Our client is seeking a Lead Testing & Automation Engineer to drive API automation, cloud-native testing, and AI-enabled quality engineering across enterprise platforms. This role combines hands-on automation leadership with implementation of modern AI-driven testing strategies.
Responsibilities & Qualifications
- Lead development of API automation frameworks using Karate
- Build and support scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot
- Develop and maintain automated test suites for REST APIs and distributed systems
- Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery
- Assess current QA/testing processes and define automation improvement strategies
- Design and implement AI-driven testing solutions for test generation, regression optimization, and defect detection
- Use AI tools to improve root cause analysis, log analysis, and testing efficiency
- Develop and execute AI adoption roadmaps across QA environments
- Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and product teams in Agile environments
- Mentor QA/automation engineers and establish best practices in automation and AI-driven testing
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in QA Automation, SDET, or Testing Engineering roles
- Strong hands-on expertise with Java, Spring Boot, and API automation
- Deep experience with Karate framework
- Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
- Experience with AWS services (Lambda, ECS, S3, CloudWatch, etc.)
- Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines
- Proven experience applying AI/ML or GenAI within testing workflows
- Experience using AI tools for test generation, optimization, or failure analysis
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
