KellyMitchell Group · 14 hours ago
Automation Tester, Services and API Focus
Newport Beach, CA
Contract
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expKellyMitchell Group is seeking an Automation Tester with a focus on Services and API to join their team in Newport Beach, California. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining API test automation, as well as defining API test strategies and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines.
Human ResourcesInformation TechnologyStaffing Agency
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain API test automation using Playwright, TypeScript/JavaScript, and Postman collections
Build reusable testing libraries/utilities for authentication, OAuth2/JWT, pagination, idempotency, rate limiting, and error handling
Define API test strategy and coverage across unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end service tests
Validate API contracts against OpenAPI/Swagger and enforce schema and backwards compatibility checks in CI
Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, including parallel runs and environment provisioning
Qualification
Required
3+ years in QA Automation roles focused on services/APIs
Hands-on experience with Playwright for API testing using TypeScript/JavaScript, APIRequestContext, fixtures, parallelization
Familiarity with Postman, collections, environments, scripts and Newman for CI execution and reporting
Strong understanding of HTTP/REST fundamentals, JSON, and API design
Experience validating contracts, OpenAPI/Swagger, schema assertions, and compatibility checks
Looking for CI/CD experience including configuring pipelines, test reporting, and gating on failures/coverage
Benefits
Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
Employee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)
401K offered
Company
KellyMitchell Group
KellyMitchell is a HR firm for IT and technical staffing for organizations globally.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Cassandra Sanford
CEO and Owner
Gina Chisholm
Vice President - Business Operations
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