Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

QA Engineer responsible for both manual and automation testing across web, APIs, and data platforms. The role involves designing, executing, and maintaining test assets across the SDLC/STLC, with a focus on Selenium WebDriver automation using Java, modern Java microservices (Spring Boot), and data engineering workloads :- Analyze requirements, define test strategy, and create detailed test plans and test cases.- Execute manual functional, regression, UI, cross-browser, and exploratory tests.- Design, develop, and maintain Selenium WebDriver automation frameworks in Java (e.g., POM, data-driven).- Build and maintain reliable, reusable, and parameterized test scripts; prioritize and optimize test coverage.- Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins/GitHub Actions) and report results.- Log, track, and validate defects; collaborate with developers for quick resolution.- Perform API testing (Postman/RestAssured) and database validations using SQL.- Prepare and manage test data and environments; ensure traceability to requirements.- Contribute to sprint ceremonies; provide clear test metrics and quality risks.- Test Java microservices and distributed systems : REST endpoints, messaging flows and eventdriven architectures (e.g., Validate service contracts and schemas (OpenAPI/Swagger, JSON Schema, Avro/Protobuf) including backward/forward compatibility.- Design tests for distributed concerns : idempotency, retries/backoff, eventual consistency, saga/transaction flows, time-based logic.- Plan and execute API and service performance tests using JMeter to baseline and regressions- Basic security testing of auth flows (OAuth2/OIDC)Required Skills :- Strong understanding of SDLC and STLC, test design techniques and risk-based testing.- Proficiency in creating and executing test cases and converting them into automated suites.- API automation frameworks using RestAssured- Mobile testing : Appium (Android/iOS), device farms (BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, AWS Device Farm)- Hands-on with Selenium WebDriver and Java, including locators, waits, assertions, and test design patterns.- Experience with TestNG or JUnit, Maven/Gradle, and Git.- Working knowledge of SQL for data setup and verification.- Comfortable with browser dev tools, cross-browser testing, and basic performance checks.- Experience with test management and defect tracking tools (e.g., Jira, TestRail)- Strong debugging, documentation, and communication skills.- Java 11+ (preferably 17), Spring Boot, REST, OpenAPI/Swagger- Testing messaging and event-driven systems : Kafka (topics, partitions, consumer groups, Containerization and environments : Docker, basic Kubernetes concepts; ephemeral dependencies with Testcontainers- Observability : logs/metrics/traces using ELK/EFK, Prometheus/Grafana, OpenTelemetry; ability to assert telemetry in tests.- Performance and reliability testing : JMeter or Gatling; basics of chaos/resilience testing.- Cloud fundamentals (AWS/GCP/Azure) for QA : object storage (S3/GCS), managed DBs/warehouses (RDS/BigQuery/Redshift/Snowflake), messaging (SQS/Pub/Sub), and secrets/config.- Security basics : testing OAuth2/OIDC, JWTs, and role-based access; understanding of OWASP Top 10 for APIs.- Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and artifact management.- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environmentsNice to Have :- Create mocks/stubs and isolated environments using WireMock, Testcontainers, and LocalStack; use contract testing (e.g., Pact).- Validate data pipelines : ingestion, transformation, and consumption across batch/streaming (e.g., Kafka ? Spark/Airflow); implement data quality checks and reconciliation.- Strong in SQL; ETL/ELT concepts; batch/stream processing (Spark/Flink/Beam); orchestration (Airflow) or transformation (dbt)- BDD frameworks and practices : Cucumber (Gherkin); living documentation and collaboration with product/BA.Qualifications :- Bachelors degree in Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)- 4-8 years of professional QA experience across manual and automation testing- Proven experience building and maintaining Selenium + Java test frameworks.- Nice to have experience testing data pipelines and ensuring data quality in batch/streaming contexts. (ref:hirist.tech)