Job Description: Senior QA Engineer (Manual + Automation)

Experience: 6+ Years

Domain Preference: FinTech / Banking / Financial Services

About The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior QA Engineer (Manual + Automation) with 6+ years of experience in software quality assurance across web applications and APIs. The ideal candidate is a fast learner who can quickly understand new products, work independently, and take ownership of end-to-end quality assurance through both manual and automated testing.

Experience in FinTech, Banking, or Financial Institution projects is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

Design, execute, and maintain comprehensive manual and automated test strategies.
Develop detailed test plans, test cases, and test scenarios based on business and technical requirements.
Perform functional, regression, exploratory, integration, API, and cross-browser testing.
Build, maintain, and execute automated test suites using modern automation frameworks.
Validate REST APIs using Postman, including collections, environments, and automated test scripts.
Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects through resolution with clear and reproducible bug reports.
Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and business stakeholders throughout the SDLC.
Participate in sprint planning, requirement reviews, and release validation.
Continuously improve QA processes, automation coverage, and testing efficiency.
Support CI/CD pipelines by integrating and monitoring automated test execution.

Required SkillsManual Testing

Strong expertise in manual testing methodologies.
Test planning, test case design, exploratory testing, regression testing, and UAT support.
Cross-browser and cross-platform testing experience.
Excellent defect reporting and root cause analysis skills.

API Testing

Hands-on experience with Postman.
Expertise in API validation, collections, environments, and automated test scripts.
Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON, HTTP methods, authentication, and response validation.

Automation Testing

Hands-on Experience With One Or More Of The Following

Playwright
Cypress
Selenium
REST Assured

Experience With

Test automation framework design and maintenance.
Data-driven and reusable automation scripts.
CI/CD integration for automated testing.

CI/CD & Tools

Experience working with GitLab CI/CD.
Knowledge of version control using Git.
Familiarity with defect tracking and test management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working on FinTech, Banking, NBFC, Payments, Insurance, or Financial Institution projects.
Understanding of financial workflows, transactions, compliance, and data validation.
Familiarity with AI-assisted testing tools to accelerate test creation, maintenance, and validation.
Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Desired Candidate Profile

6+ years of professional QA experience.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Fast learner with the ability to quickly adapt to new domains, products, and technologies.
Detail-oriented with a proactive approach to quality.
Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.
Ability to work independently while taking complete ownership of product quality.

Nice to Have

Performance or security testing exposure.
SQL/database validation experience.
Basic programming/scripting knowledge (Java, JavaScript, or Python).
Experience testing microservices-based applications.

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Responsibilities

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