Job Description

Job Overview

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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.

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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.

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Key Requirements

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- 7–12 years of experience in software quality assurance and test automation.
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- Strong hands-on experience testing microservices-based applications and distributed systems.
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- Experience with Apache Kafka, including topic, producer, consumer, message, partition, offset, and event-flow validation.
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- Robust experience in API automation testing using tools/frameworks such as REST Assured, Postman, or equivalent.
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- Strong programming experience in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python.
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- Experience designing and developing automation frameworks from scratch.
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- Strong knowledge of database automation testing and backend data validation.
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- Ability to write complex SQL queries for relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar databases.
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- Experience validating data consistency and integrity across APIs, Kafka events, and databases.
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- Experience with end-to-end testing of microservices workflows.
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- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and integration of automated tests into build and deployment processes.
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- Experience with Git/GitHub and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
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- Experience with Playwright or other UI automation tools is an added advantage.
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Roles and Responsibilities:

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- Design, develop,



and maintain scalable automation frameworks for microservices and distributed applications.
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- Develop automated tests for REST APIs and microservices using REST Assured or equivalent tools.
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- Validate end-to-end business workflows across API → Kafka → Database layers.
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- Develop automation for Kafka event validation, including producers, consumers, topics, partitions, offsets, and message payloads.
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- Validate Kafka message schemas, headers, keys, timestamps, and payload data.
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- Verify that events generated by one microservice are correctly consumed and processed by downstream services.
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- Perform database automation testing to validate data creation, updates, transformations, and persistence.
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- Write complex SQL queries to perform backend validation and data reconciliation.
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- Validate data consistency between source and target databases, APIs, Kafka messages, and downstream services.
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- Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing of microservices.
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- Identify and automate critical business scenarios and high-risk integration points.
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- Analyze logs, Kafka messages, database records, and API responses to troubleshoot test failures and defects.
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- Integrate automation suites with CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.
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- Develop reusable utilities, test data frameworks, reporting mechanisms, and automation components.
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- Define and monitor Quality Engineering metrics, automation coverage, test execution results, and defect trends.
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- Collaborate with developers, architects, product owners, and DevOps engineers to understand system architecture and testing requirements.
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- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, refinement, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
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- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior QA engineers.
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- Continuously evaluate tools, frameworks, and best practices to improve automation efficiency and test coverage.
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📌 Backend Automation Engineer (Tamil Nadu)
🏢 Lorven Technologies
📍 Tamil Nadu