Automation Test Engineer – Karate Framework; Kafka

Location:
Cleveland, OH - Hybrid (3 days onsite and 2 days’ work from home)

We are looking for a highly skilled Automation Test Engineer with strong experience in Karate Framework and Kafka-based message testing. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on expertise in validating event‑driven architectures, ensuring data integrity across Kafka pipelines, and working with relational and No

SQL databases. This role requires close collaboration with development, Dev Ops, and product teams in an Agile environment.

• Strong understanding of Kafka concepts, including topics, partitions, consumers, producers, and security.
• Hands‑on experience with Oracle and Mongo – able to write queries based on mapping logic.
• Message testing experience (JSON, Avro, Kafka, etc.).
• Strong in Kafka client configuration and troubleshooting Kafka issues.
• Experience in continuous integration and automated testing.
• Able to verify the integrity of data flowing through Kafka, including data serialization/deserialization and data validation.
• Design, develop, and execute test plans and scenarios to verify Kafka functionality, including data production, consumption, and message processing.
• Working knowledge and experience of Postman and Git.
• Agile ceremonies, X‑ray, and Jira/Confluence experience.