Kafka API Automation Tester

Job Description

Job Description

Engineering & Operations excellence

Role : Kafka API Automation Tester

Location Dallas TX, Cleveland OH, Pittsburgh PA

Skillset:

• Kafka Testing & Event-Driven Architecture

• API Testing – REST APIs & Microservices

• Test Automation using Java, Selenium, Cucumber BDD, Karate Framework, REST Assured

• Backend & Database Testing – Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, DB2

• CI/CD & DevOps Tools – Jenkins, Maven, Git/GitHub/GitLab

• API Tools – Postman, Swagger, SoapUI

• Logging & Monitoring – Splunk

• JSON/XML Payload Validation

• Strong expertise in Angular UI and microservices, including Kafka, API testing and DB. Experience with Selenium-based test automation, Kafka messaging test automation, Cucumber/Karate

• Hands-on experience with accessibility testing

• Proven ability to create and maintain comprehensive test documentation

• Proficient in using Jira and Confluence for defect tracking and collaboration

• Solid understanding of performance testing concepts

• Strong ability to thoroughly analyse, understand business and technical requirements

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for:

o Angular UI components and workflows

o RESTful microservices

o Event-driven systems using Kafka

o MongoDB data validation and integrity testing

• Develop end-to-end (E2E), integration, Functional, Regression, and Performance test suites

• Create automated validation for Kafka producers/consumers and asynchronous workflows

• Validate microservice contracts and API interactions, JSON/XML Payload

• Perform database testing including schema validation, data integrity, and performance checks in MongoDB

• Collaborate with developers in code reviews to promote testability and quality

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines

• Perform root cause analysis for defects and production issues

• Develop and maintain test documentation and quality metrics dashboards

• Create detailed, reproducible defect tickets including logs, screenshots, Kafka message payloads, and MongoDB query results

• Link test cases and automation coverage to JIRA stories and acceptance criteria

• Perform structured manual testing for new features, edge cases, and complex workflows not yet automated

• Identify automation opportunities from manual test execution and convert them into automated test coverage