Job Title:  T&T - EAD - Senior Consultant - API Automation - Pune - Engineering

The team

Deloitte’s Technology & Transformation practice can help you uncover and unlock the value buried deep inside vast amounts of data. Our global network provides strategic guidance and implementation services to help companies manage data from disparate sources and convert it into accurate, actionable information that can support fact-driven decision-making and generate an insight-driven advantage. Our practice addresses the continuum of opportunities in business intelligence & visualization, data management, performance management and next-generation analytics and technologies, including big data, cloud, cognitive and machine learning.       

Your work profile

• As a Senior Consultant in our QE Team, you’ll build and nurture positive working relationships with teams and clients with the intention of exceeding client expectations.
• We are seeking a Senior SDET with 9+ years of experience, strong expertise in Java-based API automation, API development fundamentals, and hands-on testing of microservices in retail banking environments.
• Design, develop, and maintain API and microservices automation frameworks using Java.
• Test Java-based APIs, microservices, core banking services, payment flows, and backend systems.
• Validate end‑to‑end service interactions, system integrations, and customer journeys.
• Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA), participate in defect triage, and enhance overall quality governance.
• Collaborate with backend, payments, cloud, and product teams to ensure high‑quality releases.
• Contribute to and review Test Strategy, Test Planning, and Test Management activities.

Key skills required: 

• 7-10 years of SDET / QA Automation experience.
• Strong programming skills in Java (mandatory).
• Hands-on experience with API automation using:
• REST Assured
• Postman/Newman
• Karate (optional but preferred)
• Experience in testing Java-based APIs and microservices.
• JSON/XML validation
• API schema validation
• Integration testing patterns
• Solid exposure to Retail Banking processes: accounts, cards, payments, onboarding, transactions.
• CI/CD experience with Jenkins, Git, Maven/Gradle.
• Knowledge of API development fundamentals (endpoints, status codes, payload structures, auth).

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.

Location and Way of Working: 

• Base location: Pune