Kafka API Automation Tester

Qode•Texas, TX

21h•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a skilled Kafka API Automation Tester to join our Engineering & Operations excellence team. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks for Angular UI components, RESTful microservices, event-driven systems using Kafka, and MongoDB data validation. You will create end-to-end, integration, functional, regression, and performance test suites, and perform database testing. Collaboration with developers, integration into CI/CD pipelines, and thorough defect analysis are key aspects of this position. The role also requires performing structured manual testing and identifying automation opportunities.

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
Experience with Kafka messaging test automation
Experience with 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
Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for RESTful microservices
Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for event-driven systems using Kafka
Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for 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