile work environment. Experience in heavy traffic eCommerce applications.