Automation Tester, Services and API Focus
Job Summary:
Our client is seeking a Automation Tester, Services and API Focus to join their team! This position is located in Newport Beach, California.
Duties:
- Design, implement, and maintain API test automation using Playwright, TypeScript/JavaScript, and Postman collections
- Build reusable testing libraries/utilities for authentication, OAuth2/JWT, pagination, idempotency, rate limiting, and error handling
- Define API test strategy and coverage across unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end service tests
- Validate API contracts against OpenAPI/Swagger and enforce schema and backwards compatibility checks in CI
- Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, including parallel runs and environment provisioning
Desired Skills/Experience:
- 3 years in QA Automation roles focused on services/APIs
- Hands-on experience with Playwright for API testing using TypeScript/JavaScript, APIRequestContext, fixtures, parallelization
- Familiarity with Postman, collections, environments, scripts and Newman for CI execution and reporting
- Strong understanding of HTTP/REST fundamentals, JSON, and API design
- Experience validating contracts, OpenAPI/Swagger, schema assertions, and compatibility checks
- Looking for CI/CD experience including configuring pipelines, test reporting, and gating on failures/coverage
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
- Employee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)
- 401K offered
The approximate pay range for this position starting at $150-160,000 . Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and location. We comply with local wage minimums.