AI-Enhanced API Automation Engineer

Talent; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 166,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent is seeking an experienced API Automation Test Engineer to join a major enterprise initiative in Brisbane. You will design and implement scalable API testing frameworks using Java, Rest Assured, and TypeScript, and you’ll work with Kafka, OpenAPI validation, and AI-assisted tooling to boost efficiency.

You’ll integrate tests into CI/CD, develop performance tests with k6/JMeter, and help shape reusable automation capabilities across modern mobile and web applications.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on API automation testing with Java and Rest Assured.
• Experience with TypeScript-based API testing tools.
• Proven ability to design reusable automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with OpenAPI, contract testing and schema validation.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of AI-assisted coding tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain API automation frameworks.
• Build automated functional, regression, integration and end-to-end API tests.
• Develop API contract tests including OpenAPI validation.
• Automate Kafka event-driven testing.
• Implement service virtualisation and API mocking.
• Execute performance tests with k6 and JMeter.
• Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Leverage AI coding assistants to accelerate test development.
• Create reusable testing utilities and data builders.

Skills

Java

Rest Assured

TypeScript

Playwright

Kafka

OpenAPI

JMeter

k6

CI/CD

DevOps

BDD

WireMock

AI Assist

Tools

WireMock

Grafana

Job description

Talent is seeking an experienced API Automation Test Engineer to join a major enterprise initiative in Brisbane. You will design and implement scalable API testing frameworks using Java, Rest Assured, and TypeScript, and you’ll work with Kafka, OpenAPI validation, and AI-assisted tooling to boost efficiency.

You’ll integrate tests into CI/CD, develop performance tests with k6/JMeter, and help shape reusable automation capabilities across modern mobile and web applications.