8+ years of overall experience in Quality Assurance and software testing
- 5+ years of experience in API testing, including both manual and automated testing
- Strong understanding of REST and SOAP web services
- Strong knowledge of HTTP methods, status codes, headers, and request/response validation
- Hands-on experience with API testing tools such as Postman and Insomnia
- Experience developing automated API test scripts using frameworks such as REST Assured
- Proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages such as Java, Python, or JavaScript
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions
- Robust understanding of JSON and XML data formats, parsing, and validation
- Experience with test data management, dynamic payload generation, and parameterization across multiple environments
- Knowledge of API security testing, including authentication and authorization mechanisms such as OAuth, JWT, and SSL
- Experience with performance and load testing tools such as JMeter or Gatling
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills, including log analysis and defect investigation
- Experience using monitoring and observability tools such as New Relic and Datadog
- Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and Agile development methodologies
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience validating Swagger/OpenAPI specifications and API documentation
- Experience working with microservices architecture and service-to-service integrations
- Familiarity with database validation and backend testing using SQL
- Experience with test automation framework design and maintenance
- Experience supporting highly regulated industries such as healthcare, finance, or insurance
- Familiarity with cloud-based environments such as AWS or Azure
- Experience in release validation, regression strategy, and risk-based testing approaches
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📌 Sr Quality Engineer I (Pune)
🏢 Optum
📍 Pune