Senior SDET Engineer – API/UI Automation Lead

NTT DATA North America; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 117,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Employer contribution to benefits

Flexible spending account

Job summary

NTT DATA North America is seeking a Sr. SDET Engineer in Jersey City, NJ, to design and implement robust test strategies for web applications and APIs.

You will lead end-to-end test management and build scalable automation frameworks using Java, Playwright, RestAssured, Karate, and Cucumber in a collaborative, Agile environment. The role emphasizes CI/CD integration, cloud testing on Azure/AWS, and close cooperation with product, development, and DevOps teams to ensure high-quality releases.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Agile development methodology and Jira tool.
• 5+ years of experience in testing distributed applications at multiple layers of the technology stack.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Test Management lifecycle.
• 6+ years of strong working knowledge of Relational Databases like Oracle or DB2 or Postgres and experience with PL/SQL and complex queries.
• 6+ years of strong experience in Test automation design, development and execution using frameworks eg. RestAssured, Playwright, Karate, Cucumber, TestNG.
• 6+ years of strong proven experience in programming - Java/Spring boot. Strong SQL skills are required. Knowledge of JavaScript/Typescript is an added advantage.
• 5+ years of strong knowledge of continuous integration and deployment – GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Docker, SonarQube, etc.
• Demonstrated experience with Azure/AWS cloud technologies, DevOps, CI/CD experience.
• Experience in working with Stock Plan Services/ Brokerage is a plus.
• The candidate should have experience in designing test strategy, test automation suites independently for a new product/application.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases for web applications, APIs, databases, and distributed systems.
• Lead end-to-end test management activities, including test planning, estimation, execution, defect tracking, reporting, and release validation.
• Develop and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Java, Spring Boot, RestAssured, Playwright, Karate, Cucumber, and TestNG.
• Design automation solutions for functional, integration, regression, API, UI, and end-to-end testing to improve test coverage and release quality.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and DevOps teams to understand requirements and ensure quality throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives using Jira.
• Design and implement automated API testing solutions using RestAssured, Karate, and other modern testing frameworks.
• Integrate automated test-suites into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Jenkins, Maven, Docker, and SonarQube.
• Leverage Azure or AWS cloud platforms to support testing activities in cloud-native and distributed environments.
• Create and maintain detailed test documentation, test reports, automation architecture documents, and quality metrics.

Skills

Test strategy design

Test management

Automation frameworks

Java/Spring Boot

RestAssured

Playwright

Karate

Cucumber

TestNG

CI/CD

GitHub

Jenkins

Maven

Docker

SonarQube

Azure/AWS

SQL

Jira

Tools

Jira

GitHub

Jenkins

Maven

Docker

SonarQube

Azure

AWS

Job description

NTT DATA North America is seeking a Sr. SDET Engineer in Jersey City, NJ, to design and implement robust test strategies for web applications and APIs.

You will lead end-to-end test management and build scalable automation frameworks using Java, Playwright, RestAssured, Karate, and Cucumber in a collaborative, Agile environment. The role emphasizes CI/CD integration, cloud testing on Azure/AWS, and close cooperation with product, development, and DevOps teams to ensure high-quality releases.