Quality Assurance and Automation Engineer

Job brief

We are a software product company building scalable, cloud-based platforms involving web portals, mobile applications, backend services, databases, and hardware-integrated systems.

As a QA Automation Engineer, you will be part of the Quality Engineering team and will work closely with Developers, Product managers, and Support teams to ensure high-quality, reliable, and scalable product releases.

This role offers hands-on exposure to testing React-based web portals, Node.js backend services, PostgreSQL databases, Mobile applications (Android & iOS), APIs, and device-to-server integrations, following Agile and Continuous Delivery practices.

Roles and Responsibilities

Functional & Manual Testing

• Understand product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Design, write, review, and maintain test cases, test scenarios, and test data
• Perform manual testing of:
• Web applications (React JS based portals)
• Backend services (Node.js APIs)
• Mobile applications (Android & iOS)
• End-to-end system workflows involving devices, servers, and applications
• Execute functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing

Automation & Continuous Testing

• Automate repetitive and regression test cases as part of regular integrated releases
• Execute and maintain automated test suites for:
• UI testing
• API testing
• Analyze automation results and report failures with clear reproduction steps
• Collaborate with the team to improve test automation coverage and stability

Agile & Collaboration

• Work directly with Agile development teams on a daily basis
• Participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and release discussions
• Facilitate quick identification and resolution of defects found during builds and deployments
• Participate in design and requirement reviews to provide early QA feedback

Quality Process & Improvement

• Contribute to defining and maintaining QA standards, procedures, and best practices
• Identify gaps in test coverage and suggest improvements
• Investigate and evaluate testing tools, frameworks, and processes to improve:
• Product reliability
• Release stability
• Testing efficiency
• Maintain proper test documentation and reports Defect Management
• Log defects with clear steps, screenshots/logs, and expected vs actual behavior
• Work closely with developers to help diagnose issues
• Re-test fixes and improve automated tests to prevent regressions
• Develop a strong mindset of breaking the product to make it bette

Must have skills

Testing Fundamentals

• Strong understanding of software testing concepts and SDLC/STLC
• Hands-on experience in manual testing
• Experience in creating test cases, test scenarios, and test data
• Understanding of functional, integration, system, and regression testing

Automation & Tools

• Basic to intermediate experience with:
• Playwright / Selenium
• Cucumber (or similar BDD frameworks)
• API testing using Postman or equivalent tools
• Understanding of test automation concepts and CI integration

Technical Knowledge

• Basic understanding of: Web applications and browser behavior, RESTful APIs, Node.js based backend services, React JS based frontends
• Basic knowledge of databases, preferably PostgreSQL
• Ability to write simple SQL queries for data validation Agile & Collaboration
• Experience working in or understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with developers, QA peers, and product teams

Nice to have skills

• Experience testing mobile applications on Android and iOS
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.)
• Knowledge of device or hardware-integrated systems
• Familiarity with logging, monitoring, and debugging tools
• Basic scripting knowledge (JavaScript, Python, or similar)
• Understanding of performance, security, or usability testing
• Prior experience working in a product-based company environment

What We Look For

• Strong attention to detail and quality mindset
• Curiosity to understand systems end-to-end
• Willingness to learn automation and new tools
• Ability to think from an end-user perspective
• Ownership mindset for product quality

Advantage

• Flexible work hours
• Hybrid work mode
• Opportunity to work on latest cloud based technologies across stack
• Opportunity to work on real-world, large-scale product systems
• Exposure to modern tech stack (React, Node.js, APIs, Mobile, Cloud)
• Mentorship and learning opportunities in automation and quality engineering
• Collaborative and growth-oriented work culture