Job Title: ESB Test Lead
Location: SFO-CA Hybrid
Employment Type: Contract
Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced ESB Test Lead to own quality assurance for enterprise integrations, APIs, middleware services, and event-driven workflows. The role combines hands-on test automation with technical leadership, onsite/offshore delivery coordination, and clear communication across product, project, business, and engineering stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
• 8+ years of software testing experience, including proven experience leading complex integration-testing initiatives.
• Strong hands-on experience testing ESB, middleware, APIs, microservices, and distributed system integrations.
• Hands-on expertise with Playwright and TypeScript, including framework design, test maintenance, and debugging.
• Experience with one or more enterprise integration platforms such as MuleSoft, IBM App Connect/Integration Bus, TIBCO, Boomi, or a comparable ESB platform.
• Strong knowledge of REST and SOAP services, JSON, XML, message queues, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing.
• Proficiency with API-testing tools such as Postman, SoapUI, REST Assured, or comparable tools.
• Strong SQL skills with experience in backend data validation, log analysis, and root-cause investigation.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery, sprint planning, defect management, test metrics, and release processes.
• Proven ability to lead and coordinate onsite/offshore QA teams in a fast-paced delivery environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with product, project, business, and technical stakeholders.
• Must be available to work onsite in San Francisco two days per week.
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