Sr. QA Engineer ( Lead )

Overview

What would you be doing?

• Be a key member of the software quality assurance team helping to ensure the quality and reliability of our mobile apps and SaaS platform.
• Ensure that the work you and other team members produce is fit for use by our customers.
• You will join our Quality Assurance team and you will report to the Senior Quality Assurance Manager.
• Benefit from working in a multi-disciplinary team, that uses modern software and product development techniques, and values continuous improvement.
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge and documentation of tests.
• Working with Colleagues to ensure the platform and data are tested and maintained in the on a continuous basis.
• Learn new skills to test and maintain automation tests to maintain product quality for our customers.
• Work independently, without needing a set of already formulated acceptance criteria or test cases to further explore the application and find possible coverage gaps.
• Gain deep knowledge of product functionality.
• Be a creative thinker and problem solver and collaborate and communicate with team members and community; we welcome people who are willing to challenge established norms.
• Define your career path and embrace the opportunity to grow and learn.

What are we expecting from you?

• BS degree in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience
• This Senior QA Engineer role, which focuses on test automation, is also applicable to Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs) with a strong background in automation frameworks and coding.
• Experienced candidates with 8+ years in Test Automation and Manual testing and worked as Senior Quality Assurance engineer or similar role. years of experience in manual testing.
• In depth knowledge and experience of Java, working with Web services and API understanding.
• Results based individual with a proven track record to proactively identify issues/ problems and provide solutions.
• An innovative team member able to think outside of the box who possesses the ability to proactively identify risks and potential issues whilst having the ability to resolve them.
• An individual who can prioritise workload and can work on tasks in parallel.
• Ability to acquire subject matter expertise in assigned area of business.
• Hands on experience with aspects of both functional and non-functional test phases.
• Ability to work and collaborate in a team-based environment.
• A thought partner with the ability to drive initiatives to completion with no supervision.
• In depth understanding of using and maintain test frameworks such as Selenium/ Playwright and Java programming and design pattern experience in Page Object Model.
• Experience using Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipelines and code repositories with tools such as Jenkins and GitHub.
• Experience in Agile Software Development environment with Data Driven Testing driven along with a strong knowledge of test management tools, test case management and defect tracking system.
• Knowledge and understanding of SQL syntax and ability to write SQL queries.
• Understanding the structure of JSON objects, the ability to work with them (create, edit), and apply JSON objects in different interpretations
• A clear, deep understanding of Client-Server Architecture, the ability to understand and analyse problems associated with it, look for the causes of problems and have an idea of solving their causes.
• Ability to work with and vast experience in Database Management Tool such as DBeaver, Google Chrome Browser toolbox and Tariff sniffer.
• Hands on experience building test automation frameworks from scratch to Web Applications and strong Web Application testing experience.
• Experience to manually valid Restful APIs, Web Services, Apps, PostgreSQL using tools such as Postman and SwaggerUI.
• Ability to read, write, maintain, and execute both manual and automation tests.
• Contribute to the QA Guild and sharing best practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Individual has the proven experience and ability to support operations team by resolving production incidents which are assigned to them in an appropriate time framework.
• Proven experience in supporting, coordinating, and ensuring all releases in Production have been validated successfully.

Nice to have.

• Building CI/CD pipelines for post deployment verification.
• Experience in Contract testing.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹2,900,000.00 - ₹3,500,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Commuter assistance
• Health insurance
• Paid sick time
• Provident Fund

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Morning shift

Supplemental Pay:

• Joining bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Kakkanad West, Kochi, Kerala: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Quality assurance: 8 years (Required)
• Automation Testing: 8 years (Required)
• Manual Testing: 6 years (Required)
• Appium : 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

Expected Start Date: 30/07/2025