API Test Analyst
Posted 6 days ago by Experis UK
£250 Per day
Inside
Undetermined
Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The API Automation Tester role in Northampton involves creating and executing automation scripts with minimal supervision, focusing on API test automation using tools like REST Assured and Selenium. The position requires collaboration with project stakeholders to report on testing progress and results. The tester will also be responsible for continuous improvement of testing methods and ensuring quality integration within feature teams. Strong communication skills and the ability to identify development needs are essential for success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create automation scripts, including estimates and pre/post conditioning.
- Execute automated tests and collate evidence for progress reporting.
- Articulate tests executed, data used, results, and defects to stakeholders.
- Participate in requirement analysis and creation of test scenarios.
- Build efficiency in testing and improve test methods and processes.
- Create automation code using Java, Selenium, JQuery, and Cucumber.
- Set up and execute automated tests, recording evidence.
- Promote best practices within the team and champion innovation.
- Identify development needs and seek opportunities for improvement.
- Communicate status and progress clearly to stakeholders.
Key Skills:
- API test automation experience.
- Proficiency in test automation tools, including REST Assured, Selenium, and Cucumber.
- Extensive knowledge of the testing lifecycle and core testing processes.
- Ability to write high-quality, readable, reusable, and testable code.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Experience in creating test plans, scenarios, and executing test cases.
- Ability to identify processes and tools for optimizing testing quality.
- Knowledge of emerging software development methods and standards.
Salary (Rate): £250 per day
City: Northampton
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: API Automation Tester
Location: Northampton
Duration: until 31 December 2025
Rate: £250 per day - PAYE via Umbrella
Overall Purpose Of Role
Under minimal supervision, create Automation scripts - estimates, scripts, pre and post conditioning. Executes Automated Tests and collates evidence for Test automation progress reporting and tracking. Articulates the tests executed, data used, the results and defects to project stakeholders.
Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications
API test automation. Test automation tools-, API test automation using REST Assured tool / Karate ,selenium , cucumber using Java. Extensive knowledge of Testing lifecycle and core testing process/techniques using different test approaches. Excellent knowledge in testing skills (provide estimations, design test plan and test strategy, writing test scenarios, cases, executing test cases, opening bugs, verifying bugs). Able to identify processes and tools that will optimise and improve the quality of testing. Experience in writing high quality, readable, reusable, testable code. Be able to communicate clearly on the status and progress of allocated activities.
Key Accountabilities
- Build efficiency in testing and continuous improvement of test methods, techniques and process.
- Participate in requirement analysis, identifying risks and creation of test scenarios.
- Actively keep up to date with the feature teams, spot inconsistencies, and potential conflicts in approach.
- Work to ensure full integration with a focus on the quality of the overall service.
- Create Automation code using Java, Selenium, JQuery, Cucumber.
- Set up and Execute Automated tests and record evidence.
Stakeholder Management and Leadership
- Promote and drive stewardship and application best practices within the team.
- Strong knowledge of emerging software development methods, tools and standards and actively keep this knowledge current.
- Champion innovation by recognising newly arising opportunities for improving customer satisfaction, achieving technical excellence and improving the delivery of a software product.
- Identify own and others development needs and seek opportunities to address these needs through guidance, coaching and formal training.
- Ability to be able to provide succinct details in written format and verbally to Stakeholders.