Senior QA Engineer-Backend&API Testing
Snoonu · United States
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- QAR 150,000 / year
- United States
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Job highlights
- Ensure backend and API quality.
- Develop automated API test frameworks.
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams.
- Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Improve test coverage and performance.
About the role
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior QA Engineer with a strong focus on backend and API testing to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be instrumental in ensuring the quality, stability, and reliability of our platform's backend services and REST APIs.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the quality, stability, and reliability of backend services and REST APIs powering our platform.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated API test frameworks.
- Build and execute automated integration, regression, smoke, and end-to-end API tests.
- Validate RESTful APIs, request/response contracts, authentication flows, and business logic using tools such as Swagger and Postman.
- Collaborate closely with backend engineers, DevOps, and product teams to understand system architecture, service dependencies, and data flows.
- Perform backend validation using databases, logs, and monitoring tools to investigate and debug issues across distributed systems.
- Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to ensure fast and reliable delivery.
- Configure and maintain Allure Report / Allure TestOps integrations for test reporting, analytics, and test management.
- Improve test coverage, framework maintainability, reporting, and execution performance.
- Participate in code reviews, quality initiatives, and contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes and engineering standards.
- Advocate for automation best practices, API reliability, and high-quality software delivery.
Nice To Have
- Experience working with DS&AI teams, high-level knowledge on AI and ML projects.
- Experience with Python applications.
Qualifications
- 4–6 years of QA Automation experience with a strong focus on API and backend testing.
- Hands-on experience in API automation.
- Strong knowledge of Spring Boot and experience building scalable test automation frameworks.
- Experience testing REST APIs, microservices, and complex backend workflows.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD processes and hands-on experience with GitHub Actions.
- Experience working with Allure Reports and Allure TestOps for test reporting and test management.
- Familiarity with tools such as Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, and JMeter.
- Experience working with SQL/NoSQL databases, Redis, or message brokers for backend validation.
- Strong debugging and analytical skills with the ability to investigate issues using logs and monitoring systems.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
- Passion for automation, clean code, system reliability, and continuous improvement.
About Snoonu
Snoonu is Qatar’s homegrown Super App, reinventing daily life with blazing-fast delivery, shopping, and more – all in one place. Powered by tech, driven by a global team, and obsessed with making life easier.
Company Culture & Values
At Snoonu, we are driven by a set of core values:
- Be Customer Obsessed
- Act with Integrity
- Be Curious and Creative
- Lead by Example and Take Ownership
- Work Smart and Deliver Results
- It's All About People
Perks & Benefits
- Global Vibes – Collaborate with a worldwide crew.
- Brain Boosters – Learning budgets, access to courses, and tools for your growth.
- Builder’s Playground – Own your tasks, own your path! We’re big on autonomy.
- Flexible Time Off – Generous leave and wellness policies.
- Agile Everything – Scrum is how we roll.
Snoonu is a Great Place to Work® Certified, ISO 9001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018 certified.
Key Skills/Competency
- API Testing
- Backend Testing
- Automation Frameworks
- REST APIs
- Microservices
- CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
- Allure Report
- SQL/NoSQL Databases
- Agile/Scrum
Skills & topics
- Senior QA Engineer
- Backend Testing
- API Testing
- Automation
- REST APIs
- Microservices
- CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
- Spring Boot
- Agile
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your 4-6 years of QA automation experience, focusing on API and backend testing. Emphasize specific tools like Postman, Swagger, and your CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions.
- Showcase your skills: In your application, detail your experience with Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, and database validation (SQL/NoSQL). Mention your familiarity with Allure Reports and TestOps.
- Demonstrate collaboration: Provide examples of how you’ve worked effectively with backend engineers and product teams in Agile/Scrum environments to improve software quality.
- Emphasize automation passion: Clearly articulate your passion for automation, clean code, and continuous improvement, aligning with Snoonu's core values.
- Prepare for technical questions: Be ready to discuss your experience in designing and maintaining API test frameworks and debugging distributed systems.
Technical preparation
Master API testing tools (Postman, Swagger).,Build robust automated API test frameworks.,Practice database validation and log analysis.,Understand CI/CD pipeline integration.
Behavioral questions
Describe a complex bug you debugged.,How do you collaborate with engineers?,Share an automation best practice.,How do you handle tight deadlines?
Frequently asked questions
- What are the key responsibilities for a Senior QA Engineer Backend and API Testing at Snoonu?
- The key responsibilities include ensuring the quality and reliability of backend services and REST APIs, designing and maintaining automated API test frameworks, building and executing various API tests, validating APIs using tools like Postman and Swagger, collaborating with cross-functional teams, performing backend validation using databases and logs, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, and improving overall test coverage and performance.
- What experience is required for the Senior QA Engineer Backend and API Testing role at Snoonu?
- The role requires 4-6 years of QA automation experience with a strong focus on API and backend testing. You should have hands-on experience in API automation, a strong understanding of Spring Boot, experience with REST APIs, microservices, CI/CD processes (specifically GitHub Actions), and familiarity with tools like Postman, Swagger, Allure Reports, and databases (SQL/NoSQL).
- What technologies and tools are essential for this Senior QA Engineer position?
- Essential technologies and tools include experience with API automation, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), Allure Reports/TestOps, Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, JMeter, and SQL/NoSQL databases, Redis, or message brokers.
- How does Snoonu foster a positive work environment for its employees?
- Snoonu fosters a positive work environment through global collaboration, learning budgets for professional growth, autonomy for employees to own their tasks, flexible time off, and an agile work methodology. They are also a Great Place to Work® Certified company, emphasizing a culture where people come first.
- What is the company culture like at Snoonu?
- Snoonu's culture is built on customer obsession, integrity, curiosity, creativity, leadership, ownership, working smart, and valuing people. They are a tech-driven company with global ambitions, aiming to reinvent daily life through innovation and technology.
- What are the 'Nice to Have' skills for the Senior QA Engineer role?
- Nice to have skills include experience working with DS&AI teams and having high-level knowledge of AI and ML projects, as well as experience with Python applications.
- How can I highlight my suitability for the Senior QA Engineer Backend and API Testing role at Snoonu in my application?
- To highlight your suitability, focus your resume and cover letter on your extensive experience in API and backend testing, showcase your proficiency with automation frameworks and tools like Postman and Swagger, detail your CI/CD integration experience with GitHub Actions, and emphasize your collaborative approach within Agile teams. Mentioning your passion for automation and continuous improvement will also resonate with Snoonu's values.