Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

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Job Description

About the Company:

VMock aims to empower students and professionals along the various phases of their career journey leveraging the power of artificial intelligence. The VMock platform delivers personalized career guidance to job seekers across the world. Over 200+ leading business schools and universities' students & alumni and their career centers use our products to accelerate their career goals.

Our team consists of some of the best engineers, data scientists, and product owners who not only have an exceptional background but also a shared passion for helping others in their careers. We pride ourselves in innovation and our team members have a die-hard passion for solving complex problems while maintaining a collaborative team environment that is focused on the growth of every team member. Our fast-paced culture is a great fit for anyone looking to make a mark through their work to create impact globally while working with high caliber team members.

VMock is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.


About the Role

Senior QA Engineer

You will collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and fellow QA team to ensure every release meets the highest standards of reliability, usability, and performance. Over time, you’ll play a key role in shaping our QA automation roadmap.


Key Responsibilities

  • Manual Testing Excellence

  • Design, execute, and maintain comprehensive test plans, test cases, and regression suites for web-based applications and APIs.
  • Identify, report, and track defects using tools like JIRA, ensuring timely closure and retesting.
  • Perform end-to-end functional, regression, negative, and exploratory testing.
  • Conduct sanity, smoke, performance, and usability testing for new releases.
  • Validate data integrity across systems using SQL queries and backend checks.


Process Ownership

  • Strengthen QA documentation, maintain detailed test artefacts, and drive consistency in test processes.
  • Partner with developers and product teams during story grooming and sprint planning to ensure requirements are testable and risks are identified early.
  • Contribute to test strategy, release readiness, and quality metrics tracking.
  • Participate in root cause analysis and preventive action planning.


Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

  • Contribute to process improvements that enhance test coverage, speed, and quality.
  • Stay current on testing trends, tools, and emerging QA practices to bring new ideas to the team.
  • Experiment with writing basic automation scripts (Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress) to establish proof-of-concepts.


Required Skills & Experience

  • 4-6 years of experience in

    manual testing

    of web or SaaS-based applications.
  • Strong understanding of

    SDLC

    ,

    STLC

    , and QA methodologies.
  • Hands-on experience in

    test planning, test case design, defect management, and regression testing

    .
  • Proficiency in

    SQL

    and database validation.
  • Experience with tools such as

    JIRA

    ,

    Git

    , or similar platforms.
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.
  • Exposure to automation tools (e.g.,

    Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or JMeter

    ) or demonstrated interest in learning and implementing automation.
  • Familiarity with

    Agile/Scrum

    methodologies.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with cross-functional collaboration experience.


Good-to-Have Skills

  • Basic understanding of test automation frameworks (JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, etc.).
  • Exposure to

    API testing

    (using Postman or REST Assured).
  • Experience in

    performance/load testing

    tools such as JMeter or Locust.
  • Prior experience in a

    SaaS or product-based organization

    , preferably a start-up.


Who You Are

  • A detail-oriented QA professional with strong ownership of product quality.
  • Comfortable operating in a

    manual-first testing environment

    while guiding the path toward automation.
  • A collaborative team player who proactively identifies quality gaps and improvement areas.
  • Someone who enjoys learning and adapting to new tools, frameworks, and technologies.

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