Senior QA Engineer at Tekion

Tekion

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India·3w ago

SeniorFull-timePythonJavaKubernetesDockerPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisElasticsearchREST APIMicroservices

Salary Range

$26,520 - $35,880 /year

Estimated

This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.

About the Role

We are looking for a QA Engineer / SDET to drive quality across our AI-native backend services and platform systems. This role focuses on validating hexagonal architecture adapters, Kafka event pipelines, multi-database correctness, and AI scoring model outputs.

Key Responsibilities

→Design, build, and scale automated test frameworks for Java microservices built on hexagonal architecture
→Develop and maintain comprehensive test suites: functional, integration, regression, contract, and end-to-end
→Validate Kafka event pipelines: consumer behavior, event ordering, idempotency, poison pill handling
→Validate MongoDB document integrity, PostgreSQL relational consistency, Cosmos DB partition correctness
→Design and execute golden dataset test scenarios to validate scoring accuracy
→Validate Python-based AI/ML service outputs: scoring model results, recommendation correctness
→Collaborate with backend engineers and architects to embed quality early in design
→Drive testability improvements by influencing API design, logging, and error handling
→Own release quality and go/no-go decisions by defining quality gates in CI/CD pipelines
→Define and monitor quality metrics: test coverage, defect leakage, flakiness, MTTR
→Lead root cause analysis for production issues and drive preventive measures
→Mentor junior QA/SDET engineers and set best practices across teams

Requirements

✓6+ years of hands-on experience in QA Engineering, Test Automation, or SDET roles
✓Strong test automation expertise using modern Java-based frameworks
✓Deep experience testing distributed microservices, REST APIs, and Kafka-based architectures
✓Experience with Testcontainers for integration testing across MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and Elasticsearch
✓Strong understanding of Kafka testing: consumer behavior, event ordering guarantees
✓Experience with MongoDB and PostgreSQL testing patterns: data integrity, schema migration validation
✓Familiarity with Elasticsearch test strategies: index correctness, relevance, and query result validation
✓Experience with CI/CD pipeline integration (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent)
✓Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
✓Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills