Manual Quality Assurance Engineer

Essential Responsibilities

• Provides expertise in the quality engineering, test planning, understanding requirements and building test cases and testing methodology for a software project. 80% Manual test process and 20% test automation work.
• Works with fellow team members to diagnose bugs and formulate solutions. Demonstrates the ability to understand, debug and contribute to code base.
• Makes technology choices at individual level and has ability to analyze impact. 
• Executes maintainable automation tests for acceptance, functional, and regression test cases.
• Applies principles of SDLC and methodologies like Agile/XP, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring and Testing Techniques.
• Expert in core data structures and algorithms. Integrates project testing with continuous integration process.
• Demonstrates the ability to drive team change for the betterment of the product quality.
• Provide mentorship to junior level engineers and help them grow to the next level.

Qualifications/Requirements

• BE/BTech/MTech in ECE /Computer Science /EEE /IT or MCA.
• 6-9 years of professional experience in Quality Assurance domain.
• Knowledge of QA methodology and industry-standard testing and bug tracking tools
• Expert in developing test strategies, test plans and test cases.
• Experienced in driving quality through process, instrumentation, requirements and testing.
• Experience in testing applications built in Java and related technologies and web frameworks such as Angular and HTML.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD to support continuous deployment process ( preferably with Gitlab ).
• Experience in working within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Experience in working in Linux/Unix and Windows environments.
• Experience in working with relational databases like Oracle , Postgres and SQL.
• Good to have experience in test automation using Python/Selenium.
• Expert in communicating cross-functionally and across management levels in formal and informal settings.

Desired Characteristics

Business Acumen:  

• Demonstrates the initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problems
• Skilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements and estimating efforts
• Demonstrates awareness about competitors and industry trends
• Has the ability to analyze impact of technology choices

Leadership:  

• Ability to takes ownership of small and medium sized tasks and deliver while mentoring and helping team members
• Ensures understanding of issues and presents clear rationale. Able to speak to mutual needs and win-win solutions. Uses two-way communication to influence outcomes and ongoing results.
• Identifies misalignments with goals, objectives, and work direction against the organizational strategy. Makes suggestions to course correct.
• Continuously measures deliverables of self and team against scheduled commitments. Effectively balances different, competing objectives.

Personal Attributes:

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Effective team building and problem solving abilities
• Persists to completion, especially in the face of overwhelming odds and setbacks. Pushes self for results; pushes others for results through team spirit