Senior Engineer Automation Quality– API & Data Mastering

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The Senior Engineer Automation Quality– API & Data Mastering will be a hands-on automation resource, responsible for automation development, API testing, and data validation across distributed systems. This role is ideal for a strong technical contributor who thrives in complex, data-driven environments and is passionate about building scalable automation solutions.

This position is part of the Data Initiatives Program for the Integration Hub, requiring strong experience in testing complex data flows across multiple systems, databases, and event-driven architectures.

What You Will Do

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for API and data-driven applications.
• Implement automation-first testing strategies across backend, integration, and event-driven systems.
• Perform comprehensive API, integration, and database validation across multiple systems including EASY, Person & Household, Account, and other upstream/downstream platforms.
• Validate data across PostgreSQL, SQL Server, DynamoDB, and related data stores.
• Test and validate Kafka-based event flows, ensuring data accuracy, event integrity, and downstream processing consistency.
• Develop and maintain automated test suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate closely with developers, product owners, architects, and DevOps teams to ensure quality is built into the development lifecycle.
• Analyze defects, identify root causes, and contribute to improving system reliability and test coverage.
• Monitor and report on automation coverage, test results, and quality metrics.
• Execute manual, exploratory, or edge-case testing when automation is not sufficient.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including automation optimization and AI-assisted testing practices.
• Support performance testing efforts when required.

What You Will Bring

• 6–8 years of overall testing experience, including 3–4 years of hands-on automation testing (or equivalent automation-focused experience).
• Advanced proficiency in Java with a deep understanding of core concepts.
• Ability to read, understand, and contribute to integration and automation test code at a developer level.
• Extensive experience with automation frameworks such as Cucumber, Karate, JUnit, and TestNG.
• Strong experience testing API-driven and data-intensive backend systems.
• Hands-on experience validating complex data flows across multiple systems and databases.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation execution practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to independently troubleshoot complex issues.
• Clear and effective communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical teams.

What Will Set You Apart

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Experience with performance testing tools such as Gatling, JMeter, or LoadRunner.
• Hands-on experience working in AWS cloud environments.
• Knowledge of Kafka and event-driven microservices architectures.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the job.  The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time.   You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the responsibilities and/or tasks listed in this job description.   Yo