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# Test Engineer

- **Company:** TekLeaders, Inc
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Automation of Tests, Code Coverage, Groovy, Apache JMeter, Load Testing, Regression Testing, Selenium, Smoke Testing, User Interface Testing, Performance Testing, Gatling, Kotlin, Restful APIs, Cucumber (Software), Jasmine, Microservices
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/9c6f65a6-45e6-49d2-9b11-32ed927e9aa6

## About the Role

* Self-starter: Can jump in with minimal onboarding
 * Testing guru : Deep experience across UI, API, and performance testing
 * Flexible with tech stack: Comfortable switching between Groovy, Java, Kotlin, etc.
 * Not necessarily a Java expert, but must understand service functionality and testing logic

## Description

* Automation Testing: Strong experience in automated testing frameworks
 * Microservices Testing:
 + API-level testing for ~12 microservices
 + Familiarity with RESTful interfaces (7018P)
 * UI Testing:
 + Web front-end testing
 + Tools: Selenium, Jasmine (mentioned), others welcome
 * Regression Testing:
 + Maintain and expand a large regression test suite
 + Thousands of existing tests across services

Frameworks & Tools

 * Cucumber:
 + Heavy use of Groovy-based Cucumber (open to Java/Kotlin variants)
 + Will be building out cucumber-based regression and smoke test suites
 * JMeter:
 + Currently used for smoke/regression testing
 + Limitations noted in integration and reporting
 * Load Testing:
 * Build from scratch a performance/load testing suite
 * Simulate steady-state, batch, and spike scenarios
 * Tools: JMeter, Gatling, or others welcome, * Take ownership of existing test suites and expand/optimize them
 * Build new test frameworks (especially for load/performance)
 * Clean up and reorganize legacy cucumber tests
 * Integrate test results with reporting frameworks (e.g., Scale)
 * Work independently with minimal hand-holding
 * Collaborate with dev teams to understand service functionality and test coverage needs


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