API Test Automation Engineer

Focus Management Consultants; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Focus Management Consultants is seeking a hands-on Senior QA Automation Engineer to design and build robust automation frameworks. You will drive quality across the Scrum team, mentor junior automation engineers, and collaborate with developers, product, and DevOps to integrate automation into the CI/CD pipeline.

The role requires deep expertise in Java-based automation with Selenium WebDriver, API testing experience, and familiarity with Maven/Jenkins/Docker in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, IT, or related field.
• 6+ years of hands-on test automation experience.
• Strong Java-based automation using Selenium WebDriver.
• Proven experience with Cucumber (BDD) and JUnit/TestNG.
• Hands-on API testing experience with REST Assured or Postman.
• Experience with Maven, Jenkins, and Docker for CI/CD.
• Basic JavaScript knowledge and Agile/Scrum experience.
• Ability to mentor junior QA automation engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks.
• Develop reusable automation code for new user stories and refactor existing tests.
• Review automation code for compliance with standards and quality.
• Build and maintain automated API tests alongside UI tests.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate automation into CI/CD.
• Participate in sprints, stand-ups, and backlog refinement in Scrum.
• Use JIRA to track tests, defects, and progress.
• Identify risks and gaps in test coverage and communicate findings.
• Document frameworks, strategy, and artifacts; mentor juniors.

Skills

Java

Selenium WebDriver

BDD (Cucumber)

JUnit/TestNG

API testing

REST Assured

Postman

Oracle PL/SQL

Maven

Jenkins

Docker

JavaScript

Agile/Scrum

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

REST Assured

Postman

Job description

Job Purpose

This is a hands-on senior technical role for an engineer with deep expertise in test automation and scripting. The successful candidate will design and build robust automation frameworks, drive quality across the Scrum team, and mentor junior QA automation engineers.

What You Will Do:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reusable automation frameworks that improve test efficiency, coverage, and reliability.
• Develop efficient, reusable automation code for new user stories, and continuously enhance and refactor existing automated test suites.
• Review automation code produced by the Scrum team to ensure compliance with coding best practices, framework standards, and maintainability.
• Build and maintain automated API tests alongside UI automation to ensure end-to-end coverage.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, product, DevOps) to integrate automation seamlessly into the development lifecycle and CI/CD pipeline.
• Work within Agile/Scrum methodologies - participating in sprints, stand-ups, backlog refinement, and planning sessions.
• Use and manage test and defect tracking tools such as JIRA effectively.
• Identify risks, bottlenecks, and gaps in test coverage or execution, and communicate them clearly to stakeholders.
• Document frameworks, test strategy, and test artifacts, keeping them current and clear.
• Act as a technical coach and advisor to junior team members through knowledge sharing and pairing.
• Other duties as assigned.

What to Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 68 years of hands-on test automation experience.
• Strong expertise in Java-based automation using Selenium WebDriver.
• Solid experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber) and unit/test frameworks (JUnit, TestNG).
• Proven experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Hands-on API testing experience (e.g., REST Assured, Postman, or similar).
• Working knowledge of Oracle PL/SQL for data validation and backend testing.
• Experience with Maven, Jenkins, and Docker for CI/CD integration.
• Basic JavaScript knowledge.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to automation challenges.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while mentoring junior team members.

Nice to Have:

• Energy Components or Oil & Gas Domain knowledge.
• Performance/load testing experience (e.g., JMeter).
• Experience testing enterprise or data-heavy application