QA Engg - Backend Automation

quinstreet; United States; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

QuinStreet is seeking hands-on Quality Engineers to support the modernization of Quest, a high-volume event and workflow-processing platform. This role focuses on backend quality engineering, including API, event-driven, database, integration, performance, and migration testing to ensure reliability and correctness throughout the Quest v2 migration.

Responsibilities include designing test strategies for backend services, developing automation frameworks with Java and REST Assured, and validating

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of Quality Engineering, SDET, or software testing experience.
• Strong Java programming and test automation skills.
• Hands-on experience with REST API testing, REST Assured, JUnit/TestNG, and CI/CD integration.
• Strong SQL and database validation experience (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.).
• Experience testing backend services, integrations, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute test strategies for backend services, APIs, event-driven workflows, and database interactions.
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks using Java, REST Assured, JUnit/TestNG, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Validate Kafka-based event processing, retries, ordering, duplicate handling, replay, and idempotency scenarios.
• Perform migration validation between Quest v1 and Quest v2, including reconciliation and data consistency checks.
• Develop SQL-based data validation, integration, regression, performance, and resilience tests.
• Investigate defects using logs, metrics, traces, and event streams.
• Support production deployments, release validation, and incident investigations.

Skills

Java programming

REST API testing

SQL knowledge

Linux/Unix familiarity

Git

Tools

REST Assured

JUnit/TestNG

CI/CD

Kafka

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Testcontainers

WireMock

Contract testing

JMeter/Gatling/k6

Job description

Powering Performance Marketplaces in Digital Media

QuinStreet is a pioneer in powering decentralized online marketplaces that match searchers and "research and compare" consumers with brands . We run these virtual- and private-label marketplaces in one of the nation's largest media networks.

Our industry leading segmentation and AI-driven matching technologies help consumers find better solutions and brands faster. They allow brands to target and reach in-market customer prospects with pinpoint segment-by-segment accuracy, and to pay only for performance results.

Our campaign-results-driven matching decision engines and optimization algorithms are built from over 20 years and billions of dollars of online media experience.

We believe in:

• The direct measurability of digital media.
• Performance marketing. (We pioneered it.)
• The advantages of technology.

We bring all this together to deliver truly great results for consumers and brands in the world's biggest channel.

Quality Engineer - Backend Automation

Location: Pune, India (Hybrid)

Experience: 4-7 Years |

About the Role

We are seeking hands-on Quality Engineers to support the modernization of Quest, a high-volume event and workflow-processing platform. This role focuses on backend quality engineering, including API, event-driven, database, integration, performance, and migration testing to ensure reliability and correctness throughout the Quest v2 migration.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute test strategies for backend services, APIs, event-driven workflows, and database interactions.
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks using Java, REST Assured, JUnit/TestNG, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Validate Kafka-based event processing, retries, ordering, duplicate handling, replay, and idempotency scenarios.
• Perform migration validation between Quest v1 and Quest v2, including reconciliation and data consistency checks.
• Develop SQL-based data validation, integration, regression, performance, and resilience tests.
• Investigate defects using logs, metrics, traces, and event streams.
• Support production deployments, release validation, and incident investigations.

Required Skills

• 4-7 years of Quality Engineering, SDET, or software testing experience.
• Strong Java programming and test automation skills.
• Hands‑on experience with REST API testing, REST Assured, JUnit/TestNG, and CI/CD integration.
• Strong SQL and database validation experience (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.).
• Experience testing backend services, integrations, and distributed systems.
• Good understanding of HTTP, REST, JSON, Git, and Linux/Unix environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Kafka, event-driven systems, and distributed architectures.
• Knowledge of Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, Testcontainers, WireMock, and contract testing.
• Experience with JMeter, Gatling, k6, or similar performance testing tools.
• Exposure to resilience, concurrency, recovery, and high-volume transaction systems.

What We're Looking For

Engineers who treat automation as production-quality software.

Strong focus on backend, data, event-processing, and system reliability testing.

Ability to independently own test coverage, defect investigation, and quality validation.

Strong collaboration skills with developers, architects, and QA teams.

Levels: Candidates may be hired as Quality Engineer (4-6 years) or Senior Quality Engineer (5-7 years) based on experience and capability in automation design, test strategy, performance testing, and technical leadership.

QuinStreet is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy status, sex, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristics protected by law.

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