IT Quality Assurance Engineer – Backend (API & Database)

About the role

We are looking for an IT Quality Assurance Engineer specialized in backend testing to join our client in the telecom sector, based in Jakarta. The role focuses on ensuring the reliability and performance of APIs, micro‑services and data stores through both manual and automated testing.

Key responsibilities

• Design, execute and maintain automated and manual test suites for RESTful and gRPC APIs, micro‑services and web services.
• Develop and sustain scalable backend test automation frameworks using languages such as Python, Java, Go or Node.js.
• Write complex SQL and NoSQL queries to verify data integrity, transformations and business logic directly in databases.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Informatics Engineering, Information Systems or a related field.
• At least 2 years of experience in software quality assurance with a strong focus on backend testing.
• Proficiency in at least one backend programming language (Python, Java, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#).
• Hands‑on experience with API testing tools such as Postman, Bruno, Insomnia, RestAssured or PyTest.
• Strong knowledge of relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and non‑relational (MongoDB, Redis) databases.
• Familiarity with Docker, containerised environments, AWS, CI/CD pipelines and Git.

Required skills

• Python
• Java
• Go
• JavaScript / TypeScript
• C#
• Postman
• Bruno
• Insomnia
• RestAssured
• PyTest
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• MongoDB
• Redis
• Docker
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Git