API Testing

Roles and Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end quality engineering for REST APIs, from requirements analysis to production validation for 5-9 years' scale 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 aut...