FullStack Automation Engineer

Role & responsibilities

• 5-8 years of experience as a full stack or backend engineer with deep understanding of microservices, event-driven architectures, and batch processing pipelines; testing and validation are integral to delivery
• 3+ years experience in Java/JavaScript/Python with strong proficiency in automation frameworks such as JUnit, PyTest, or equivalent
• Experience validating and troubleshooting distributed messaging systems such as Apache Kafka in backend service environments
• Exposure to cloud-native backend systems (AWS preferred), with experience automating and validating containerized services using Docker, Kubernetes, or ECS
• Proficient with CI/CD principles and tools, with hands-on experience integrating automated testing into deployment pipelines for backend services
• Understanding testing principles, especially in distributed backend environments
• Familiarity with backend observability tools (e.g., logging, tracing, metrics) is a plus
• Experience partnering with backend engineering teams to validate service interfaces, ensure contract integrity, and troubleshoot integration issues in microservices environments
• Prior experience working in backend-focused engineering roles with testing as part of delivery responsibility
• Demonstrated ability to work in high-pressure environments with challenging teams; resilience and adaptability are key
• Receptiveness to coaching and feedback, with a growth mindset and ability to improve continuously
• Preference for candidates who have worked in fast-paced, iterative development environments and can handle ambiguity
• Possess strong technical, analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills with the ability to visualize and document backend service workflows
• You'll be involved from the initial concept of a feature all the way to its release. Your focus will be on understanding how features are built to better anticipate potential quality issues and define comprehensive testing strategies.
• You will collaborate closely with Product Managers and other stakeholders to refine business requirements. Your SWE background will help you identify ambiguities or gaps early, ensuring requirements are clear, testable, and translate into effective test cases
• You'll work with development and other teams to design and implement solutions. Your role will be to ensure quality considerations and testability are baked in from the start, not just tacked on at the end.
• Troubleshoot software issues and debug a large codebase
• Develop and execute unit, functional and integration tests
• Contribute to technical documentation to increase maintainability of software assets

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering industry experience building backend software, with exposure to microservices, event-driven architectures, and batch processing.
• 3+ years experience / strong proficiency in Java, Javascript and/or Python as well as test frameworks such as junit or pytest
• Experience with distributed messaging systems such as Apache Kafka
• Exposure to building applications in the cloud (AWS), and experience with containerization and orchestration infrastructure (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, ECS)
• Experience collaborating with Engineering and Product teams to turn complex business requirements into clean and extensible APIs
• You have expertise in architecting, designing, and implementing AI-augmented, scalable test automation frameworks for web, mobile, API, and microservices architectures.
• You are proficient with CI/CD principles and tools, and have hands-on experience integrating automated testing into deployment pipelines.
• Possess strong technical, analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills with the ability to visualize and document processes