Senior QA Engineer

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical QA Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our web applications and APIs. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience in manual testing, API validation, database query validation, and automation testing frameworks. You will collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and Dev Ops teams to deliver high-quality software releases.

• Perform functional, UI/UX, cross-browser, and responsive testing of web applications.
• Validate front-end and back-end integrations.
• Identify and document bugs, usability issues, and performance bottlenecks.

• Test RESTful and Graph
  
  QL APIs using tools like Postman, Swagger, or Insomnia.
• Validate request/response payloads, authentication, error handling, and status codes.
• Automate API test cases using frameworks like Rest Assured, Postman (Newman), or pytest.

• Write and execute SQL queries to validate data integrity, migration, and back-end processing.
• Verify data consistency between UI, API, and database.
• Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot and verify stored procedures, triggers, and data flows.

• Design, develop, and maintain automation scripts for regression and integration testing using tools such as Selenium / Playwright / Cypress (UI).
• Rest Assured / Postman + Newman / pytest (API).
• Jenkins / Git Hub Actions (CI/CD integration).
• Implement data-driven and keyword-driven frameworks.

• Develop detailed test plans, test cases, and test scenarios.
• Execute exploratory and ad-hoc testing.
• Maintain detailed defect logs and perform root cause analysis.

• Maintain comprehensive test documentation and ensure traceability.
• Provide clear, concise, and actionable test reports to stakeholders.
• Participate in agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives).

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in QA (Manual & Automation).
• Strong knowledge of software testing life cycle (STLC) and defect life cycle.
• Proficiency in SQL (data validation, joins, queries).
• API tools:
  Postman, Swagger, Rest Assured.
• Automation tools:
  Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, pytest.
• Version control:
  Git / Git Hub.
• CI/CD:
  Jenkins, Git Hub Actions.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

• Experience with performance testing (e.g., JMeter, k6).
• Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience testing microservices or containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Exposure to test management tools (Jira, Test Rail, Zephyr).