Automation API Tester for Enterprises

Overview Automation API Tester for Banking Project Responsibilities Review API specifications (REST, SOAP, GraphQL etc.) / requirement documents and understand business logic and edge cases. Design test cases for API / service endpoints: positive, negative, boundary, error conditions, schema / contract validation, versioning. Develop, maintain, and enhance test automation scripts & frameworks (API / integration testing) using tools like RestAssured, Postman, SoapUI, or equivalent. Create and maintain test data, stubs / mocks / service virtualization where external dependencies are unavailable or unreliable. Execute automated & manual tests (for integration / regression) and analyze results. Identify defects; log, track, and follow up on them with devs; validate fixes. Ensure tests are integrated into CI/CD pipelines to enable automated regression / build validation. Perform non‑functional testing as required: e.g. performance, load, latency, reliability, and possibly security of APIs. Monitor and report test metrics: coverage, pass/fail rates, defect density, test reliability, regression times etc. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams: Development, Product, Ops / DevOps, to ensure that API related issues (scalability, security, error handling, monitoring) are addressed. Essential skills Strong expertise in Java (experienced in writing API scripts according to best practices). Proficiency in BDD/Gherkin with Cucumber . Experience with API investigation/manual tools such as Postman, Bruno, and Insomnia . Playwright : ability to understand and write code (good to have, as UI tests may move to Playwright). Ruby with Cucumber (Selenium framework): experience in writing and executing UI automation scripts. Able to write and execute functional, regression, and smoke test cases . Experience in peer review of test cases . Hands-on experience with test management tools . Experience in the banking sector is preferred. Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) . Good understanding of GitLab for code versioning and maintenance Desired skills Java – strong coding skills, best practices for API test automation. REST API Automation – 5–8 years with Rest-Assured and Wiremock . API Tools (manual/investigation): Postman, Bruno, Insomnia. Swagger – interpretation and test case derivation. CI/CD – Jenkins integration for running automation pipelines. Version Control – GitLab for structured code maintenance. BDD/Gherkin with Cucumber . Playwright (UI automation) – nice-to-have. Ruby + Cucumber (Selenium) – UI automation scripting. Experience 5–8 years of REST API automation experience using Rest-Assured frameworks and Wiremock for mocks.