Senior Engineer Automation Quality– API & Data Mastering

Empower is committed to transforming financial lives and fostering a flexible work environment. The Senior Engineer Automation Quality– API & Data Mastering will be responsible for automation development, API testing, and data validation across distributed systems, ensuring quality in the development lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for API and data-driven applications
• Implement automation-first testing strategies across backend, integration, and event-driven systems
• Perform comprehensive API, integration, and database validation across multiple systems including EASY, Person & Household, Account, and other upstream/downstream platforms
• Validate data across PostgreSQL, SQL Server, DynamoDB, and related data stores
• Test and validate Kafka-based event flows, ensuring data accuracy, event integrity, and downstream processing consistency
• Develop and maintain automated test suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate closely with developers, product owners, architects, and DevOps teams to ensure quality is built into the development lifecycle
• Analyze defects, identify root causes, and contribute to improving system reliability and test coverage
• Monitor and report on automation coverage, test results, and quality metrics
• Execute manual, exploratory, or edge-case testing when automation is not sufficient
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including automation optimization and AI-assisted testing practices
• Support performance testing efforts when required

Requirements:

• 6–8 years of overall testing experience, including 3–4 years of hands-on automation testing (or equivalent automation-focused experience)
• Advanced proficiency in Java with a deep understanding of core concepts
• Ability to read, understand, and contribute to integration and automation test code at a developer level
• Extensive experience with automation frameworks such as Cucumber, Karate, JUnit, and TestNG
• Strong experience testing API-driven and data-intensive backend systems
• Hands-on experience validating complex data flows across multiple systems and databases
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation execution practices
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to independently troubleshoot complex issues
• Clear and effective communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical teams
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Experience with performance testing tools such as Gatling, JMeter, or LoadRunner
• Hands-on experience working in AWS cloud environments
• Knowledge of Kafka and event-driven microservices architectures
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes