Senior Automation Engineer — REST API & Test Automation

PepsiCo Inc.; Hampton (VA); On-site; USD 97,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo Inc. in Hampton, VA seeks an Automation Engineer to back a RestAssured-heavy backend and translate TestComplete experience into a senior role. You will own API growth, optimize performance, and mentor teammates while shaping a reliable, scalable codebase.

You will collaborate across teams to reduce technical debt, present data-driven recommendations, and drive impactful improvements with a focus on quality and maintainability.

Qualifications

• Experience writing efficient SQL queries and data access patterns.
• Ability to translate data into actionable decisions for stakeholders.
• Strong communication and analytical thinking.

Responsibilities

• Ship RestAssured rewrite to reduce PepsiCo's technical debt.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core PepsiCo products.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce debt over time.
• Challenge slow patterns and propose cleaner approaches.
• Deliver performance wins measurable by VA retention metrics.
• Explain tradeoffs to technology stakeholders and execs.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Storytelling instincts

Tools

Karate

Xray

Robot Framework

Job description

PepsiCo Inc. in Hampton, VA seeks an Automation Engineer to back a RestAssured-heavy backend and translate TestComplete experience into a senior role. You will own API growth, optimize performance, and mentor teammates while shaping a reliable, scalable codebase.

You will collaborate across teams to reduce technical debt, present data-driven recommendations, and drive impactful improvements with a focus on quality and maintainability.