Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Title :- Quality Assurance Engineer (QA Engineer)

Experience:- 4-6 Years

Working Mode:- Hybrid (3 Days/Week in office)

Location:- EGL, Domlur (Can change).

Work hours:- 40 hours / Week

Key Responsibilities

Test Planning & Execution

• Design, develop, and maintain comprehensive test cases and test scenarios covering:
• Positive test cases
• Negative test cases
• Functional scenarios
• Non-functional scenarios
• Edge cases
• Regression scenarios
• Ensure complete test coverage through detailed requirement analysis and gap analysis.
• Execute Functional, Regression, Sanity, Integration, System, and End-to-End testing.
• Validate business requirements and ensure applications meet acceptance criteria.
• Participate in Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Daily Stand-ups, Retrospectives, and Release activities.

Quality Ownership

• Take complete ownership and accountability for testing activities throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Drive quality initiatives and ensure timely delivery of high-quality releases.
• Proactively identify quality risks, testing gaps, and potential production issues.
• Provide recommendations and make informed quality decisions based on data and analysis.

Defect Management

• Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects using Jira.
• Manage defects through the complete Defect Life Cycle.
• Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Conduct and lead defect triage meetings with multiple stakeholders.

Automation Testing

• Develop and maintain automation test scripts using Playwright.
• Actively contribute to automation testing efforts by executing Playwright test scripts, analyzing failed test executions, validating issues, and reporting observations with supporting evidence to the Senior QA Engineer for further investigation and resolution.
• Contribute to automation framework enhancements and increased test coverage.
• Support automation initiatives for both UI and API testing.

API Testing

• Perform Manual API Testing and validation.
• Create and execute API automation test scenarios.
• Validate API requests, responses, authentication mechanisms, integrations, and error handling.

Non-Functional Testing

• Perform non-functional testing activities including usability, reliability, and compatibility testing.
• Support basic performance testing and analysis.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and report observations.

Documentation & Reporting

• Create and maintain:
• Test Plans
• Test Cases
• Test Execution Reports
• Defect Reports
• QA Metrics and Status Reports
• Maintain project and testing documentation in Confluence.
• Prepare and deliver testing updates and presentations to stakeholders.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate effectively with geographically distributed teams.
• Communicate testing status, risks, dependencies, and release readiness.
• Conduct product demonstrations and testing walkthroughs.
• Work closely with business and technical stakeholders to ensure alignment on quality objectives.

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Required Technical Skills

Testing

• Functional Testing
• Regression Testing
• Sanity Testing
• System Testing
• Integration Testing
• End-to-End Testing
• Non-Functional Testing
• Test Case Design & Documentation
• Defect Tracking & Management
• Defect Life Cycle

Automation Testing

• Playwright (Beginner to Intermediate Level)
• Test Automation Development
• Automation Execution and Analysis
• Jenkins or any equivalent CI tool

Programming & Scripting

• JavaScript (JS)
• TypeScript (TS)

API Testing

• Manual API Testing
• API Automation Testing
• API Validation and Troubleshooting

Agile & Collaboration

• Agile/Scrum Methodology
• Sprint Planning & Execution
• Jira
• Confluence

Version Control

• Bitbucket

Performance Testing

• Basic understanding of Performance Testing concepts and execution

AI & Productivity

• Basic understanding of AI tools and Prompt Engineering
• Ability to effectively utilize AI tools to improve testing, analysis, reporting, and documentation

Technical Analysis

• Browser Developer Tools (Chrome DevTools or equivalent)
• Log Analysis and Debugging

Productivity Tools

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Reporting and Metrics Preparation

Required Competencies & Soft Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with global and multi-geographic teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead large defect triage meetings.
• Ability to conduct product demonstrations and testing walkthroughs.
• Strong ownership mindset with high accountability.
• Deterministic and results-oriented approach to problem-solving.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities.
• Proven gap analysis capabilities.
• Strong decision-making and judgment skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize effectively in a fast-paced Agile environment.
• Proactive, self-driven, and quality-focused mindset.
• Must be available and actively engaged during core working hours (40 hours per week),
• Demonstrates reliability, responsiveness, and commitment to supporting a globally distributed team.
• Strong learning agility with the ability to quickly understand new business processes, technologies, tools, and product functionalities.
• Demonstrated ability to ramp up rapidly in new environments and become productive with minimal supervision.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelors degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 4-6 years of hands-on experience in Software Quality Assurance.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Hands-on experience in both Manual Testing and Automation Testing.
• Experience with API testing, defect management, and stakeholder coordination.
• Proven experience working with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Experience handling multiple stakeholders and managing quality deliverables end-to-end.
• Experience in the Industrial Machinery / Manufacturing domain will be considered a strong advantage.
• Exposure to manufacturing processes, industrial equipment, IoT-connected machinery, or related enterprise applications is preferred.