Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer - API Testing
First seen by Alion on Jul 28, 2026.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with QA and development teams to understand project requirements and identify opportunities for automated testing.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard tools and frameworks.
- Execute automated test scripts to verify functionality, performance, and reliability of software applications.
- Analyze test results and report defects using issue tracking tools, such as Jira or Bugzilla.
- Assist in the creation and maintenance of test plans, test cases, and test data sets.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes, methodologies, and tools.
- Mentor junior QA team members and provide guidance on automation best practices and techniques.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 2-4 years of experience in software testing, with a focus on test automation.
- Strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and best practices.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript).
- Experience with test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, WebDriver, Cypress).
- Solid knowledge of API testing and test automation for web and mobile applications.
- Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.
Must have:
- API Testing using POSTMAN experience.
- Functional testing experience and knowledge.
- Mobile testing experience.
- Jira tool and Excel experience.
- Should have experience of writing functional test cases and documenting bugs in Jira.
- Should be able to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Good communication skills.
- JAVA, Javascript, or Python knowledge.
- Must have knowledge of Selenium.
- JAVA, Javascript, or Python experience.
- Cucumber experience.
Nice to have:
- Experienced in front end/UI automation e.g. Selenium, Cypress.
- Proactive personality and able to work autonomously.
- Ability to work at detailed and abstract levels.
- Ability to guide junior team members.
- Solid experience of estimating, developing, and maintaining robust automated test scripts for multiple application platforms like web, mobile and desktop, using Selenium.
- Strong knowledge of Object Oriented Programming concepts and should be able to apply them in test automation script development or framework design.
Skills
Java, Selenium, Automation Testing, API Testing, Manual Testing, Appium, Testing, Software Quality Assurance, POSTMAN, Functional Testing, Mobile Testing