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Senior QA API AI Automation Engineer (1809)

Senior QA API AI Automation Engineer (1809)

freelance.ca • Toronto, Canada
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Temporary
Job description
Type: 6 Month Contract, 7.5 hours/day, 37.5 hours/week with a strong possibility of extensionWork Experience: 8+ years as Senior QA API Automation Engineer, API, API Security Testing, Parasoft SOAtest, Parasoft Virtualize, Playwright, Cypress, RestAssured, Postman/Newman, Karate, AI/LLM test cases, JSON, Jenkins, GitHub, Azure DevOps, WireMock, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C#, microservices, JMeter, Gatling, k6, Docker, Kubernetes, AgileIndustry: BankDESCRIPTION:Seeking an outstanding Senior QA API Automation Engineer to lead the architecture, strategy, and execution of API automation across our digital platforms, including AI- and LLM-powered services. This is a senior technical expert role focused on driving quality engineering excellence, building modern automation frameworks, and elevating test maturity through innovation and best practices, leveraging enterprise-grade Parasoft tooling.Key Responsibilities
  • Own the end-to-end API automation strategy and framework architecture across microservices and distributed systems.
  • Build advanced API automation using Playwright (API), Cypress (API), RestAssured,Postman/Newman, and Karate.
  • Design and automate AI/LLM test use cases to validate response quality, correctness, consistency, determinism, and safety.
  • Build API-level automated tests for LLM prompt handling, structured outputs (JSON), error scenarios, and edge cases.
  • Implement contract testing, schema validation, negative testing, and API security testing.
  • Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) and drive shift-left quality practices.
  • Use service virtualization and mocking tools (Parasoft, WireMock) to stabilize environments and accelerate delivery.
  • Improve automation stability, reduce flakiness, and define quality KPIs and reporting metrics.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and code reviews across automation initiatives.
  • Hands-On Parasoft Experience
  • Hands-on expertise with Parasoft SOAtest and Parasoft Virtualize to design, build, and maintain enterprise-grade API automation frameworks.
  • Implement service virtualization to simulate complex backend systems, third-party services, and AI dependencies, enabling early and stable testing.
  • Design and enforce API contracts, schema validation, and data-driven tests using Parasoft.
  • Integrate Parasoft test suites into CI/CD pipelines and leverage dashboards to track coverage, execution health, and quality KPIs.
  • Collaborate with security, architecture, and DevOps teams to align Parasoft usage with enterprise governance standards.
  • Provide best-practice guidance and technical leadership on scalable Parasoft adoption.
Required Qualifications
  • 8–12 years of QA and automation experience, including 4–6 years in a senior or staff-level role.
  • Deep expertise with API automation frameworks and strategies.
  • Strong programming skills in Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or C#.
  • Hands-on expertise with Playwright, Cypress, RestAssured, Karate, and Postman/Newman.
  • Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, microservices, Git, cloud platforms, and containerization.
  • Proven hands-on experience with Parasoft SOAtest and Parasoft Virtualize.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience testing AI- and LLM-powered APIs and validating response quality and correctness.
  • Familiarity with AI quality risks such as hallucinations, non-deterministic outputs, bias, and response drift.
  • Experience validating structured AI outputs (JSON, schemas, contracts).
  • Contract testing (Pact) and performance testing (JMeter, Gatling, k6).
  • API security testing and advanced service virtualization experience.
  • Demonstrated mentorship and technical leadership experience.
Key SkillsPlaywright (API), Cypress (API), RestAssured, Postman, Karate, Parasoft SOAtest / Parasoft Virtualize,AI/LLM API Testing, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS / Azure / GCP
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