Senior Engineer - AI Test Automation

Accelya Services India•Miami, FL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Accelya is seeking a Software Engineer – AI Test Automation to develop AiroQ, an AI-powered platform that automatically generates executable test cases for airline distribution APIs. The platform generates test scenarios for IATA NDC APIs that can be executed through SoapUI and integrated into engineering and QA workflows. It is accessible through AI development assistants such as Claude Code, Kiro, and Windsurf using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), as well as through REST APIs. The role focuses on building backend services, APIs, MCP integrations, automated test-generation capabilities, and AWS cloud-native services. The engineer will work with TypeScript and Node.js, support IATA NDC workflows, and generate and validate XML/SOAP requests and responses. They will collaborate with QA, engineering, architecture, and product teams to translate requirements into testing capabilities and contribute to platform quality, reliability, and adoption.

Requirements

Strong software development experience with TypeScript and Node.js.
Experience designing and implementing REST APIs.
Strong understanding of API contracts, schemas, validation, and error handling.
Experience developing cloud-native applications on AWS.
Experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/Fargate, DynamoDB, S3, Cognito, and CloudWatch.
Understanding of OAuth 2.0, JWT, and API authentication and authorization.
Experience working with structured data formats including XML and JSON.
Strong understanding of automated testing and software quality practices.
Experience with Git-based development workflows, code reviews, and CI/CD.
Ability to troubleshoot distributed applications and independently analyze complex technical problems.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and AI-assisted development tools.
Experience building applications or tools using LLMs or generative AI.
Experience with Amazon Bedrock or Bedrock AgentCore.
Knowledge of IATA NDC, particularly versions 17.2 and 24.1.
Experience with airline shopping, pricing, booking, servicing, or order-management APIs.
Experience with SOAP, XML Schema/XSD, XPath, and SoapUI.
Experience writing Groovy scripts for SoapUI automation and validation.
Experience building test-generation frameworks or API testing platforms.
Experience with Zod and OpenAPI.
Experience with infrastructure as code, particularly AWS CloudFormation.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain AiroQ backend services using TypeScript and Node.js.
Build and maintain MCP servers and REST APIs for AI assistants and external applications.
Develop capabilities that automatically generate executable API test cases and test data.
Implement API contracts, schemas, and runtime validation using OpenAPI and Zod.
Integrate AI development tools and assistants through the Model Context Protocol.
Develop and maintain support for IATA NDC 17.2 and 24.1 API workflows.
Generate and validate XML/SOAP requests and responses for NDC testing.
Develop automated validations using XPath, Groovy, and SoapUI.
Design and maintain AWS-based services using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, ECS Fargate, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, Cognito, and CloudWatch.
Implement secure authentication and authorization using OAuth 2.0, JWT, and Amazon Cognito.
Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation.
Implement logging, monitoring, error handling, and observability for production services.
Collaborate with QA engineers, developers, architects, and product teams to translate business and API requirements into automated testing capabilities.
Contribute to engineering standards, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, documentation, and platform reliability.