SDET - API/Middleware
Core
Design, build, and maintain automated API test suites and analyze network interactions for complex web applications, focusing on protocol-level quality assurance.
Role type
SDET - API/Middleware
Builds
Automated API test suites and network validation scripts
Domain
Software Engineering / API Quality Assurance
Required skills
API testing, gRPC-Web, Proto3, HTTP/2, JSON-RPC, REST, Python, network traffic inspection, test automation, CI integration
Preferred skills
HAR analysis, API schema reconstruction, controlled API replay, browser-generated network traffic analysis
Technologies
Mitmproxy, Charles Proxy, Postman, cURL, Python, gRPC-Web, Proto3, HTTP/2, JSON-RPC, REST
Responsibilities
Design and maintain automated API test suites covering various protocols; Analyze network interactions to establish traceability between user actions and API requests; Capture and document network evidence (HAR); Map API schemas and structures; Inspect and validate client-server traffic using proxy tools; Develop API automation scripts; Identify defects in protocol-level behavior; Collaborate with backend engineers to define testable contracts.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
