SDET - API/Middleware (India)

Job Overview
Welo Global is hiring an SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) to bring deep technical rigor to middleware-layer testing. This role requires strong technical expertise across gRPC-Web, Proto3, HTTP/2, JSON-RPC/REST, proxy-based traffic inspection, and API scripting. The primary responsibility is to observe and reconstruct the network interactions generated by the onboarding UI, including request/response structures, schemas, headers, identifiers, Enums, and client-injected parameters. This is primarily an API/network analysis and evidence-generation role rather than a conventional UI automation or regression-testing role. The resource will produce sanitized network evidence and controlled, benign tracer replay scripts for downstream backend validation.
Project Details
Title: SDET - API/Middleware
Rate: $9.50/hr
Start Date: 19th October
Duration: 5 Weeks
Commitment: 35 Hours per Week
Location: India (Remote)
Job Type: Freelance
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain automated API test suites covering gRPC-Web, Proto3, HTTP/2, and JSON-RPC/REST based services
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Export clean, sanitized HAR/network evidence while maintaining traceability between UI actions and corresponding network requests.
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Map relevant schemas, headers, identifiers, routing information, and client-injected parameters.
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Use proxy tools such as Mitmproxy, Charles Proxy, and browser DevTools to inspect, intercept, and validate network traffic between client and server
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Develop and maintain API automation scripts using Python, Postman, and cURL for functional and regression testing
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Analyze protocol-level request/response behavior to identify defects related to serialization, encoding, and transport
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Inspect and validate request payload structure, including system-level headers (e.g., auth tokens, routing identifiers) and internal/hidden parameters, ensuring correct handling under both valid and malformed conditions
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Collaborate with backend and middleware engineers to define testable contracts and edge-case scenarios
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Continuously improve test automation frameworks for reliability, speed, and maintainability
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Document technical findings, automation coverage, and known protocol-level limitations
Required Qualifications
Strong hands-on expertise of 3-5+ years with gRPC-Web, Proto3, HTTP/2, and JSON-RPC/REST protocols
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Proficiency with proxy/traffic inspection tools including Mitmproxy, Charles Proxy, and browser DevTools
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Solid scripting/programming skills in Python, with practical use of Postman and cURL for API automation
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Experience designing and maintaining automated test suites for middleware or API-layer services
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Working understanding of API request structure, including headers, auth tokens, and internal/system parameters, and how to test for their correct handling
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Understanding of software engineering practices as applied to test automation (version control, CI integration, code review)
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Strong debugging skills at the network/protocol level
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Experience analysing browser-generated network traffic and reconstructing API behaviour is strongly preferred.
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