Role: Sr. Automation Engineer- API Services (Face2Face Interview)
Location: Denver, CO (Onsite, Only Locals)
Duration: Long-term
Need 10+ years of experienced candidates.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the development and maintenance of automated test frameworks for RESTful and SOAP APIs using Postman and Newman.
Define and implement test strategies, including functional, integration, regression, and performance testing.
Create and manage complex Postman Collections, environments, and dynamic variables for scalable automation.
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) and optimize execution.
Implement API service tracing using tools like Open Telemetry, Jaeger, or Zipkin to validate distributed workflows and troubleshoot issues.
Establish observability practices by integrating logs, metrics, and traces into monitoring platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
Apply predictive analysis techniques to identify potential API performance bottlenecks, reliability risks, and failure patterns.
Develop proactive mitigation strategies, such as early alerts, fallback mechanisms, and automated recovery scripts.
Collaborate with architects and developers to ensure API design supports testability, observability, and resilience.
Perform root cause analysis for defects and drive continuous improvement in testing processes.
Mentor and guide junior QA engineers on automation, observability, and predictive analysis best practices.
Stay current with emerging tools, frameworks, and methodologies for API testing and tracing.