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Senior API Test Automation Engineer for API & Data Pipeline Testing

Remote, United States

Title: Senior API Test Automation Engineer for API & Data Pipeline Testing

1. Purpose
The purpose of this Statement of Work (SOW) is to define the responsibilities and deliverables of a Senior API Test Automation Engineer engaged to design, develop, and maintain automated testing solutions for REST APIs, Kafka data ingestion pipelines, and backend validations for FDR Squad.

2. Scope of Work
The Senior API Test Automation Engineer will be responsible for the following:

API Testing:
Design, develop, and execute automated tests for RESTful APIs.
Create test cases to validate API endpoints for functional, regression, performance, and security requirements.
Implement negative and edge case testing to ensure robust API behavior.
Kafka Data Ingestion Testing:
Develop automated tests to validate data ingestion and processing through Kafka topics.
Ensure data integrity, completeness, and correctness as data flows through Kafka pipelines.
Implement mechanisms to monitor and verify message delivery and processing.
Backend Validation:
Perform data validation and verification in backend data stores (e.g., Mongo and Oracle databases, data lakes) post-ingestion.
Develop and execute queries/scripts to validate business logic and data transformations.
Ensure data consistency and accuracy across integrated systems.
Automation Framework & Tools:
Design and maintain scalable, reusable automation frameworks using industry-standard tools (e.g., Postman, RestAssured, Pycharm, JMeter, Apache Kafka clients, etc.) and languages – Python, Java etc.
Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines like Bamboo, Github etc.
Document test plans, test cases, and results.
Collaboration & Reporting:
Work closely with developers, DevOps engineers, QA, and product teams to understand requirements and resolve issues.
Provide regular status updates, defect reports, and metrics to stakeholders.