Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

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Job Description

Senior QA Engineer (4+ Years Experience)

Location: Trivandrum

Job Type: Full-Time


About the Role

We are hiring a skilled and detail-oriented Senior QA Engineer to lead our quality assurance processes. The candidate will be responsible for managing both manual and automation testing, ensuring product quality, stability, and performance across multiple modules. This role includes team leadership, mentoring junior QA members, and establishing best practices for testing workflows.


Key Responsibilities


  • Manual Testing
  • Create and execute detailed test plans, test cases, and test scenarios
  • Perform functional, regression, smoke, UI, and usability testing
  • Document defects clearly with detailed steps and collaborate with developers for resolution
  • Validate frontend, backend, API, and database workflows
  • Automation Testing
  • Develop and maintain automation test scripts (Selenium / Cypress / Playwright / Appium)
  • Build automation frameworks and test environments
  • Implement CI/CD-based automated test execution
  • Maintain test cases, test coverage, and test documentation
  • Team Leadership
  • Lead and mentor junior QA engineers
  • Allocate tasks, track progress, and ensure on-time delivery
  • Conduct training sessions and enforce QA best practices
  • Coordinate with product, development, and management teams
  • Process & Quality Ownership
  • Establish QA processes, metrics, and standard operating procedures
  • Drive quality initiatives to minimize bugs in production
  • Work closely with the release team for version validation and sign-off
  • Ensure high coverage across functional, performance, and security testing


Required Skills


  • Minimum 4+ years in QA (Manual + Automation)
  • Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, SDLC & STLC
  • Strong command in automation tools: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, Postman
  • Experience with API testing and tools like Postman, Swagger, JMeter
  • Knowledge of SQL for data validation
  • Experience working with Agile/Scrum teams
  • Ability to write detailed bug reports and perform RCA (Root Cause Analysis)


Good to Have


  • Knowledge of performance testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner)
  • Experience in mobile application testing (Android & iOS)
  • Understanding of version control (Git)
  • Experience with CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins


Soft Skills


  • Strong leadership and mentoring ability
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills
  • Highly analytical and detail-oriented
  • Proactive, responsible, and self-organizing personality

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