API Test Engineer

Educational Requirements

Bachelor of Engineering

Service Line

Infosys Quality Engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end quality engineering for REST APIs, from requirements analysis to production validation for 59 yearsscale projects.
• Design, implement, and maintain robust API test strategies covering functional, integration, contract, regression, and negative testing.
• Drive API test automation frameworks and suites, ensuring high coverage, reliability, and maintainability across services and microservices.
• Collaborate with architects and developers to review API specifications (e.g., Swagger/OpenAPI), ensuring testability, consistency, and adherence to standards.
• Define and enforce best practices for API testing, automation, and quality gates within CI/CD pipelines.
• Analyze complex defects and production issues, perform root cause analysis, and work with cross-functional teams to implement long-term fixes.
• Mentor and guide junior QA/automation engineers on API testing techniques, tools, and automation patterns.

Additional Responsibilities

• Good to Have Skills:API design review, Contract testing, Performance testing, CI/CD integration, Agile methodologies

Technical and Professional Requirements

• Extensive experience in API test automation, including building and maintaining automation suites for REST APIs.
• Demonstrated ability to define test strategies, test plans, and quality processes for complex, distributed systems.
• Experience integrating automated API tests into CI/CD pipelines and working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong background in overall Testing practices, including test design techniques, risk-based testing, and regression optimization.
• Proven track record of leading small to medium QA/automation teams, providing technical guidance and code reviews for test assets.
• Ability to analyze logs, traces, and API responses to quickly diagnose issues and support root cause analysis.

Preferred Skills

• Technology->API Testing->Postman
• Technology->API Testing->RestAssured