Senior QA Automation Engineer – Python/Pytest & API Automation

Genesis10 is seeking a QA Automation Engineer for a contract-to-hire position with a Regional Financial Institution in Columbus, OH, Minnetonka, MN, or Dallas, TX. This role is onsite 4 days per week.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced QA Automation Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Python, Pytest, and API automation testing. The candidate will analyze requirements, develop and maintain automation test scripts, execute functional and integration tests, analyze failures, manage defects, and support software releases across the complete automation-testing lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business, functional, and technical requirements and create appropriate test scenarios and test cases
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Python and Pytest
• Develop and maintain reusable automation-framework components, fixtures, utilities, and test data
• Perform REST API testing and automate API test cases
• Validate API requests, responses, status codes, headers, JSON/XML payloads, and error scenarios
• Perform functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing
• Test APIs routed through an API gateway and validate integrations with downstream systems
• Validate authentication and authorization scenarios, including OAuth, JWT, bearer tokens, and 401/403 responses
• Use Postman or SoapUI for API testing and troubleshooting
• Execute automated test suites through Jenkins or another CI/CD platform
• Generate and review automation reports using Allure, Pytest HTML, or a similar reporting tool
• Perform database validation using SQL queries
• Create and maintain test cases, test data, execution results, and supporting documentation
• Identify, document, track, and retest defects
• Participate in requirement reviews, project meetings, defect-management meetings, and release activities
• Support software releases, production validation, and post-deployment testing

Requirements

• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on automation-testing experience
• Strong programming experience in Python
• Strong hands-on experience with Pytest
• Experience developing and maintaining automation frameworks
• Strong REST API testing and API automation experience
• Experience using Python API-testing libraries such as requests
• Hands-on experience with Postman or SoapUI
• Experience with JSON and XML validation
• Experience with Jenkins or another CI/CD platform
• Experience with Allure, Pytest HTML, or another test-reporting tool
• Experience with API gateway and downstream-system integration testing
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization testing
• Experience with SQL and database validation
• Experience with Git or another source-control system
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause-analysis skills
• Ability to work independently and in a collaborative Agile environment
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

Skills

• Experience with JMeter or another performance-testing tool
• Knowledge of TDD or ATDD practices
• Experience testing cloud-based or containerized applications
• Experience with microservices and complex system integrations
• Relevant testing certifications are an added advantage

Pay

$55.00 - $60.00 per hour, W2, based on qualifications.

Benefits

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)