Senior QA Automation Engineer

Job Description:

• Automation Framework Development
• Design, develop, and maintain comprehensive test automation frameworks for microservices, focusing on integration, contract, and end-to-end testing.
• Ensure tests are reliable, repeatable, and easily maintainable across multiple services and deployment pipelines.

API and Service Contract Testing:

• Collaborate with architects and developers to validate service contracts, ensuring that services adhere to agreed-upon schemas, versioning standards, and performance benchmarks.
• Implement and maintain API test suites (Level 2 and Level 3) using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, Karate, or similar.
• Perform contract testing (e.g., Pact) to ensure compatibility and integration quality across the microservices landscape.

DDD-Aligned Test Scenarios:

• Understand and apply Domain-Driven Design concepts in test scenario creation.
• Work with business analysts and domain experts to translate bounded contexts and ubiquitous language into testable requirements and acceptance criteria.

Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD):

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps) to ensure rapid and reliable feedback on code changes.
• Monitor and optimize pipeline performance, identifying bottlenecks and proposing improvements.

Quality Metrics and Observability:

• Define, track, and report on critical quality metrics (e.g., test coverage, pass/fail rates, defect density).
• Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams to integrate testing with monitoring and logging solutions for better test observability and quicker root-cause analysis.

Performance and Reliability Testing:

• Develop and execute performance/load/stress tests to ensure microservices meet SLAs and can scale effectively under heavy load.
• Investigate and address reliability issues, working closely with development teams to identify root causes and recommend fixes.

Collaboration and Mentorship:

• Mentor junior QA engineers on best practices in automated testing, DDD, and API testing.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing sessions to improve the overall testing capabilities across teams.

Risk Identification and Mitigation:

• Proactively identify testing gaps or potential risk areas in the microservices architecture (e.g., overlapping data models, insufficient test coverage in boundary cases).
• Collaborate with product managers and technical leads to prioritize testing efforts and mitigate project risks early.

Qualifications:

Technical Expertise:

• Proven track record in microservices testing: integration, contract (Pact or equivalent), and end-to-end testing.
• In-depth knowledge of Level 2/Level 3 API design and relevant testing methodologies.
• Experience applying Domain-Driven Design principles to testing strategies and test cases.
• Proficiency with automation tools/frameworks (e.g., Java-based frameworks, Python-based frameworks, Selenium/Cypress for UI, REST Assured, Postman, QTest, etc.).