Job Title: Test Analyst Description: API Testing Location: Northampton Duration: until 31 December 2025 Rate: £280 per day - via Umbrella Role Details: API Automation Tester Role Details: API Automation Tester Overall purpose of role: Under minimal supervision, create Automation scripts - estimates, scripts, pre and post conditioning. Executes Automated Tests and collates evidence for Test automation progress reporting and tracking. Articulates the tests executed, data used, the results and defects to project stakeholders. Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications: API test automation. Test automation tools-, API test automation using REST Assured tool / Karate ,selenium, cucumber using Java. Extensive knowledge of Testing lifecycle and core testing process/techniques using different test approaches. Excellent knowledge in testing skills (provide estimations, design test plan and test strategy, writing test scenarios, cases, executing test cases, opening bugs, verifying bugs). Able to identify processes and tools that will optimise and improve the quality of testing. Experience in writing high quality, readable, reusable, testable code. Be able to communicate clearly on the status and progress of allocated activities. Key Accountabilities: Build efficiency in testing and continuous improvement of test methods, techniques and process. Participate in requirement analysis, identifying risks and creation of test scenarios. Actively keep up to date with the feature teams, spot inconsistencies, and potential conflicts in approach. Work to ensure full integration with a focus on the quality of the overall service. Create Automation code using Java, Selenium, JQuery, Cucumber. Set up and Execute Automated tests and record evidence. Stakeholder Management and Leadership Promote and drive stewardship and application best practices within the team. Strong knowledge of emerging software development methods, tools and standards and actively keep this knowledge current. Champion innovation by recognizing newly arising opportunities for improving customer satisfaction, achieving technical excellence and improving the delivery of a software product. Identify own and others development needs and seek opportunities to address these needs through guidance, coaching and formal training. Ability to be able to provide succinct details in written format and verbally to Stakeholders".