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Senior Test Engineer

TekLeaders, IncNew York, NY🇺🇸United StatesPosted 28 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Senior Test Engineer role offers an exciting opportunity to significantly impact testing frameworks and gain exposure to microservices and load testing, perfect for an independent and growth-oriented engineer. You'll be instrumental in building new test suites and optimizing existing ones, making this a fantastic chance to expand your technical expertise within a dynamic environment.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
On Site
Location
New York, NY, United States
Posted
1 week ago
MicroservicesSeleniumCucumberGatlingGroovyJMeterJavaKotlin

Job Description

Role: Senior Test Engineer

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid - 2 days onsite)

Duration: Long Term Contract

Experience level: 12+ Years

Job Description:

Testing Expertise:

  • Automation Testing: Strong experience in automated testing frameworks
  • Microservices Testing:
    • API-level testing for ~12 microservices
    • Familiarity with RESTful interfaces (7018P)
  • UI Testing:
    • Web front-end testing
    • Tools: Selenium, Jasmine (mentioned), others welcome
  • Regression Testing:
    • Maintain and expand a large regression test suite
    • Thousands of existing tests across services

Frameworks & Tools

  • Cucumber:
    • Heavy use of Groovy-based Cucumber (open to Java/Kotlin variants)
    • Will be building out cucumber-based regression and smoke test suites
  • JMeter:
    • Currently used for smoke/regression testing
    • Limitations noted in integration and reporting
  • Load Testing:
  • Build from scratch a performance/load testing suite
  • Simulate steady-state, batch, and spike scenarios
  • Tools: JMeter, Gatling, or others welcome

Responsibilities:

  • Take ownership of existing test suites and expand/optimize them
  • Build new test frameworks (especially for load/performance)
  • Clean up and reorganize legacy cucumber tests
  • Integrate test results with reporting frameworks (e.g., Scale)
  • Work independently with minimal hand-holding
  • Collaborate with dev teams to understand service functionality and test coverage needs

Candidate Profile:

  • Self-starter: Can jump in with minimal onboarding
  • Testing guru : Deep experience across UI, API, and performance testing
  • Flexible with tech stack: Comfortable switching between Groovy, Java, Kotlin, etc.
  • Not necessarily a Java expert, but must understand service functionality and testing logic

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