QA engineer

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Required Skills & Experience

Preferred Skills

• Test Automation Development
• Design, build, and maintain automated test scripts for web, mobile, and API-based applications.
• Develop reusable automation frameworks and libraries aligned with project requirements.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.
• Test Planning & Execution
• Participate in sprint planning to understand user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical design.
• Create detailed test plans, test cases, and test scenarios for functional, regression, sanity, and smoke testing.
• Execute automated and manual test cases to validate product releases.
• Defect Identification & Reporting
• Identify, document, and prioritize defects using standard bug-tracking tools.
• Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot, isolate root causes, and validate fixes.
• Track defect trends and provide insights to improve product quality.
• Quality Engineering & Process Improvement
• Contribute to enhancing QA best practices, coding standards, and automation strategies.
• Recommend process improvements to increase test coverage, reduce regression time, and improve release cycles.
• Ensure testing activities comply with industry quality standards and internal guidelines.
• 2-5 years of hands-on experience in QA automation, preferably in product-based or agile environments.
• Strong knowledge of test automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, or similar.
• Proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language: Java, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Experience testing RESTful APIs using tools like Postman, RestAssured, or similar frameworks.
• Solid understanding of SDLC, STLC, and defect lifecycle.
• Experience working with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or GitHub Actions.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an eye for detail.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Experience with Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Exposure to performance testing tools such as JMeter or Locust.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).