Kafka API Automation Tester

Incedo Inc. is a high-growth Digital, Data and AI Transformation Specialist firm headquartered in New Jersey. We are a long-term strategy execution partner for Fortune 500 enterprises, operating at the intersection of business and technology across Banking & Payments, Wealth Management, Telecom, Hi-Tech, and Life Sciences.

We are building Incedo 4.0 - an AI-native, execution-focused, founder-led organization designed for scale, speed, and long-term impact.

Incedo delivers ROI from AI @ Scale through the “Power of 3”:

Deep domain expertise

AI & Data capabilities

Engineering & Operations excellence

Role : Kafka API Automation Tester

Location Dallas TX, Cleveland OH, Pittsburgh PA

Skillset

• Kafka Testing & Event-Driven Architecture
• API Testing – REST APIs & Microservices
• Test Automation using Java, Selenium, Cucumber BDD, Karate Framework, REST Assured
• Backend & Database Testing – Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, DB2
• CI/CD & DevOps Tools – Jenkins, Maven, Git/GitHub/GitLab
• API Tools – Postman, Swagger, SoapUI
• Logging & Monitoring – Splunk
• JSON/XML Payload Validation
• Strong expertise in Angular UI and microservices, including Kafka, API testing and DB. Experience with Selenium-based test automation, Kafka messaging test automation, Cucumber/Karate
• Hands-on experience with accessibility testing
• Proven ability to create and maintain comprehensive test documentation
• Proficient in using Jira and Confluence for defect tracking and collaboration
• Solid understanding of performance testing concepts
• Strong ability to thoroughly analyse, understand business and technical requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for:

o Angular UI components and workflows

o RESTful microservices

o Event-driven systems using Kafka

o MongoDB data validation and integrity testing

• Develop end-to-end (E2E), integration, Functional, Regression, and Performance test suites
• Create automated validation for Kafka producers/consumers and asynchronous workflows
• Validate microservice contracts and API interactions, JSON/XML Payload
• Perform database testing including schema validation, data integrity, and performance checks in MongoDB
• Collaborate with developers in code reviews to promote testability and quality
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Perform root cause analysis for defects and production issues
• Develop and maintain test documentation and quality metrics dashboards
• Create detailed, reproducible defect tickets including logs, screenshots, Kafka message payloads, and MongoDB query results
• Link test cases and automation coverage to JIRA stories and acceptance criteria
• Perform structured manual testing for new features, edge cases, and complex workflows not yet automated
• Identify automation opportunities from manual test execution and convert them into automated test coverage