Kafka API Automation Tester

Qode

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Incedo Inc. is a high-growth Digital, Data and AI Transformation Specialist firm headquartered in New Jersey. We are a long-term strategy execution partner for Fortune 500 enterprises, operating at the intersection of business and technology across Banking & Payments, Wealth Management, Telecom, Hi-Tech, and Life Sciences. We are building Incedo 4.0 - an AI-native, execution-focused, founder-led organization designed for scale, speed, and long-term impact. Incedo delivers ROI from AI @ Scale through the “Power of 3”: Deep domain expertise AI & Data capabilities Engineering & Operations excellence

Requirements

Kafka Testing & Event-Driven Architecture
API Testing – REST APIs & Microservices
Test Automation using Java, Selenium, Cucumber BDD, Karate Framework, REST Assured
Backend & Database Testing – Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, DB2
CI/CD & DevOps Tools – Jenkins, Maven, Git/GitHub/GitLab
API Tools – Postman, Swagger, SoapUI
Logging & Monitoring – Splunk
JSON/XML Payload Validation
Strong expertise in Angular UI and microservices, including Kafka, API testing and DB.
Experience with Selenium-based test automation, Kafka messaging test automation, Cucumber/Karate
Hands-on experience with accessibility testing
Proven ability to create and maintain comprehensive test documentation
Proficient in using Jira and Confluence for defect tracking and collaboration
Solid understanding of performance testing concepts
Strong ability to thoroughly analyse, understand business and technical requirements

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for Angular UI components and workflows, RESTful microservices, event-driven systems using Kafka, and MongoDB data validation and integrity testing.
Develop end-to-end (E2E), integration, Functional, Regression, and Performance test suites.
Create automated validation for Kafka producers/consumers and asynchronous workflows.
Validate microservice contracts and API interactions, JSON/XML Payload.
Perform database testing including schema validation, data integrity, and performance checks in MongoDB.
Collaborate with developers in code reviews to promote testability and quality.
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
Perform root cause analysis for defects and production issues.
Develop and maintain test documentation and quality metrics dashboards.
Create detailed, reproducible defect tickets including logs, screenshots, Kafka message payloads, and MongoDB query results.
Link test cases and automation coverage to JIRA stories and acceptance criteria.
Perform structured manual testing for new features, edge cases, and complex workflows not yet automated.
Identify automation opportunities from manual test execution and convert them into automated test coverage.