Senior API Automation Lead (SDET)

GigSumo.com; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

GigSumo.com is seeking an API Automation Testing Lead (SDET) with 10+ years of enterprise experience to design and implement robust automation for fraud analytics and reporting platforms in a banking context. You will lead a cross-functional team, shaping testing strategy and frameworks across REST APIs, microservices, and data validation.

Ideal candidates bring strong Java and API automation skills, deep experience with CI/CD pipelines, and a track record of delivering reliable automation in

Qualifications

• 10+ years of API automation/SDET experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in REST APIs, microservices, JSON/XML validation, and API contract testing.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end test automation strategy for Fraud Analytics and Reporting applications.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable API automation frameworks using Rest Assured, Karate, Postman, Playwright, or similar tools.
• Build and execute automated test suites for REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Validate fraud detection workflows, transaction monitoring systems, risk scoring engines, and case management platforms.
• Drive API contract testing, integration testing, regression testing, and end-to-end automation.
• Perform analytics and reporting validation, including dashboards, KPIs, and executive reporting.
• Develop complex SQL queries to validate data integrity across sources.
• Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Fraud Operations, Business Analysts, Architects, and Developers on quality strategies.
• Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, and production validation activities.
• Mentor junior automation engineers and establish automation best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

SDET experience

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Java

Rest Assured

Postman

Selenium

Playwright

TestNG

JUnit

Cucumber

Maven

Gradle

Job description

GigSumo.com is seeking an API Automation Testing Lead (SDET) with 10+ years of enterprise experience to design and implement robust automation for fraud analytics and reporting platforms in a banking context. You will lead a cross-functional team, shaping testing strategy and frameworks across REST APIs, microservices, and data validation.

Ideal candidates bring strong Java and API automation skills, deep experience with CI/CD pipelines, and a track record of delivering reliable automation in