Hybrid QA Engineer: API Testing & Automation

ConnectOS; Metro Manila; Hybrid; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental Coverage

Paid Vacation and Sick Leave

Competitive salary package

Financial Assistance Program

13th Month Pay

Sleeping Quarters

Office Fitness and Wellness Facilities

Company events & growth opportunities

Job summary

ConnectOS in Metro Manila is seeking an API QA engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience in API testing and automation. You will design and execute test cases for RESTful services, validate data integrity, and troubleshoot integrations with internal and external systems.

Join a hybrid work setup at Mega Tower, Mandaluyong, and contribute to CI/CD testing practices while collaborating with a diverse team across Product, Dev, and QA.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software QA/testing, with strong hands-on experience in API testing.
• Strong experience testing REST APIs using Postman or similar tools.
• Hands-on experience with API test automation using Postman/Newman or similar tools.
• Strong understanding of HTTP, HTTPS, REST, and JSON.
• Experience validating API requests/responses, business rules, data integrity, and error handling.
• Experience testing system integrations and data exchanges between internal and external systems.
• Experience implementing mock API endpoints for end-to-end testing.
• Knowledge of OpenAPI/Swagger and API documentation standards.
• Experience analyzing API logs and troubleshooting integration issues.
• Understanding of API authentication and authorization, including OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, and API Keys.
• Experience with JavaScript for API testing or automation.
• Experience creating comprehensive API test scenarios and test coverage.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Jenkins.
• Exposure to performance, security, reliability, resilience, or scalability testing is an advantage.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Strong English communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate testing results, defects, risks, and technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Design, create, maintain, and execute API test cases, test scripts, and test data
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end API testing
• Validate API requests and responses, business rules, data integrity, and data flows
• Test REST and event-driven integrations between internal and external systems
• Develop and maintain automated API regression test suites
• Use Postman/Newman or similar tools for API test automation
• Validate API contracts using OpenAPI/Swagger and other interface specifications
• Test positive, negative, boundary, and error-handling scenarios
• Identify, document, prioritize, and manage defects throughout the testing lifecycle
• Work with developers to investigate API failures and integration issues
• Analyze API logs and provide evidence to support root-cause analysis
• Verify defect fixes and perform regression testing
• Support API performance, reliability, resilience, scalability, and security testing
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, Developers, and QA teams
• Support CI/CD testing activities and contribute to continuous improvement of API testing practices
• Prepare and communicate testing progress, quality status, risks, defects, and test results to stakeholders

Skills

API testing

REST APIs

Postman

Newman

HTTP/JSON

Auth protocols

OpenAPI/Swagger

CI/CD

JavaScript

Analytical skills

English communication

Data validation

Education

Tools

OpenAPI/Swagger

Postman

Newman

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

ConnectOS in Metro Manila is seeking an API QA engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience in API testing and automation. You will design and execute test cases for RESTful services, validate data integrity, and troubleshoot integrations with internal and external systems.

Join a hybrid work setup at Mega Tower, Mandaluyong, and contribute to CI/CD testing practices while collaborating with a diverse team across Product, Dev, and QA.