Position Description
Education & Experience:
A degree is required.
6+ years of experience as an SDET/Automation Engineer.
Technical Skills (Required - Must Have):
1. Back-end/API Automation (6+ yrs): Rest Assured, Java, Spring Boot. Must have experience with RESTful APIs, Postman, and Swagger.
2. Front-end/UI Automation (3+ yrs): Cypress or Playwright with TypeScript. Must understand web fundamentals (HTML, JavaScript, CSS).
3. Framework & Methodology: Proven experience with BDD, Cucumber, and Gherkin for both API and UI testing.
4. CI/CD: Good working experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines.
Desired Skills
Designing and maintaining API test automation frameworks.
Experience with Agile/Scrum teams (2+ years).
End-to-end and integration testing (full-stack, 3rd parties).
SQL for database querying.
DevOps tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git).
Apigee or other API gateways (a plus).
Load and performance testing experience.
Critical Soft Skills:
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management.
Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment.
Proactive, flexible, and creative collaborator.
Important Disqualifiers & Red Flags
No multi-project experience: Candidates who have not handled multiple projects simultaneously should not be submitted.
Not local: The hiring team wants local candidates only. Do not submit non-local applicants.
Missing core tech: Lack of the required 6+ years in Java/Rest Assured for API or 3+ years in Cypress/Playwright for UI will be disqualifying.