Backend/API Developer

Location: PCS PUNE, Pune

Years of Experience: 5-7 Years

Job Summary: We are seeking a skilled Backend/API Developer with a strong focus on test automation and quality engineering. The ideal candidate will create and maintain high-quality test automation, apply automated tests across the application stack, and produce metrics that support data-driven decision-making. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure quality is embedded in all development efforts.

Responsibilities

- Create and maintain high-quality test automation using up-to-date development techniques.
- Apply automated tests at every layer of the application stack, both inside and outside of the continuous delivery pipeline.
- Produce and analyze metrics that illustrate application quality and contribute to quality engineering decisions.
- Triage test failures promptly and accurately to maintain the health of the build pipeline.
- Collaborate with development, product, operations, and support teams to promote quality as a key design element.
- Engage in code reviews for product, test, and infrastructure code.

Mandatory Skills





- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related quantitative field.
- 2-5 years of professional experience in software development or automated testing in Python or similar languages.
- Experience with integration, regression, and unit testing.
- Working experience with RDBMS (Oracle, PostgreSQL).
- Experience using Agile development practices.
- Familiarity with various cloud environments and concepts.
- Deal Breaker Skill: Dataplex.

Preferred Skills

- Experience with CI/CD pipeline and associated tools (Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, GitHub).
- Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining automated test scripts using Python.
- Experience with modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Golang).
- Programming and debugging skills with an understanding of software architecture and testing principles.
- Exposure to BDD and I18N testing.
- Experience with performance and resiliency testing.
- Experience with Linux.
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes and container-based application development.

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