Automation Tester, Services and API Focus

Job Summary Our client is seeking an Automation Tester, Services and API Focus to join their team! This position is located in Newport Beach, California. Responsibilities Design, implement, and maintain API test automation using Playwright, TypeScript/JavaScript, and Postman collections. Build reusable testing libraries/utilities for authentication, OAuth2/JWT, pagination, idempotency, rate limiting, and error handling. Define API test strategy and coverage across unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end service tests. Validate API contracts against OpenAPI/Swagger and enforce schema and backward‑compatibility checks in CI. Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, including parallel runs and environment provisioning. Qualifications 3+ years in QA Automation roles focused on services/APIs. Hands‑on experience with Playwright for API testing using TypeScript/JavaScript, APIRequestContext, fixtures, and parallelization. Familiarity with Postman, collections, environments, scripts, and Newman for CI execution and reporting. Strong understanding of fundamentals, JSON, and API design. Experience validating contracts, OpenAPI/Swagger, schema assertions, and compatibility checks. Experience configuring CI/CD pipelines, test reporting, and gating on failures/coverage. Benefits Medical, Dental, & Vision insurance plans. Employee‑Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP). 401K offered. The approximate pay range for this position starts at $150‑160,000+. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and location. We comply with local wage minimums. #J-18808-Ljbffr KellyMitchell Group