QA Automation Engineering Lead - API Gateway

13 days ago

Chicago, IL, USA +11 moreStaff+

Base Salary

$70k - $140k/yr

Responsibilities

Own and drive the API Gateway platform’s test automation vision, roadmap, standards, governance, metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Design and implement scalable automation frameworks and reusable test harnesses for API, integration, regression, performance, security, resiliency, and compliance testing.
Build automated API validation suites and integrate testing into Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
Lead testing for API Gateway enhancements, upgrades, new capabilities, production fixes, and disaster recovery exercises.
Validate API proxy configurations, security policies, routing, authentication, authorization, traffic management controls, and enterprise integrations.
Create and execute test plans, test cases, and automated test scenarios; analyze defects and validate remediation.
Collaborate with engineering, architecture, product, platform, developers, and product owners to resolve quality issues.
Mentor engineers and team members on automation development and quality engineering techniques.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field.
At least 7 years of experience in software quality assurance, automation engineering, or quality engineering.
At least 5 years of hands-on experience designing and implementing automated test frameworks.
Experience testing REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
Experience with automation tools or frameworks such as Postman, Karate, Rest Assured, Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress.
Experience developing automation with Java, JavaScript, Python, C#, or similar programming languages.
Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments and integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
Preferred experience with enterprise API Gateway platforms such as Apigee, Apigee X, Kong, Mulesoft, Azure API Management, or similar technologies.
Preferred experience with Google Cloud Platform, Azure, or AWS; OAuth, OpenID Connect, JWT, MTLS, API security controls, and certificate management.
Preferred experience with JMeter, Gatling, or LoadRunner and with resiliency, disaster recovery, and business continuity validation.
Preferred familiarity with Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, or similar DevOps toolsets.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, written communication, and verbal communication skills.

Office workplace type; specific flexible work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team, with some positions potentially combining in-office and work-from-home work.
Eligible for applicable incentive compensation in addition to the stated base compensation.
Benefits include health insurance, wellness programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings, paid leave, paid holidays, and paid time off.
Exempt position and therefore not eligible for overtime pay.

10,000+ employees