[Remote] Senior API Automation Engineer (AWS & AI Testing)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cognizant is a technology and engineering company seeking a Senior API Automation Engineer to advance scalable API automation and intelligent testing practices for cloud-native applications. The role involves developing API automation frameworks, validating APIs and integrations, applying AI tools to testing, and integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and AWS services.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable API automation frameworks using Java, Rest Assured, TestNG, Maven, and Postman
- Automate REST API validation across integration, regression, and end-to-end testing scenarios for microservices-based applications
- Apply AI agents and generative AI tools to support test generation, intelligent validation, and self-healing automation capabilities
- Validate API contracts, JSON and XML schemas, OAuth and JWT authentication, database integrations, and service responses
- Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and AWS-based cloud-native applications, while collaborating with technical and business stakeholders to ensure quality delivery
Skills
- 10+ years of experience in quality engineering, test automation, or software testing, with strong hands-on experience in API automation.
- Advanced experience developing API automation frameworks using Java, Rest Assured, TestNG, Maven, and Postman
- Strong knowledge of REST APIs, microservices testing, JSON and XML validation, API contracts, schemas, OAuth, and JWT authentication
- Experience integrating automated tests with Git, Jenkins or GitHub Actions, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines
- Hands-on experience validating AWS-based applications and services, such as API Gateway, Lambda, ECS or EKS, S3, DynamoDB, and CloudWatch
- Experience with SQL, backend database validation, integration testing, regression testing, and end-to-end testing
- Experience using AI agents or generative AI tools, such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, OpenAI technologies, or Amazon Q, in testing or engineering workflows
- Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
- *Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
- Experience designing agentic AI solutions, Model Context Protocol integrations, or self-healing test automation frameworks
- Exposure to AWS Bedrock or other AI-powered testing solutions
- Healthcare payer or provider domain experience
- Knowledge of healthcare business functions such as claims, enrollment, utilization management, or care management
- Experience working with healthcare platforms such as Facets or QNXT, along with an understanding of HIPAA-related requirements.
Benefits
- Remote position open to qualified applicants in Unites States
- Various wellbeing programs
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans
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