Senior QA Engineer

Senior QA Engineer

Experience: 6 -10 Years

Location: Hyderabad

We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Manual and Automation Testing to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of enterprise-scale software solutions. The role involves test planning, automation, API testing, defect management, stakeholder collaboration, and mentoring junior QA team members.

Team Contribution & Collaboration

• Serve as an active and influential member of cross-functional delivery teams, participating in planning, refinement, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, and release activities.
• Partner with Software Engineers, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to clarify requirements, acceptance criteria, and quality expectations.
• Communicate testing progress, risks, and quality insights clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Quality Assurance & Testing

• Plan and execute end-to-end testing for assigned features, components, or applications.
• Design, maintain, and evolve manual and automated test cases and test suites aligned with delivery priorities.
• Independently execute and analyze automated test results, identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, and exploratory testing to assess quality and risk.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and communicate defects and quality concerns using established defect tracking tools.
• Contribute to test strategy discussions and provide recommendations to improve test coverage and efficiency.

Automation & Tooling

• Actively contribute to the development and maintenance of automated test suites using standard QA tools and frameworks.
• Collaborate with QA team members and Software Engineers to improve automation reliability and maintainability.
• Apply automation best practices and promote consistent testing approaches across delivery teams.

Mentorship & Continuous Improvement

• Provide guidance and informal mentorship to team members.
• Share knowledge, testing techniques, and lessons learned with the broader QA community.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives related to QA practices, tools, and standards.

Requirements:

● Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) and Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC)

● Agile delivery methodologies and DevOps-aligned practices

● Test planning, execution, and defect management concepts

● Quality engineering principles and risk-based testing approaches

Bonus Skills:

● Ability to independently plan and execute testing activities across complex features or applications

● Ability to leverage automated testing tools such as Playwright, Rapise, Opkey, or similar frameworks

● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail

● Ability to clearly document and communicate test results, defects, and quality risks

● Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills

● Ability to mentor and support the development of less experienced QA team members

● CTFL, CSQA, CSQE or similar certification or demonstrated ability to target testing through techniques such as boundary, equivalence, state transition

Required Skills :

● Excellent communication skills.

● Strong hands-on experience in both Manual Testing and Automation Testing.

● Mandatory expertise in Selenium and/or Playwright.

● Proven experience in team management and client stakeholder management.

● Solid hands-on experience in API testing.

● Working knowledge of Performance Testing is an added advantage.

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