Senior QA Engineer (Functional)

You will be expected to:

• Work directly with Product Managers and developers to gain a good understanding of the product and test basis.
  
• Formulate and carry out an overall testing strategy in collaboration with the team.
  
• Design, Implement, maintain and document test cases (manual/automated), test scenarios & test plans in test management systems.
  
• Work in regular cadence based Agile methodology (Scrum or Kanban or similar framework)
  
• Champion QA best practices for the team
  
• Participate in backlog grooming & forward looking exercise
  
• Guide and mentor junior team members.
  
• To learn and grow in Non Functional testing.
  

Requirements:

• Functional QA experience testing Web applications.
  
• Expertise in testing both UI and backend RESTful APIs.
  
• Experience in cross browser compatibility & responsive design testing.
  
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
  
• Excellent analytical & problem solving skills.
  

Additional areas that would add value:

• ISTQB or similar certifications.
  
• Understanding of object oriented concepts and programming skills in Python and/or Java.
  
• Experience designing test automation frameworks for either UI and/or backend services; experience with both is preferred.
  
• Experience in performance testing and tools.
  
• Experience in security testing and tools.
  
• Ability to understand database structure (schema / collections), create and execute SQL queries for validations and assertions
  
• Experience working in Agile Scrum/Kanban methodologies.
  
• Experience with modern cloud technologies such as AWS.
  

Education and experience:

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or related fields.
  
• 5+years of manual and automated QA experience