Junior SDET; Java coding and API

Responsibilities

• Develop test automation code for Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), of systems, infrastructure, and test framework.
• Plan, design, develop, and maintain API test automation framework that facilitates automation scripting, execution, and analysis of results.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring for test engineers on multiple applications/projects onshore and offshore; train and mentor project team members to create, execute, analyze, and maintain automated regression suites.
• Coordinate with product owner to resolve open issues/enhancements/upgrades and understand the use of a specific functionality as needed.
• Develop automated functional scripts using tools such as Java, Karate, JMeter.
• Perform exploratory and manual testing of the product suite as appropriate.
• Provide expertise in testing methodologies, best practices, and standards.
• Position will be onsite hybrid starting day 1. Interviews may also be onsite.

• Working with team; team consists of 20+ folks.

• Chicago Office.

• Years of experience: 2-4 yrs experience
• Degree requirement:
  Bachelor’s degree and 2-4 years of experience

• Strong design and development skills in two or more of the following technologies and tools:
  Java (2+ years), Cucumber (2+ years), JBehave or other BDD testing frameworks.
• At least 2-4 years of test automation framework design.
• Strong experience in testing Webservices (REST APIs) (2+ years).
• Proven experience developing test scripts, test cases, and test data.
• Ability to write queries in SQL or other relational databases.
• 2+ years of experience in developing scenario based performance testing using JMeter.
• Experience testing full stack and integration testing with third parties.
• End-to‑end system integration testing experience for software platforms.
• Experience in Penetration testing (Pen testing).
• Hands‑on experience with Python.
• Development experience in AWS Cloud technology.
• Experience in TDD, continuous integration, code review practice is strongly desired.
• Experience with Apigee or other API gateways is a plus.
• Experience with Dev Ops concepts and tools (e.g., CI/CD, Jenkins, Git).
• At least 2 years working on an Agile team with a solid understanding of Agile/Lean practices.
• Understanding of a microservice architecture.
• Experience in load and performance testing.

• Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment.
• Pro‑active, flexible and creative.
• Very strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with developers and business users.