Senior Software Engineer - API Testing and Automation

Carelon Global Solutions; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Carelon Global Solutions is seeking a Senior Software Engineer III specializing in API and DB Testing. The role involves contributing to testing workstreams, designing automation frameworks, and ensuring quality across software lifecycles.

The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering. Responsibilities include test automation, API validation, and collaboration in an Agile environment.

Join us to be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace committed to equal opportunity and empowerment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in QA automation/test engineering.
• Strong expertise in API and DB testing.
• Proven experience building test automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to API testing and automation workstreams.
• Design and maintain automation frameworks.
• Drive end-to-end SDLC testing execution.

Skills

API testing

DB testing

Test automation

SQL proficiency

Agile delivery

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering

Tools

Postman

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Summary

Senior Software Engineer III – API Testing, DB Testing & Test Automation.

Job Family: IFT > Engineering/Dev

Shift: Full Time Employee

Location: Bangalore / Hyderabad / Gurugram

Responsibilities

• Contribute to planning and execution for API testing, DB testing, and test automation workstreams, supporting sprint planning inputs, milestone tracking, and delivery forecasting for releases.
• Support delivery governance by providing accurate technical updates for plans and RAID items; proactively raise risks and dependencies related to test data, environment readiness, and automation stability.
• Drive end‑to‑end SDLC testing execution: requirements/test scenario readiness, test design, automation development, peer reviews, test strategy (smoke/regression), release sign‑off support, and production validation/hyper‑care.
• Design and maintain an automation framework for API and integration testing (functional + negative + contract), and integrate automated suites into CI/CD for continuous testing and reporting.
• Perform and automate database testing: data validation, reconciliation between source/target, SQL‑based checks, data quality rules, and downstream impact analysis (including Snowflake validations where applicable).
• Drive engineering excellence and compliance by improving defect leakage/DRE, cycle time, and release stability, while ensuring alignment with security, privacy, and healthcare compliance expectations in partnership with InfoSec/Compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering (or equivalent practical experience).
• 6+ years of experience in QA automation / test engineering with strong hands‑on expertise in API testing, database testing, and automation frameworks for enterprise applications.
• Strong experience in API validation (REST) including functional, negative, regression, and basic contract testing using tools/frameworks such as Postman/Newman, Rest Assured, Karate, or similar.
• Strong database testing skills (SQL proficiency) including data validation/reconciliation, data quality checks, and troubleshooting across relational databases and Snowflake (preferred).
• Proven experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks (Java/Python/JS) and integrating automated suites into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins/GitLab/GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps) with clear reporting.
• Experience with test strategy and execution across environments: test data management, environment readiness, defect management, and release sign‑off support.
• Exposure to cloud‑based testing setups (AWS concepts such as logging/monitoring, networking basics) is a plus; ability to diagnose issues using logs and metrics.
• Experience working in Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban) with strong communication and cross‑team collaboration skills.

Experience

Minimum relevant experience: 5+ years

Preferred total experience: 6+ years

Skills & Competencies

• Experience testing event‑driven and streaming integrations (e.g., Kafka, AWS SNS/SQS, Kinesis, ActiveMQ), including validation of ordering, retries, idempotency, and DLQ scenarios.
• Familiarity with data validation for AWS/Snowflake workloads: ETL/ELT reconciliation, batch vs streaming checks, lineage/traceability requirements, and automated data quality rule enforcement.
• Exposure to DevOps/SRE‑aligned QA practices: CI/CD‑based continuous testing, release orchestration, observability‑driven debugging (logs/metrics/traces), incident triage, and reliability measures (SLO/SLI awareness).
• Healthcare domain experience (claims, eligibility, provider/member data) with strong awareness of HIPAA/PHI handling, security, auditability, and compliance expectations.
• Experience with containerized test execution (Docker) and running automation in Kubernetes/EKS or similar environments; familiarity with IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation) is a plus for environment/test harness setup.
• Nice to have: exposure to security testing basics and secure testing practices (secrets handling, AWS KMS/Secrets Manager concepts, RBAC validation in Snowflake, access control test scenarios).

Job Type / Experience Level

Full TimeSenior Level

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Carelon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.

Reasonable Accommodation: Our inclusive culture empowers Carelon to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need accommodation such as an interpreter or a different interview format, please ask for the Reasonable Accommodation Request Form.