Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : Test Engineer (Manual)

Reports into : Head of QA & Support Direct Reports : NA

Job Type : Permanent Location : Pune, India

Experience : 3 years

About Dataction

Dataction is a new age services firm that offers best in class information technology, analytics, and consulting services to renowned international companies. Dataction was established in 2010 and has grown rapidly over the last decade. Dataction has built a reputation for providing differentiated and reliable services to a wide range of customers across multiple sectors.

At Dataction we connect every dot and reimagine every business process. Our lean, agile, and analytical approach towards problem solving and execution, helps our client achieve sustainable growth and secure a profitable business, while safeguarding a viable future. Our people are committed, courageous, and unafraid of pushing boundaries. They help our clients make decisions that deliver immediate and measurable benefits, justifying investments. Our engagement models provide the perfect blend of quality, control, and cost for our customers.

To know more about Dataction, please visit https://dataction.co

Job Purpose

The successful candidate will closely work with the team from one of our esteemed client from Isarel they are leading travel technology company processing millions of hotel booking requests every day We are looking for a Test Engineer (Manual) with outstanding track record in the field of software quality assurance. The successful candidate would be an expert in Software Quality Assurance and can carry out all the Quality Assurance related tasks confidently while supporting and mentoring the team members

This is very much a hands-on role to test the system by designing, updating test cases/scripts, performing test runs and finding bugs. This is really an amazing opportunity for those, who have a passion for testing the product/application and want to be a part of a dynamic team that will disrupt the software quality landscape.

Responsibilities

While working in this exciting and challenging role alongside the team of experts:

Execute comprehensive manual testing for complex backend and travel booking systems
Perform API testing of services supporting search, pricing, booking, and post-booking flows
Analyze and validate complex travel business scenarios, including pricing rules, cancellations, and multi-vendor logic
Validate multi-step, cross-service backend flows (search to pricing to booking to post-booking)
Design, maintain, and execute detailed manual test cases for complex configurations and edge cases
Configure and maintain test environments that simulate real-world travel scenarios
Investigate failures using backend logs, request and response payloads, and request tracing
Identify defects, clearly document findings, and collaborate closely with development and product teams throughout the software development lifecycle
You will be very hands on analysing requirements, designing and executing test scripts
You will take a pride in making sure all the objectives of quality assurance are achieved before delivering the product.
You will promote the continuous improvement though various ways such as identifying and improvising scope of automation, sharing your skills and techniques with other team members.

Qualifications, Skills And Experience

Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in Software Quality Assurance.
Hands-on experience testing REST APIs, including composing requests and validating complex JSON responses
Experience working with API testing tools such as Postman, including collections, environments, and variables
Experience analyzing backend logs and request traces to investigate system behavior and failures
Solid understanding of HTTP fundamentals, including methods, status codes, headers, and authentication
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, especially in understanding complex business logic and multi-step flows
Experience working with SQL and writing queries to validate data consistency.
Strong motivation, ownership, and willingness to invest time and effort in challenging and high-volume work
Experience working with Swagger / OpenAPI – reading and understanding API specifications
Experience working with JSON – request and response payload analysis and validation
Backend logging tools – log analysis and request tracing (e.g. application logs, correlation IDs)
Experience working with SQL – basic to intermediate queries for data validation (SELECT, JOIN)
Defect tracking tools – Azure DevOps or similar systems
Excellent understanding of various testing types such as Smoke, Sanity, Regression etc.
Well versed with all phases of SDLC and STLC.
Well acquainted with Agile way of working and onsite-offshore model.
Hands on experience in test/project management tools such as Azure DevOps.
Any exposure of automation testing using Selenium would be beneficial
Bachelor of computer/IT engineering or similar (BCS, BCA, MCS etc.).
Open and innovative mindset with keenness to learn new skills.

Why should you join Dataction

Fairness, Meritocracy, Empowerment, And Opportunity Are Pillars Of Our Work Culture. In Addition To a Competitive Salary, You Can Look Forward To

Great work-life balance through hybrid work arrangement.
Company funded skill enhancement and training.
Exciting reward and recognition programme.
Opportunity to bond with colleagues through exciting employee engagement initiatives.
Great on the job learning opportunity through involvement in new product/ ideation teams.
60 minutes with the CEO each quarter to pick his brains on any topic of your choice.
Free access to a fitness/ meditation app of your choice.

Interview Prep Guideline

We at Dataction believe that interview process is not a quiz contest, rather it is a mutual opportunity for both parties to assess the suitability of forming a long-term bond. As such, we feel that revealing the assessment process and evaluation/ scoring themes in advance would give you the best chance to prepare and be successful in the interview process. For this role, please see some pointers below.

We will assess you 3 themes – Skills, Smartness and Cultural fitment.
Skills – our probe will cover the following aspects:
Thorough understanding of recent/previous project.
Working experience on phases of SDLC and STLC
Estimation and review techniques
Practical examples of team mentoring
Bug life cycle
Types of Testing
Practical scenarios for writing Test cases
Test case and Test reporting templates
Practical concepts of API testing
Role and responsibilities while working in Agile.
Smartness – our probe will cover the following aspects:
Confidence exhibited throughout the interview process.
Clarity of thoughts and deftness in articulation of thoughts.
Ability to handle pressure.
Cultural fitment – our probe will cover the following aspects:
Attitude, especially to understand your motivations and behaviours in the fast-paced start-up ecosystem.
Your approach to working with colleagues and customers.
Your approach to dealing with adversity.
Your career aspirations and your plans to achieve these aspirations.

Join us to experience a refreshingly different work environment!

Qualifications

, Skills And Experience

Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in Software Quality Assurance.
Hands-on experience testing REST APIs, including composing requests and validating complex JSON responses
Experience working with API testing tools such a

While working in this exciting and challenging role alongside the team of experts:

Execute comprehensive manual testing for complex backend and travel booking systems
Perform API testing of services supporting search, pricing, booking, and post-booki

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