Job Overview

We are looking for a Backend Automation Engineer with Microservices API Testing and Kafka with strong experience in Microservices testing, Kafka, API Rest Assured automation, and database automation testing. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing scalable automation frameworks and validating end-to-end distributed systems across APIs, Kafka events, and databases.

The candidate will collaborate closely with development, product, DevOps, and QA teams in an Agile environment to establish effective test strategies, improve automation coverage, and ensure high-quality software delivery.

Shift Timing 12.00 PM - 10.00 PM

Work Location: Chennai / Bangalore / Hyderabad / Coimbatore / Pune

Key Requirements
- 7-10 years of experience in software quality assurance and test automation.
- Strong hands-on experience testing microservices-based applications and distributed systems.
- Experience with Apache Kafka, including topic, producer, consumer, message, partition, offset, and event-flow validation.




- Strong experience in API automation testing using tools/frameworks such as REST Assured, Postman, or equivalent.
- Strong programming experience in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python.
- Experience designing and developing automation frameworks from scratch.
- Solid knowledge of database automation testing and backend data validation.
- Ability to write complex SQL queries for relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar databases.
- Experience validating data consistency and integrity across APIs, Kafka events, and databases.
- Experience with end-to-end testing of microservices workflows.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and integration of automated tests into build and deployment processes.
- Experience with Git/GitHub and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Experience with Playwright or other UI automation tools is an added advantage.

Roles and Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation framew

📌 Backend Automation Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Cognizant
📍 Chennai