About the Role :

We are looking for an experienced SDET with strong expertise in Java programming, test automation, and backend application testing. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience developing automation frameworks, validating REST APIs and microservices, and ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of complex software systems.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Java and tools such as Playwright, REST Assured, TestNG, and JUnit.

- Develop and execute automated test cases for backend applications, REST APIs, microservices, and web services.

- Perform API testing, integration testing, functional testing, regression testing, and end-to-end validation.

- Validate API requests and responses, HTTP status codes, authentication, error handling, business logic, and data consistency.

- Test interactions between distributed services to ensure correct communication, integration, and system behaviour.

- Design reusable automation components and utilities to improve test coverage, maintainability, and execution efficiency.

- Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and reliable software releases.

- Identify, analyse, and troubleshoot defects by examining logs, test results, API responses, and application behaviour.

- Collaborate with developers, product teams, and QA engineers to investigate issues and ensure timely defect resolution.

- Participate in test planning, requirement analysis, code reviews, and technical discussions to identify quality risks early.

- Maintain test documentation, automation reports, defect records, and test coverage metrics.

- Continuously improve automation strategies, testing processes, and overall product quality.

Required Skills & Experience :

- 7 - 11 years of experience in software testing, test automation, or quality engineering.

- Strong hands-on programming experience in Java.

- Good understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), design principles, collections, exception handling, and core Java concepts.

- Experience with test automation frameworks such as Playwright, REST Assured, TestNG, JUnit, or equivalent tools.

- Strong expertise in REST API testing, backend validation, microservices architecture, and web services.

- Experience with functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end automation testing.

- Understanding of HTTP methods, status codes, request/response handling, authentication, and API error handling.

- Experience with debugging, defect tracking, root cause analysis, and test result analysis.

- Familiarity with Git and CI/CD pipelines for integrating and executing automated tests.

- Good understanding of software development and testing lifecycles.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering teams.

Good to Have :

- Experience with API automation libraries and tools such as Postman.

- Familiarity with SQL and database validation.

- Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud-based testing environments.

- Experience with performance testing tools and distributed application testing.