Role Name :SDET (Python) API & Performance Test Automation
Location: Foster City, CA ( Onsite ) / Local Candidates only
Client: Zoox Inc.
Rate: $45/hr
Experience: 6 8 Years
Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced SDET with strong Python programming skills and hands-on expertise in API automation, performance testing, and test framework development. The ideal candidate will have experience validating REST APIs, building reusable automation frameworks, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, and testing distributed systems and Kafka consumers.
Required Skills:
6 8 years of experience in SDET, test automation, or quality engineering.
Strong Python programming skills, including experience with FastAPI.
Hands-on experience with Pytest, unit testing, mocking, and reusable automation frameworks.
Strong REST API automation and testing experience.
Experience with OpenAPI/Swagger and JSON Schema validation.
Hands-on experience with k6 and JavaScript for API functional and load testing.
Experience with test-data parameterization, dynamic data generation, and API response correlation.
Experience designing positive/negative scenarios, boundary cases, end-to-end API journeys, contract tests, and compatibility tests.
CI/CD pipeline integration and Git-based test-asset versioning.
Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
Experience with smoke, regression, and synthetic test suites.
Knowledge of performance, load, stress, and endurance testing.
Experience validating deployments during canary rollouts and analyzing test execution metrics and bottlenecks.
Kafka integration testing, particularly Kafka consumer validation.
Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
Tools & Technologies:
Python, Pytest, FastAPI, REST APIs, k6, JavaScript, Playwright, JMeter, OpenAPI/Swagger, JSON Schema, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Git, CI/CD, Honeycomb, Grafana, Prometheus.
Client Mandatory Skills: Python, SDET, API automation testing, Pytest, REST API, mocking, reusable test frameworks, OpenAPI/Swagger, JSON Schema validation, k6, JavaScript, API functional testing, load testing, test-data parameterization, CI/CD, Git, Kafka consumer testing, smoke testing, regression testing, performance testing, canary rollout validation.
Preferred / Additional Skills: FastAPI, Playwright, JMeter, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Honeycomb, Grafana, Prometheus.
