Junior Test Engineer

Job Description - Junior Test Engineer (QA Engineer)

Designation - Junior Test Engineer (QA Engineer)

Location: Bangalore
Experience: 0 to 3 Years
Employment Type: Full Time - Onsite ( 5 days )

About Us

We are building an AI-powered education platform that delivers personalized learning experiences to students worldwide. We are looking for a passionate Junior Test Engineer who enjoys finding defects, improving software quality, and learning modern QA practices.

Job Summary

The Junior Test Engineer will work closely with developers, senior QA engineers, and product owners to ensure the quality of our web applications and APIs. The ideal candidate should have a strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and a willingness to learn automation testing.

Key Responsibilities

Functional Testing

• Execute manual test cases
• Perform exploratory testing
• Validate business requirements
• Verify UI functionality
• Perform regression testing
• Smoke testing before releases
• Sanity testing after bug fixes

API Testing

• Test REST APIs
• Validate request and response payloads
• Verify HTTP status codes
• Validate authentication and authorization
• Use Postman or similar API tools

Bug Reporting

• Identify software defects
• Create detailed bug reports
• Reproduce issues consistently
• Verify bug fixes
• Track defect lifecycle

Test Documentation

• Prepare test cases
• Prepare test scenarios
• Maintain test execution reports
• Update regression test suites
• Assist in preparing release validation reports

Collaboration

• Participate in sprint planning
• Attend daily stand-up meetings
• Work with developers during bug fixing
• Support UAT activities

Required Skills

• Basic understanding of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
• Basic understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Manual testing knowledge
• Good analytical skills
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication
• Ability to learn quickly

Technical Skills

Good to have knowledge of:

• Web application testing
• REST API testing
• Postman
• Browser Developer Tools
• SQL basics
• JSON
• HTTP methods
• Basic HTML/CSS

Nice to Have

• Basic automation testing knowledge
• Selenium
• Playwright
• Python basics
• JavaScript basics
• Git

Education

Bachelor's Degree in:

• Computer Science
• Or equivalent

Experience

• 0 to 3 years in Software Testing
• Freshers with good academic projects are encouraged to apply.