QA Engineer

• *1. Requirements Analysis & Planning **
• - Review and analyze functional/non-functional requirements
• - Ensure acceptance criteria are clear, complete, and testable and define definitions of done aligned with the customer.
• * Identify risks, gaps, and ambiguities early in the lifecycle
• - Contribute to test planning, estimation, and scope definition
• *2. Test Strategy & Test Case Design **
• - Develop comprehensive test scenarios and test cases
• * Maintain Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• - Prepare and manage test data
• - Conduct peer reviews for test cases
• *3. Test Environment Ownership **
• * Validate test environments, deployments, and configurations
• - Ensure environment stability with DevOps/Engineering teams
• - Set up logs, monitoring, and tools required for effective testing
• *4. Test Execution **
• - Execute functional, regression, integration, and E2E tests
• - Conduct exploratory and risk-based testing
• - Log defects with clear steps and evidence
• * Participate in defect triage meetings
• - Re-test fixes and ensure robust regression
• *5. Automation **
• * Identify automation opportunities
• * Maintain and enhance automation framework
• - Ensure automated tests run smoothly in CI/CD pipelines
• - Troubleshoot flaky scripts/tests
• *6. Non-Functional Testing **
• - Conduct basic performance, load, and security validations
• * Validate usability and accessibility standards
• *7. Documentation & Reporting **
• - Prepare test plans, test reports, and dashboards
• - Communicate test status, risks, and blockers
• - Document known issues, release notes, and quality sign-offs
• *8. Continuous Improvement & Leadership **
• - Mentor junior QAs
• - Drive process improvements
• - Advocate for quality across engineering teams
• - Enhance test strategies, coverage, and automation maturity

Requirements

• - 5–8+ years of experience in software testing
• - Strong expertise in functional, regression, integration & E2E testing
• - Hands-on experience with test case design techniques
• - Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum
• - Experience with bug tracking tools
• - Automation experience (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, etc.)
• - Experience with API testing tools
• - Basic knowledge of performance or security testing