QA Engineer - Automation (2-3 Years)

Job Summary
We are seeking a Junior QA Engineer with 2–4 years of experience to join our growing team. You’ll play a key role in ensuring product quality through test planning, execution, automation, and collaboration across agile development cycles. The ideal candidate is passionate about building reliable systems, has hands-on automation experience, and thrives in a product-driven environment.

Responsibilities

1. Collaborate with developers, product managers, and designers to understand requirements and define test coverage.

2. Design, execute, and maintain automated and manual test cases across web and mobile platforms.

3. Build and enhance the automation test suite integrated with CI/CD pipelines.

4. Conduct functional, regression, API, and UI testing to ensure stable releases.

5. Log, track, and verify defects, ensuring timely resolution through clear communication with stakeholders.

6. Document test strategies, cases, and results for transparency and repeatability.

7. Contribute to improving QA processes, testing standards, and reporting methods.

8. Participate actively in Agile ceremonies — sprint planning, retrospectives, and reviews.

9. Support release readiness by validating builds and conducting smoke or sanity checks.

Required Skills

1. 2–4 years of experience in software QA or test engineering, ideally in a product-based environment.

2. Strong understanding of QA methodologies — functional, regression, API, and exploratory testing.

3. Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, or Appium.

4. Experience integrating automation scripts with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

5. Familiarity with API testing tools (e.g., Postman, REST Assured) and bug-tracking systems (e.g., Jira, TestRail).

6. Solid understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and release management.

7. Excellent attention to detail, analytical thinking, and communication skills.

8. Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Good-to-Have Skills

1. Exposure to product-based companies or SaaS environments.

2. Experience with monitoring and analytics tools (e.g., Sentry, Datadog).

3. Familiarity with microservices, GraphQL, and backend validation.

4. Experience in performance, load, or security testing.

5. Understanding of usability testing or product feedback loops.

Success Indicators

Consistently delivers high-quality releases with minimal production defects.

Maintains a reliable automation suite that scales with product evolution.

Provides clear and actionable QA documentation and reports.

Demonstrates proactive collaboration with developers and product teams.

Shows continuous improvement in automation coverage and process efficiency.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹300,000.00 - ₹500,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person